Formulating architectural briefs is an art. Identifying the problems that a built work might engage and solve, negotiating forces that are both contextual and generic. This intensive UoS will allow students to chart the forces that impact an architectural project, prior to design. These include forces that are contextual: constraints set by clients, budgets, sites, social functions of the building, local practices and funding, the specifics of a site and the involvement of other building specialists. Also included are forces that are generic: formal laws and regulations, institutional interests, state ideologies, cultural taboos and general social and political conditions. Through a series of workshops students will critique the architectural briefs developed for a series of projects and develop their own architectural briefs.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Architecture |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Ross J Anderson, r.anderson@sydney.edu.au |
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Tutor(s) | Jason Dibbs, jason.dibbs@sydney.edu.au |
Sean Akahane-Bryen, sean.akahane-bryen@sydney.edu.au | |
Emma Anderson, e-justine.anderson@sydney.edu.au |