Digital Design Applications

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

This subject is a quota subject and places are limited. Students may provisionally enrol via the Student Portal, but places are not guaranteed until selection is completed. You will be notified in writing by the Student Centre if you are selected.

120 hours

Entry into the Melbourne School of Design or approval of the subject coordinator.

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/

This subject offers a conceptual overview and hands-on introduction to research and applications in digital technologies in spatial design. The selected topics introduced in the subject include: variational design, interactive skins and spaces, evolutionary techniques in computational design, building information modelling, advanced materials and technologies of fabrication and simulation.

On completion of the subject students should have developed:

• knowledge of the impact of digital technology on theoretical issues in spatial design;
• critical awareness of the relationship between representation and spatial design with an emphasis on digital design environments;
• skills in the use of computational design and digital technologies.

• Class participation (15%).
• Essay of up to 1000 words due in week 4 (20%).
• Essay of at least 4000 words due at the end of semester (65%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Critical thinking and analysis.
• Information gathering and critical synthesis.
• Comprehension of complex concepts and the ability to express them lucidly in writing.
• Methods of documentation and presentation.