Construction Methods A

This subject is not offered in 2013.

120 hours

Entry into the Master of Architecture 300-point program.

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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.

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.

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.

None specified

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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.