11400 Digital Theory

6cp
Postgraduate

This subject consists of an intensive study of the relationship between architectural theory and the realm of digital creation. It involves a group-based intensive study within a semester and examines specific topics within the theory of digital design. This subject will investigate issues including the relationship between the history of drawing and the development of computer-based design schemes, and the question of the relationship between the diagram as a computer generated series of lines and its subsequent connection to forms of material realization.

It also covers a theoretical account of central elements of the design course, namely the relationship between geometry and materials; the relationship between the digital and analogue models; and the conceptualisation of objects and artefacts as a surface condition.

The digital has necessitated a rethinking of the terminology central to architecture, e.g. line, plane, surface.

Assessment is based on a class seminar presentation and an essay.

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $872.38
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,310.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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