Master of Architecture Studio C

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

Studio class allocation process is done via a ballot, for further information please refer to the http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/msd-design-studios

340 hours

Admission into one of the following courses:

MC-ARCH Master of Architecture (200 points)

OR

MC-ARCH Master of Architecture (300 point, entry point)
MC-ARCH3Y Master of Architecture (300 points)

plus all of the following subjects:

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.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

This studio emphasises how successful architectural designs express ideas based in well-grounded, critical thinking, and on values manifest in visions of desired futures. Through design projects and analysis of seminal works, students will develop both design ideas for projects and architectural expressions of those ideas. Autonomous studio options will cover a range of project types including housing, public institutions and urban design, taught with an emphasis on architecture as idea, materiality or program. The studio will be vertically integrated with Architectural Design Studios D & E to ensure a wide range of choice and inter-level learning.

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Successfully create and resolve the design of a building of medium complexity
• Evaluate results of their work in relation to the environmental and social context and their chosen intellectual traditions
• Communicate a complex design vision in a clear and professional manner.

A mid-semester jury review (critique) oral presentation equivalent to 100 hours of work demonstrating design output that may include physical models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches. Worth 30%.

An end of semester jury review (critique) oral presentation equivalent to 240 hours of work building on work developed throughout the semester demonstrating design output that may include physical models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses and sketches. Worth 70%.

Hurdle Requirement: Students must attend 75% of studios

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• An understanding of ethical responses to issues.
• Identification of emerging trends in practice.
• Visual and oral presentation techniques.
• Three-dimensional representation.
• Critical thinking and analysis.
• Capacity for independent thought and reflection.
• Creative response to complex problems.