11505 Architectural Design: Material Technologies
12cpPostgraduate
This subject aims to further architectural design skills through the integration of a specific research agenda. The design research agenda of this subject is in the area of material technologies. It is also concerned with the processes of design that ensue when material technologies are foregrounded as a design parameter. The studio aims to extend an understanding of the potentials of material research and application within architecture, by exploring and testing the design potentials and implications of new materials and construction techniques through project-based team and individual speculations.
Investigations may encompass new technologies, information systems and materials development from allied disciplines such as structural engineering and material science, as well as those from outside the field of the built environment, such as agriculture, medicine and biology, mining and aeronautics.
The subject also enhances a critical understanding of architecture as both a discipline with an existing body of knowledge and a set of practices that continuously challenge and add to that body of knowledge. The subject requires the testing of ideas and modes of practising in architectural design, and the production of design proposals that accurately and persuasively convey the most relevant ideas and practices.
Typical availability
Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus
Winter session, City campus
Fee information
2009 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $1,853.00
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2008 should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth Supported places.
2009 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $5,000.00
Note: Fees for Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Annual Fees Schedule.
Subject EFTSL: 0.25Access conditions
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