ABB101 Design 1: Space and Scale
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| Unit code: | ABB101 |
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| Equivalent(s): | DAB101, DLB101, DTB101 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,104 |
| International unit fee | $4,368 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ABB101 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | DAB101 or DLB101 or DTB101 |
| Coordinator: | Sheona Thomson | s.thomson@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit introduces foundational principles and elements of spatial design, focusing on space and scale.
Informed by essential design theories, methods, and processes, you will explore how space and scale apply in the distinct but related fields of architecture, landscape architecture and interior design.
You will use your creative imagination, research and study existing designs for inspiration, and think critically to formulate and improve your design ideas. This will include experimenting with the qualities of space and form.
Learning in this unit is project-based, involving collaboration with peers, and supported by lectures, readings, and facilitated practical exercises and formative reviews in the fabrication workshop and studio settings.
You will be introduced to professional knowledge that aligns with item 18 of the AACA national competencies for Architects.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Recognise, analyse, and apply the elements and concepts of spatial design
- Apply design processes in response to questions of space and scale
- Differentiate two- and three-dimensional spatial relationships across a range of scales in nature, built forms and visual systems
- Communicate introductory design ideas to different audiences by a variety of media
- Reflect on different design processes to identify their impact on the final design and your developing understanding of space and scale
Content
Areas of knowledge and skill covered in this unit may include:
- The components of the spatial design process: observation, research and analysis, imagining and developing spatial ideas, experimentation and testing spatial ideas, design iteration (trying different versions of ideas), and resolution.
- Space, scale and the body
- Form and abstraction
- Perceiving and experiencing space and scale
- Representing, testing, and communicating spatial ideas in two- and three-dimensions using a variety of media
- Materials, making and assembly
- Learning through reflection on the design process
Learning Approaches
Learning in this unit is project-based and takes place in a studio and workshop setting. You will learn through doing projects, individually and in a team. Your engagement with lectures, reading materials and critical group discussions with studio teachers and peers will inform your project-based learning. Projects will be based in a ‘real world’ environment and may involve site visits and contact with industry professionals.
You will also gain experience through doing and presenting your work. The hands-on sessions in the studio will help you connect what you learn in theory to real-world practice. These practical sessions will also help you improve your skills in presenting ideas visually and verbally and using relevant technical tools. You will have frequent opportunities to explain your concepts, how you came up with them, and how these inform your designs. You will consolidate your learning through ongoing reflection and self-evaluation.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
In design studio sessions, you will receive ongoing feedback from studio staff and peers during regular check-ins, known as "desk critiques" and "pin ups". This will boost your learning and help you improve your work weekly, leading to the final project reviews or "critiques".
General feedback for the whole class will be posted on the QUT Canvas platform.
Once you complete and submit major assessment tasks, you will receive grades and comments based on specific criteria to help you understand how well you did.
Assessment
Overview
The summative assessment items in this unit, develop your understanding of space and scale through two spatial design projects and an extended reflection task.
In assessments one and two, your learning is evaluated across four areas:
- Design concept (ULO 1, ULO 2, ULO 3)
- Implementation of design methods (ULO 1, ULO 2)
- Application of continuous design process (ULO 2, ULO 4)
- Communication through models, drawings, and verbal presentation (ULO 3, ULO 4)
In assessment three, your learning is evaluated across three areas:
- Reflecting on the design process (ULO 1, ULO 4, ULO 5)
- Reflecting on your understanding of space and scale (ULO 2, ULO 3, ULO 5)
- Developmental peer conversations and feedback (ULO 5)
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Space and Scale: 1:1
Design and construct a temporary, dynamic spatial installation, responding to defined criteria and needs, for a designated site, at a scale of 1:1.
Assessment: Space and Scale: 1:1+
You will use a deliberate process to design a project, responding to defined criteria and needs, that explores the impact of scale on the experience of space.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Reflective learning log
You will maintain a structured reflective account of your learning throughout the semester, including your emergent understanding of design process and methods, and the meaning and impact of space and scale in the experience of constructed and natural environments.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
- Drawing, making and presenting materials and equipment.
- A list of recommended and required readings will be advised in class at the beginning of the semester and available on the Canvas unit site.
Risk Assessment Statement
Health & Safety Inductions
ABB101 involves working in the J Block Fabrication Workshops and students must complete the following:
- Health & Safety Induction (minimum required score of 18 out of 20): enrol via Laboratory and Workshop HSE induction (Canvas)
- Fabrication Workshop Induction (minimum required score of 20 out of 20): enrol via Fabrication Workshop (J Block) Induction (Canvas)
In addition to the above, an in-person Fabrication Workshop Orientation Induction will occur in week 1 of the teaching period.
This unit has no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or studio classes. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to
view the Emergency video.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.AB01 Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours)
- Apply theoretical, practical and cultural knowledge and skills across a range of disciplines and specialist knowledge and skills in one built environment area.
Relates to: Space and Scale: 1:1, Space and Scale: 1:1+, Reflective learning log - Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
Relates to: Space and Scale: 1:1, Space and Scale: 1:1+ - Communicate knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
Relates to: Space and Scale: 1:1, Space and Scale: 1:1+ - Plan, develop and complete research and other projects.
Relates to: Space and Scale: 1:1, Space and Scale: 1:1+ - Reflect on feedback and experience, and display professional and ethical judgment and initiative.
Relates to: Reflective learning log
AB05 Bachelor of Architectural Design
- Apply theoretical, practical and cultural knowledge and skills in architecture.
Relates to: Space and Scale: 1:1, Space and Scale: 1:1+, Reflective learning log - Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative architectural solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
Relates to: Space and Scale: 1:1, Space and Scale: 1:1+ - Communicate architectural knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
Relates to: Space and Scale: 1:1, Space and Scale: 1:1+ - Plan, develop and complete architectural research and projects.
Relates to: Space and Scale: 1:1, Space and Scale: 1:1+ - Reflect on feedback and experience, and display professional and ethical judgment and initiative.
Relates to: Reflective learning log