Construction Methods A

Subject ABPL90286 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

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

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

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


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 3 hours per week
Total Time Commitment:

120 hours
Prerequisites:

Entry into the Master of Architecture 300-point program.
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.

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Coordinator

Dr David O'Brien

Contact

Environments and Design Student Centre
Ground Floor, Baldwin Spencer (building 113)

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Website: http://www.msd.unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

This subject explores the idea of construction as a process linking specific principles, materials, elements, systems and techniques strategically. Using a set of individual buildings as case studies, Construction Methods A will review and explain the physical anatomy of given technological types, emphasising parameters concerned with connectedness, stability, assembly and performance.
Objectives:

The objectives of the class are as follows:

  • to relate basic building principles to small to medium scale construction projects;
  • to understand logics, conventions and challenges of technical representations;
  • to appreciate both the relationship and the distance between building conception and building implementation;
  • to transform this appreciation into an interpretative framework for the organization of small to medium scale architectural practice.
Assessment:

Written and/or graphic submissions (e.g. tutorial exercises, class presentations, materials, construction or site reports, construction drawings and models) due from weeks 1 to 12 (totalling 100%) to the equivalent of 5000 words.
Prescribed Texts:

None specified
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

On completion of this subject students will have the ability to:

  • identify and follow the logics of construction;
  • communicate with peers and the community at large concerning construction matters;
  • select materials and systems to achieve coherent three dimensional designs;
  • select and work with constructional types suitable to building scale and function;
  • identify and access necessary areas of knowledge.
Related Course(s): Master of Architecture

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