Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts

Unit Outline

Architecture Studio 1
ARCT1001
SEM-1, 2015
Campus: Crawley
Unit Coordinator: Miss Beth George

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Unit details
Unit title
Unit code
Availability
Location

Architecture Studio 1
ARCT1001
SEM-1, 2015 (23/02/2015 - 20/06/2015)
Crawley

Credit points

Mode

Face to face

Contact details
Faculty
School
School website
Unit coordinator
Email
Telephone
Consultation hours
Lecturers

Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts

Architecture, Landscape & Visual Arts
http://www.alva.uwa.edu.au/
Miss Beth George
beth.george@uwa.edu.au
0408 934 499
please email your coordinator to arrange consultation outside of studio

Name

Position

Email

Nathan Steele Studio Coordinator nathan.steele@uwa.edu.au

Unit contact hours

Online handbook
Unit website

MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS 10-1, ROOM 210

http://units.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/ARCT/ARCT1001
www.lms.uwa.edu.au/ARCT1001

Unit rules
Prerequisites

IDES1000 Studio Fundamentals (formerly ARCT1000 Studio Fundamentals)

Unit description
This unit offers an introduction to architectural design. Activities take place in semi-autonomous studios, each run by a studio
coordinator. The studio environment provides a context for diverse concepts and experiments in the design of structures in relation to
their physical and social contexts, response to functional requirements, application of basic structural principles, and to the effects of
architectural composition, lighting and material perception upon the occupants spatial and aesthetic perceptions. Project briefs are
designed to develop students conceptual and compositional abilities, and contextual understanding, imparting the necessary skills to
communicate their ideas in a tangible form.

Learning outcomes
Students are able to (1) acquire an elementary competence in architectural strategies, theories and methods; (2) explore to a
preliminary level basic spatial and material architectural concepts; (3) acquire basic knowledge of technical areas of study relevant to
architecture; (3) acquire basic understanding of architectural precedents; (4) acquire basic competence in the application of various
graphical and modelling communication media; (5) develop the ability to combine text and images in architectural presentations; and (6)
develop the ability to verbally present architectural propositions.

Unit structure
6 hours of studio contact each week for 12 weeks.

Unit schedule
Week Date

Topic

Hours

Due

1
2
3
4
5
6

Design Studio
Design Studio
Design Studio
Design Studio
Design Studio
Design Studio
Non-teaching
Design Studio
Design Studio
Design Studio
Design Studio
Design Studio
Design Studio
Folio Week

6 hrs
6 hrs
6 hrs
6 hrs
6 hrs
6 hrs

Component 1 - Due Thursday in class

Marks issued for Component 1: Monday and new project introduced

7
8
9
10
11
12
13

week starting Feb 23

week starting Mar 02
week starting Mar 09
week starting Mar 16
week starting Mar 23
week starting Mar 30
week starting Apr 06
week starting Apr 13
week starting Apr 20
week starting Apr 27
week starting May 04
week starting May 11
week starting May 18
week starting May 25

6 hrs
6 hrs
6 hrs
interim assessment and review: Thursday
6 hrs
6 hrs
6 hrs
no contact Component 2 - Final Folio - due Friday May 29th, 3pm

Assessment
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Assessment overview
Typically this unit is assessed in the following way(s): (1) an interim assessment (40 per cent); and (2) a final folio (60 per cent).
Students must pass the final folio component to pass the unit. Further information is available in the unit outline.

Assessment mechanism
Component Weight Due Date
Component 1 40%
Component 2 60%

Relates To Outcomes

In Studio
1-6
Thursday of Wk5
Friday 29th May, 3pm 1 - 6

Assessment items
Item Title

Description

Submission Procedure for Assignments

Component This description should be read in conjunction with the relevant studio
1
guide provided by the respective studio coordinator.
This component is likely to be formative, involving reading, measuring,
drawing, context comprehension and, potentially, proposition.
Component This description should be read in conjunction with the relevant studio
2
guide provided by the respective studio coordinator.

see studio guide/ receive instructions from

Studio Coordinator

Folio Submission in allocated room

This component is likely to incorporate the proposition, refinement and

description (drawn and/or modelled) of a provocative and carefully
considered design scheme.

Other important information

Enrolled students can access unit material via the LMS (Learning Management System).
Enrolled students can access unit material via the LMS in units that use LMS

Building clean-up and folio collection (for units with folio submissions)
Studios are expected to be left clean and tidy. Drawing boards are to be cleaned. Students must remove all personal property
immediately after the submission of their folio. If the content of a folio is used for exhibition then the student must write their name on
the back of the work so that when the exhibition is demounted collection is simplified. If staff or the Faculty wish to reserve work for
reproduction and/or accreditation purposes then this should be negotiated with individual students.

Attendance
Attendance is required at all lectures, tutorials and workshops. These are the primary means of consultation with your Unit Coordinator
and Teaching Assistants. Do not expect questions relating to content missed through unjustified absence to be answered. Additionally,
it will be assumed that students have read all relevant course materials.

Authenticity of work
For Studio units, the Faculty may prevent your continuation in this unit if you fail to meet requirements for attendance at
classes to establish the authenticity and originality of your work.
Submissions
The ALVA Submissions policy is available at:
http://www.alva.uwa.edu.au/students/policies/

Submission of Late Work

All assessment tasks are due no later than 4pm on the date indicated in the unit's Assessment Mechanism Statement, with the
exception of in-class assessment items such as tutorial presentations. Any assessment task which is submitted after the time
indicated in the assessment mechanism statement without a formal approved extension will be considered LATE and appropriate
penalities will be applied. Information on penalties can be obtained in the Faculty Policy on Submissions
at http://www.alva.uwa.edu.au/students/policies/.

Extensions
The Faculty approves extensions only in exceptional circumstances in order to ensure that all students are treated fairly and that
submission date schedules, which are designed to produce ordered work patterns for students, are not disrupted. Extensions may be
authorised only by the allocated Faculty Course Advising Office or a delegated representative. In all cases, requests for extensions
require the submission of Special Consideration form no later than three University working days after the due date.
Students are encouraged in the strongest possible terms to familiarise themselves with the Faculty Policy on Extensions available
at http://www.alva.uwa.edu.au/students/policies/.

Return of Student Work

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Marked assessments submitted on time will be made available for collection by students at least one week before the next assessment
in the unit is due (if it is related to the previous assessment), or no more than four weeks after submission, whichever is sooner.

Special Consideration
For information regarding special consideration please go to:

http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/course/exams/consideration
Faculty Safety Inductions
The ALVA Health and Safety Induction (Part A) must be completed online by all students enrolled in a unit taught by the Faculty. This
online module is available for self-enrol via LMS. Completion of the Part A induction will ensure after-hours access to the ALVA Building
(including computer labs) is enabled.
The ALVA Workshop Induction (Part B) runs in Week 1 of each semester, and must be completed if the unit involves use of the
Workshop. Your Workshop Induction lasts for five years, after which you will be required to attend a refresher. Please refer to
http://www.alva.uwa.edu.au/students/facilities for more information on Inductions and Workshop close-down period.

Material and Equipment Costs

Costs specific to individual units will be communicated to students in this unit outline or early in semester.
All sites will require students to wear protective helmets; students needing to purchase a certified protective helmet may do so from
Alsafe Safety Industries Pty Ltd, 177 Bannister Rd Canningvale. Students must wear appropriate clothing when visiting building sites;
open toed shoes and sand shoes will not be accepted and students will not gain entry to site with these shoes. The sites also require
steel capped boots to be worn this is a condition of accessing these sites. These can be bought from Army Surplus stores or
borrowed, they are a worthy investment as will be required on future building sites of your own.

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