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DESA9013: Arch and Design Material Processes (Casting)
2023 unit information
This practical unit focuses on critical engagement with materiality and form. The course introduces fundamental knowledge and technical skills for students to produce a series of 3D objects through a series of casting and complimentary construction techniques including high-definition casting. Students will work with a broad range of traditional and experimental materials. Emphasis is placed on developing students' material and spatial awareness of three-dimensional forms in context and investigating their conceptual applications. Students will be required to design, plan and produce a series of sculptural works, utilizing mediums and techniques explored throughout the semester. Additionally, students will critically contextualise and discuss their projects against historical precedents and contemporary practices that inform their creative inquiries. Postgraduate students will further investigate possibilities to expand their project into an ambitious site-based intervention.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 6 |
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AWSS2027 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. critically engage with ideas in the field of contemporary 3D practice; sculpture, spatial practices, visual arts, especially as these ideas relate to students own practice of architecture
- LO2. critically and creatively apply a range of primary and secondary research sources to develop your thinking and practice
- LO3. critically select and integrate these sources into your own thinking, making and documentation
- LO4. develop and apply both traditional and experimental techniques in a variety of materials
- LO5. plan and achieve a goal by researching and developing two projects in sculpture
- LO6. demonstrate the commitment to utilise a visual journal to express ideas, research and sketches
- LO7. demonstrate personal self-reliance, by taking responsibility for self-directed learning.
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