Digital Design Applications

This subject is not offered in 2014.

120 hours

Admission into a course at the Melbourne School of Design.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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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.

Attendance and class participation throughout the semester, (10%)

Readings and participation in 'seminar sessions' throughout the semester (15%)

Design task:

• A3 folio of 'process' work, due at the end of the exam period (15%)
• Explanatory text (approx. one side of A4) due at the end of the exam period (10%)
• Physical Model(s) and A1 poster design - At least one model that shows significant section of your design @1:20. A1 poster needs to communicate the key ideas behind your proposal, can be a combination of typical architectural drawings/diagrams/renders - due at the end of the exam period (50%)

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.