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BDES3027: Architecture Studio 3B
2025 unit information
As the culminating design studio for the degree, students are presented with the opportunity to develop an architectural position within their projects. Architecture Studio 3B continues themes from Architecture Studio 3A, extending design understanding with respect to programmatic ambition and situating a symbolic public building proposal within a specific urban site. Particular attention is paid to the conventions of architectural representation as 'Communications' to doubly generate as well as conceptually clarify design opportunities. Computational modes of modelling are a particular focus. Structural, technical and material thinking is encouraged in coherent relation to students' strategic design intent and through studied historical and cultural awareness. The studio consolidates students' abilities in communicating and translating architecture using advanced modes of graphic visualisation through 3D modelling software and associated fabrication potentials. Hybrid techniques for moving between computational and actual realms are promoted in parallel with clarifying attitudes toward contemporary built and un-built environments. Depth of design development is promoted via a dual emphasis: early analysis of exemplary architectural thinking coupled with intensive speculative and projective exploration. Students aim to produce conceptually challenging, integrated and compelling pre-professional architectural design projects confronting a variety of spatial contexts.
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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BDES3026 or BDES3010 or DESA3001 or BDES3616 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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BDES3020 or DESA3002 or BDES3012 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate an increased understanding 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 research and interpret an architectural brief for a medium-scale public building in an urban setting, and devise an imaginative and credible response
- LO3. evaluate multiple written and graphic sources in order to filter and synthesise information
- LO4. work productively in an architectural studio setting to assess, reflect and provide feedback on one's own design process as well as that of others
- 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.
- LO8. demonstrate ethical and cultural competence in design by recognising the intended and unintended consequences of design decisions, as well as by considering diverse and underrepresented stakeholders
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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