ABB103 Create and Represent: Process
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| Unit code: | ABB103 |
|---|---|
| Equivalent(s): | DYB111 or ABD103 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,356 |
| International unit fee | $4,896 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ABB103 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | DYB111 or ABD103 |
| Coordinator: | Kirsty Volz | kirsty.volz@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit provides introductory skills in analogue (hand drawing and modelling) and digital processes for architecture, landscape architecture and interior design. It will cover methods for analysing and exploring the built environment, generative techniques, foundational graphic communication, and design principles. Through observation, analysis, drawing and modelling techniques, you will gain an understanding of key communication techniques and principles informing design processes and explorations. You will build on this unit in your future design studios, technology and environments units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Understand and apply theoretical, analytical, and technical processes to communicate a body of design work across a range of techniques; analogue and digital.
- Observe, experiment with, and critically analyse the processes of production by using a range of skills, graphics, and 3-dimensions
- Demonstrate design options through conceptual model making
- Explore the role of visual communication in the expression of design ideas and processes
Content
- Design principles
- Orthogonal drawings
- Experimentation in design
- Modelling making techniques: analogue and digital
- Analytical diagramming.
- Design iteration processes
- Generative techniques
- Introduction to parametric procedures
Learning Approaches
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in following ways:
- weekly in-class, formative feedback to evaluate progress of set exercise in the form of feedback from peers and academic staff.
- criteria referenced assessment (CRA) sheets
- summative review of submitted assessments in the form of verbal or written feedback from teaching staff and criteria referenced rubric.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback will be provided by:
- In class, formative feedback to evaluate work in progress of set weekly/fortnightly exercises in the form of verbal feedback from peers and academic staff
- Summative review of submitted assessments in the form of verbal or written feedback from academic staff and criteria-referenced assessment rubrics.
Assessment
Overview
This unit includes two assessments designed to enable you to first undertake analogue techniques to enable you to undertake ways of representing process through physical model making techniques and using a range of common materials. You will then explore digital techniques of communicating process using digital 3D modelling and fabrication using a range of materials to communicate ideas, form, site, topography, plants.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project 1
This assessment will involve individual work curated as a series of weekly or fortnightly tasks to explore analogue techniques, all collated into a single submission. The techniques may include sketching techniques, drawing to scale diagramming techniques, rendering and orthogonal drawings including plans, sections and elevations.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Project 2
This assessment will involve individual work organised as a series of weekly/fortnightly tasks to explore digital techniques of production, all collated in a single submission at the end of the semester. The techniques will include 3D modelling in CAD (Revit/Rhino/AutoCAD), diagramming in adobe programs (Illustrator, Photoshop), physical model making using a range of materials fabrication techniques and introduction to parametric procedure and a range of other techniques to depict ideas, form, structure, site, plants, and people.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
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.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Required and recommended readings and resources will be identified on Canvas prior to and during the semester.
Risk Assessment Statement
All commencing Faculty of Engineering students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit.
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: Project 1, Project 2 - Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Communicate knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Plan, develop and complete research and other projects.
Relates to: Project 1
AB05 Bachelor of Architectural Design
- Apply theoretical, practical and cultural knowledge and skills in architecture.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative architectural solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Communicate architectural knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Plan, develop and complete architectural research and projects.
Relates to: Project 1
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ABB103 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | DYB111 or ABD103 |
Overview
This unit provides introductory skills in analogue (hand drawing and modelling) and digital processes for architecture, landscape architecture and interior design. It will cover methods for analysing and exploring the built environment, generative techniques, foundational graphic communication, and design principles. Through observation, analysis, drawing and modelling techniques, you will gain an understanding of key communication techniques and principles informing design processes and explorations. You will build on this unit in your future design studios, technology and environments units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Understand and apply theoretical, analytical, and technical processes to communicate a body of design work across a range of techniques; analogue and digital.
- Observe, experiment with, and critically analyse the processes of production by using a range of skills, graphics, and 3-dimensions
- Demonstrate design options through conceptual model making
- Explore the role of visual communication in the expression of design ideas and processes
Content
- Design principles
- Orthogonal drawings
- Experimentation in design
- Modelling making techniques: analogue and digital
- Analytical diagramming.
- Design iteration processes
- Generative techniques
- Introduction to parametric procedures
Learning Approaches
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in following ways:
- weekly in-class, formative feedback to evaluate progress of set exercise in the form of feedback from peers and academic staff.
- criteria referenced assessment (CRA) sheets
- summative review of submitted assessments in the form of verbal or written feedback from teaching staff and criteria referenced rubric.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback will be provided by:
- In class, formative feedback to evaluate work in progress of set weekly/fortnightly exercises in the form of verbal feedback from peers and academic staff
- Summative review of submitted assessments in the form of verbal or written feedback from academic staff and criteria-referenced assessment rubrics.
Assessment
Overview
This unit includes two assessments designed to enable you to first undertake analogue techniques to enable you to undertake ways of representing process through physical model making techniques and using a range of common materials. You will then explore digital techniques of communicating process using digital 3D modelling and fabrication using a range of materials to communicate ideas, form, site, topography, plants.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project 1
This assessment will involve individual work curated as a series of weekly or fortnightly tasks to explore analogue techniques, all collated into a single submission. The techniques may include sketching techniques, drawing to scale diagramming techniques, rendering and orthogonal drawings including plans, sections and elevations.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Project 2
This assessment will involve individual work organised as a series of weekly/fortnightly tasks to explore digital techniques of production, all collated in a single submission at the end of the semester. The techniques will include 3D modelling in CAD (Revit/Rhino/AutoCAD), diagramming in adobe programs (Illustrator, Photoshop), physical model making using a range of materials fabrication techniques and introduction to parametric procedure and a range of other techniques to depict ideas, form, structure, site, plants, and people.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
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.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Required and recommended readings and resources will be identified on Canvas prior to and during the semester.
Risk Assessment Statement
All commencing Faculty of Engineering students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit.
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: Project 1, Project 2 - Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Communicate knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Plan, develop and complete research and other projects.
Relates to: Project 1
AB05 Bachelor of Architectural Design
- Apply theoretical, practical and cultural knowledge and skills in architecture.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative architectural solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Communicate architectural knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
Relates to: Project 1, Project 2 - Plan, develop and complete architectural research and projects.
Relates to: Project 1