Australian Architecture (PG)

Subject ABPL90089 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

On campus

Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 3 hrs per week
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: Entry into the Melbourne School of Design.
Corequisites: none
Recommended Background Knowledge: none
Non Allowed Subjects: none
Core Participation Requirements: For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website : http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Julie Willis

Contact

Environments and Design Student Centre
T: +61 3 8344 6417/9862
F: +61 3 8344 5532
Email: msd-courseadvice@unimelb.edu.au
Subject Overview:

Topics include:

  • the development and planning of settlements in Australia: the colonial architecture of New South Wales and Tasmania;
  • land and building regulations, urban conditions, building techniques;
  • the development of architecture in Melbourne from its founding to recent times and the emergence of modern architecture.

Special emphasis will be placed on the Melbourne environment.
Objectives: to be presented on the Learning Management System for this subject
Assessment:

Written exercises totalling 1000 words (20%);

Research reports and essays totalling 4000 words (80%), 2000 of which (40% of the total) may take the form of a written examination;

10% of total assessment due by week 6; remainder of assessment is due by the end of semester.
Prescribed Texts: none
Recommended Texts: Subject reader, annual publication.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills: On completion of the subject students should be able to:
  • understand the historical development of Australian architecture, construction, landscape design and urban planning;
  • demonstrate an appreciation of the formative traditions in the design of the built environment in Australia by establishing an overall cultural framework within which an individual building (or place) can be located and assessed;
  • analyze buildings and places in terms of their context, form, planning spatial effects, construction, function and social role;
  • demonstrate an understanding of architectural historiography;
  • demonstrate skills in primary architectural research.
Links to further information: http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/environments-and-design-students/melbourne-school-of-design-students.html
Related Course(s): Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture
Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Design

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