ARCH1101 Architecture Design Studio 1

SESSION ONE 2013

UNITS OF CREDIT, 6UOC

RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS

www.russelllowe.com/arch1101_2013/index.htm
www.arch1101-2013.blogspot.com
https://groups.google.com/group/arch1101-2013/topics?hl=en

info.library.unsw.edu.au/web/services/services.html
red centre guide
Campus Map

COURSE CONVENER

Russell Lowe russell.lowe@unsw.edu.au
Office Number 2026, Second Floor

STUDIO TUTORS (SECTION AND ROOM NUMBER IN BRACKETS)

Matt Day (T14A; RC5006)
Jo Ann Kok (T14B; RC5007)
Brad Inwood (T14C; RC5008)
Rosamond Kember (T14D; RC6001)
Rikke Bukh (T14E; RC6002)
Roanna Manlutac (T14F; RC6003)
Jacky Yuen (T14G; RC6004)
Shaowen Wang (T14H; RC6005)
Stephen Davey (T14I; RC1004)
James Pedersen (T14J; RC1005)
Andrea Harrison (T14K; RC1006)
Jeremy Harkins (T14L; RC1005: NOTE THIS HAS MOVED FROM RC2001)
Vinh Nguyen (T14M; RC5007; NOTE THIS HAS MOVED FROM RC3030)

TIME

6 hours per week (2 hour lecture plus 4 hours studio).

Lecture: Tuesday 12:00 - 14:00, Rex Vowels Theatre, Map Reference F-17

Studio: Tuesday 14:00 - 18:00
RedC 1004, RedC 1005, RedC 1006 First Floor Studios
RedC 5006, RedC 5007, RedC 5008 Fifth Floor Studios
RedC 6001, RedC 6002, RedC 6003, RedC 6004, RedC 6005 Sixth Floor Studios

In addition to the 6 hours spent in class students are expected to spend an additional 6 hours per week on self directed study for this course.

ARCH1101 is the first in the sequence of 6 Bachelor of Architectural Studies design studio courses. The design studio is an opportunity for students to integrate skills, knowledge and experience gathered in their Communications, History and Theory, Technology, Enabling Skills and Practice courses with an architectural design brief.

"Dada's devotion to the imaginative disruption of convention is an essential liberation force. I can't imagine how dada relates stylistically to my work, but in spirit it is fundamental." Gordon Matta Clark

In this course students will be introduced to a wide range of representational techniques and strategies. Students will be encouraged to take a critical and reflective attitude toward representation and develop opportunities for Architecture that grow out of Dada's "imaginative disruption of convention". In other words this Architectural Design Studio is about provoking and developing an imaginative disruption in the application of the conventional. Students will be introduced to collaborative research and will be expected to take advantage of contemporary ICT to build a body of knowledge and community of scholarship.

The three experiments prioritize investigation and experimentation. Students should record evidence of both over the course of the session.

The course is delivered via lectures and studio based tutorials. The lectures introduce students to the experiment briefs, to exciting and relevant examples of Architects, Artists and Designers work, to successful examples of student work, and to historical and theoretical concepts that can support design development. The studio sessions are where students engage with specific tasks, each one requiring the testing of a range of opportunities. The studio sessions are hands-on; using either sketches in small notebooks, personal electronic devices, or their laptop computers. While the work in studio isn't formally assessed each session it contributes to the overall assessment of each experiment; and can be seen in the section ASSESSABLE OUTPUTS below.

As noted above; in addition to the 6 hours spent in class students are expected to spend an additional 6 hours per week on self directed study for this course. The self directed study component of this course is a critical element in the overall ARCH1101 teaching strategy. Students will be required to develop significant levels of skills and knowledge without the direct input of the course coordinator or their tutor. This does not mean that they are alone however; with up to 260 students operating public blogs contact with other students in the course can be extremely direct. Developing research strategies including both the course blogs, the course forum and the wider internet in general will provide a valuable resource in your academic and professional career.

At the end of this course students will have:

Developed skills in critical thinking and problem solving using freehand sketching. Students will engage with the conventions of the section, axonometric and perspective.
Developed skills in critical thinking and problem solving using digital representation. Students will engage with a range of important software, including SketchUp, Crysis Wars, Fraps and Blogger.
Developed techniques and strategies for overlapping manual and digital forms of architectural representation.
Developed research skills especially as they relate to formulating research questions.
Developed breathtaking and significant objects, spaces and environments.

Students should also review the UNSW graduate attributes.

Included below are abstracts for the three Design Studio EXPERIMENTS. They are included here to give you an overall impression of the course and to bring your attention to the concepts, clients and software we will be working with. Each abstract will be expanded into a full brief at the introduction of each EXPERIMENT.

EXPERIMENT 1: THE DATUM

TIMETABLE: 4 Weeks, 25% of final grade.
ARCHITECTURAL ISSUE: Selling Creativity.
ARCHITECTURAL CONVENTION: The Stair.
ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE: Articulating below, on and above a ground plane. Studio workshops.
REFERENCE: http://www.googleartproject.com/
CLIENTS: Shinya Kimura, Antonio Stradivari, Jiro Ono 
SOFTWARE: Google Sketchup, Blogger.
TECHNIQUES: The section, texturing and UV mapping, animation and blogging.
ASSESSABLE OUTPUTS: 18 sketch sections, 36 custom textures, 2 draft sketchup models, 1 developed sketchup model, 3 animations on a Blogger weblog.
PREMISE: We can understand Architecture as a series of relationships between surfaces, objects and spaces. The datum introduces an idea of measurement into these relationships so that we can begin to understand the balance or otherwise of a scheme.

EXPERIMENT 2: THE SPACE BETWEEN

TIMETABLE: 3 Weeks. 30% of final grade.
ARCHITECTURAL ISSUE: The Monument.
ARCHITECTURAL CONVENTION: Monumental Architecture and Landform.
ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE: Articulating figure and ground in 3 dimensions. Two monuments.
CLIENTS: Architects. One living, one dead. Chosen by your tutor.
SOFTWARE: Crysis3 FreeSDK, Playup for Google Sketchup, Fraps, Blogger.
TECHNIQUES: The axonometric, Boolean operations, real time image capture, blogging.
ASSESSABLE OUTPUTS: 18 sketch axonometric drawings, 36 custom textures, 1 CryENGINE3 environment, 5 real time image captures on a Blogger weblog.
PREMISE: Architecture may be designed by the amalgamation of discrete forms. Such Boolean operations promote an abstract understanding of the relationships required to make whole systems.

EXPERIMENT 3: THE BRIDGE

TIMETABLE: 5 Weeks, 35% of final grade.
ARCHITECTURAL ISSUE: The Architecture of Theory and Practice.
ARCHITECTURAL CONVENTION: The Elevator.
ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGE: Articulating the relationship between Theory and Practice in the students chosen field. A school of Architecture/ArchitecturalComputing/Engineering.
CLIENTS: Following on from EXP2.
SOFTWARE: SketchUp, Crysis3 FreeSDK, Fraps, Blogger.
TECHNIQUES: The perspective, Interactive elements.
ASSESSABLE OUTPUTS: 1 MashUp of 3 news articles, 18 sketch perspective drawings, 36 custom textures, 1 SketchUp model that includes the two elevators and an architectural Folly, 1 CryENGINE3 environment, 5 real time image captures on a Blogger weblog.
PREMISE: Environments change over time. Action and interaction within an environment provide a vehicle to synthesize information and make sense of continually shifting structures.

GENERAL LINKS AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS:

http://www.sketchup.com/training/videos/new_to_gsu.html

CryEngine 3 : an introduction and application. Vol. 1

CryEngine 3 : an introduction and application. Vol. 2

CryEngine 3 : an introduction and application. Vol. 3

SCHEDULE:

ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN

Evidence of thought and rigor in concept development
Imagination and innovation in terms of the use of the representational instruments introduced in studio.
Precision and skill in each of the above areas of assessment

In addition to these criteria you will be assessed on the level and extent to which you engage with the learning outcomes for the course and the PREMISES listed in each EXPERIMENT abstract.

Students need to submit all three experiments and pass the Online Lecture Examination to pass the course.

All of the student work is assessed via each students blog. Images and text are uploaded by the students directly. Video is uploaded to YouTube and a link provided from the students blog. Sketchup models are uploaded to the SketchUP3dWarehouse and a link provided from the students blog. CryENGINE3 real time environments are uploaded to drop.io or senduit.com and a link provided from the students blog.

ATTENDANCE

Students are expected to attend 100% of all scheduled classes. The learning, feedback and assessments that occur within classes are invaluable to student progress. Failure to attend scheduled classes often results in students missing the opportunity to develop the capabilities expected to be demonstrated within assignment work. A roll may be taken in some courses and it is your responsibility to ensure that your name and signature are recorded. If a student does not attend 3 classes, without applying for special consideration, they will automatically fail the course. If a student arrives more than 15 minutes late to a class this constitutes an absence from that class.

ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM

What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is the presentation of the thoughts or work of another as one's own*
Examples include:
· direct duplication of the thoughts or work of another, including by copying work, or knowingly permitting it to be copied. This includes copying material, ideas or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document (whether published or unpublished), composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, web site, Internet, other electronic resource, or another person's assignment without appropriate acknowledgement;
· use of work produced in your place of employment, with no attribution or permission for use by employer;
· paraphrasing another person's work with very minor changes keeping the meaning, form and/or progression of ideas of the original;
· piecing together sections of the work of others into a new whole;
· presenting an assessment item as independent work when it has been produced in whole or part in collusion with other people, for example, another student or a tutor; and,
· claiming credit for a proportion a work contributed to a group assessment item that is greater than that actually contributed.†

Submitting an assessment item that has already been submitted for academic credit elsewhere may also be considered plagiarism.

Knowingly permitting your work to be copied by another student may also be considered to be plagiarism.
Note that an assessment item produced in oral, not written, form, or involving live presentation, may similarly contain plagiarised material.

The inclusion of the thoughts or work of another with attribution appropriate to the academic discipline does not amount to plagiarism.

The Learning Centre website is the central University online resource for staff and student information on plagiarism and academic honesty. It can be located at: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism/
A booklet for students entitled 'Plagiarism: Essential information for avoiding plagiarism' can be found at: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/academiclife/Plagiarism.pdf

The Learning Centre also provides substantial educational written materials, workshops, and tutorials to aid students, for example, in:
· correct referencing practices;
· paraphrasing, summarising, essay writing, and time management;
· appropriate use of, and attribution for, a range of materials including text, images, formulae and concepts.

Individual assistance is available on request from The Learning Centre. Students are also reminded that careful time management is an important part of study and one of the identified causes of plagiarism is poor time management. Students should allow sufficient time for research, drafting, and the proper referencing of sources in preparing all assessment items. Plagiarism is cheating and will not be tolerated. Plagiarism is the use of another person's work or ideas as if it were your own. Students who do not properly reference their work and cite their sources may fail the relevant assignment. Extensive downloading of information from the internet as a substitute for real research is not acceptable. Further action, including failure of a complete course, will be taken in serious cases. Students who commit offences considered as significant plagiarism will be referred to the Vice Chancellor, who may refer the offence to the Director, UNSW Student Services for investigation under Student Misconduct Rules. Penalties may include failure in the course and exclusion from the University, or the imposition of a fine. Students who commit significant plagiarism may be formally recorded on the Central Plagiarism Register (CPR). More information is available at: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism/plagiarism_STUDENTBOOK.pdf

* Based on that proposed to the University of Newcastle by the St James Ethics Centre. Used with kind permission from the University of Newcastle.
† Adapted with kind permission from the University of Melbourne

UNSW policy on misconduct including plagiarism is in Section 5 of the UNSW Student Misconduct Procedures http://www.gs.unsw.edu.au/policy/documents/studentmisconductprocedures.pdf

LATE SUBMISSIONS


The penalty for a late submission (exempting Special Consideration cases) is to be a deduction of 10% of the total assessable mark per 24 hour period after the submission date and time. This deduction is for the nominated assignment task only. To clarify; the table below provides a sample set of calculations for a mark awarded to a submission out of 100. Please note that in the case of a physical submission to the BE Student Centre, the Centre's opening hours may contribute to a delay in the submission/receipt of the work; resulting in further penalties (the student should take this into account when considering a late submission).

Electronic submissions: Students should acquaint themselves with the process of making electronic submissions, if required by specific courses.

APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION/SPECIAL CONSIDERATION

On some occasions, sickness, misadventure, or other circumstances beyond your control may prevent you from attending class or submitting work for assessment on time. UNSW has procedures that allow you to apply for consideration in these situations. Students requesting consideration or extension for assignment submission must follow Special Consideration application procedures stated below. Academic staff will not accept medical certificates in place of a formal application submitted via UNSW Student Central. Students should note that submitting a request for Special Consideration does not automatically mean that you will be granted additional assessment, or awarded an amended result.

Applications for Special Consideration must follow the following procedures:
1. You must make formal application for Special Consideration for the course/s affected as soon as practicable after the problem occurs and within three working days of the assessment to which it refers.
2. The application must be made via Online Services in myUNSW. Log into myUNSW and go to My Student Profile tab > My Student Services channel > Online Services > Special Consideration.
3. Submit application to UNSW Student Central including:
" Originals or certified copies of your supporting documentation (Student Central can certify your original documents), and
" A completed Professional Authority form (pdf - download here).

EQUITY AND DIVERSITY


Students who have a disability that requires some adjustment in their learning and teaching environment are encouraged to discuss their study needs with me prior to, or at the commencement of the course, or with the Equity Officer (Disability) in the Equity and Diversity Unit (9385 4734). Information for students with disabilities is available at:
www.equity.unsw.edu.au/disabil.html

COURSE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT