ARBE1222
20 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
Architecture Studio 1 provides students with a preliminary understanding of architectural design and introduces them to key issues that underpin the social and physical construction of the built environment. The course equips students with fundamental skills that are critical to the practice of architecture and offers an introduction to the architectural studio as a key learning environment in architectural education.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Undertake basic design processes and evaluate their outcomes
2. Demonstrate site as a key component of the design process
3. Recognise architecture as a creative medium operating within a social and ethical context focused on designing with Country
4. Identify basic principles of construction and materiality
5. Communicate architectural ideas to a range of audiences using multimodal presentation techniques
Content
This course will include: architectural design processes; creative thinking; site analysis; working with Country; architectural precedents; basic architectural construction and materiality; and architectural communication.
Requisite
This course has similarities to ARBE1200 and ARBE2100. If you have successfully completed ARBE1200 or ARBE2100, you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Project: Short Project
Project: Design Project 1
Project: Design Project 2
Log / Workbook: Multimodal Reflection
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Studio-1
- Face to Face On Campus 6 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- ARBE1222 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 126.5 KB)
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.