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BDES2026: Architecture Studio 2A
2025 unit information
Architecture Studio 2A is oriented towards the contemporary communicative dimensions of architecture, whilst remaining attentive to the deeper cultural and historical contexts in which modes of representation, particularly in regards to architectural drawings and models, has arisen and is currently situated. Recognising that there is necessarily an enigmatic relationship between an architectural drawing or model and the building that they might singly or collectively conjure into existence, the studio invites collusion between the architectural program and the means of its gestation, development and representation. An architectural representation might be analytical, rational and technical or it might be preparatory, coaxing, poetic or whimsical. That is, it can never be impartial - always filtering, selecting, editing, and emphasising certain aspects of reality and discarding or downgrading others. The studio project is conducted as a `conversation' between contemporary architectural ambitions, and the claims of the historically situated modes of communication - written, spoken, visual and physically constructed - that the students deploy to achieve them. It imparts knowledge and skills that will stimulate compelling architectural projects that are at once conceptually rigorous and technically adept. Students become increasingly attentive to the complexities of architectural design and are required to integrate multiple criteria, including thematic, conceptual, programmatic and technical concerns into a persuasive architectural proposition for a small-scale building in a charged urban context.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 12 |
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Prerequisites:
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BDES1027 or BDES1020 or DESA1002 |
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Corequisites:
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BDES2013 |
| Prohibitions:
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BDES2010 or DESA2001 or BDES2012 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate an increased familiarity with the conventions of architectural drawing and model making, and an ability to employ these for the purposes of both critical analysis and creative expression
- LO2. critically interpret an architectural brief for a small-scale public building in an urban setting, and devise an imaginative and plausible response
- LO3. evaluate multiple written and graphic sources in order filter and synthesise information
- LO4. produce architectural design across analogue and digital media
- LO5. convincingly convey architectural propositions using oral, graphic and written modes of communication
- LO6. evaluate feedback from others in a manner that is both reflective and proactive
- LO7. write coherent and convincing accounts of the process of architectural design in sound academic prose, and to illustrate and compose these into formal documents.
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