ABB336 Furniture Design and Fabrication
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| Unit code: | ABB336 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | (ABB233 or DTB200 or DTB303) and 156 credit points of completed Architecture study (ABB% or D% units) |
| Equivalent(s): | DTB310, DTH603 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,356 |
| International unit fee | $4,896 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ABB336 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | (ABB233 or DTB200 or DTB303) and 156 credit points of completed Architecture study (ABB% or D% units) |
| Equivalent: | DTB310 and DTH603 |
| Coordinator: | Melissa Guyatt | melissa.guyatt@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Furniture and its role in the built environment is fundamental to creating an enhanced user experience. This unit develops at an intermediate level your knowledge, skills and their application regarding furniture and joinery in the interior and exterior context with a specific focus on experimental design and prototype construction. It builds upon the technical issues introduced in prior design and technology units, such as design, detailing and working drawing documentation, materials and ergonomics. Through an investigation of furniture and its design, this unit introduces you to the broad base of knowledge and the well-developed skills necessary to the field of interior design. Furniture and joinery are integral elements in an interior environment aesthetically, socially and culturally. You will therefore investigate aspects of the interior environment through the design of furniture and joinery within an appropriate and authentic real world context.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of the role of furniture within interior design with the ability to identify, define and solve problems in the area of furniture design.
- Use technical skills appropriate to the discipline including the ability to communicate design ideas through written works, working drawings, models, and a variety of presentation techniques.
- Collaborate and apply knowledge of furniture design, documentation and construction experience within the interior design context including the ability to work cooperatively and productively as a team member or leader.
- Reflect on experiential processes, events and personal learning.
Content
Content covered in this unit may include:
- a focus on interaction factors such as visual cues and psychological responses
- a historical analysis of the role of furniture design in interior design
- historic, contemporary and future furniture trends
- furniture design and working drawing documentation
- prototype construction in the workshop and/or design of a major piece
- issues of sustainability.
Learning Approaches
The unit will involve you in lectures/seminars, site visits, studio exercises and integrated workshop sessions. Strategies to be adopted in teaching the unit and promoting your learning include: externalisation and explicit imagining, representing and testing of ideas and proposals for projects and exercises; and the involvement of practical exercises which encourage the integration of theory and practice and self evaluation and reflection. Learning approaches will encompass lectures and seminars, self-directed learning, team based learning, experiential learning, reflective practice, exposition, and presentation.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Studio will be formative in the sense that you will be provided with ongoing feedback through the studio activities incorporating identification of strengths and weaknesses and suggestions for further consideration. You will also receive a criteria sheet grading with comments provided on the completion of summative assessment items.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will be based on the projects introduced within a studio context. Individual projects will be assessed independently but will contribute to the final grade of the unit. Each assessment component will be allocated a weighting and graded according to project assessment criteria which map to the unit learning outcomes.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Furniture Research Project
Research and demonstrate knowledge of exemplar furniture including material use, detail drawings and fabrication techniques.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Furniture Prototype
Conceptual design, design development, ergonomic modeling, working drawing documentation and scale 3D prototype construction and presentation of a piece of furniture, accompanied by an A2 Poster.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Design Workbook
A detailed reflective and analytical record of your work over Assessment 1 & 2, including research, experimental processes, material development, design development, prototype fabrication development, fabrication skill development, working drawings, fabrication program, group work, events and personal learning associated with this unit. All individual and group presentation material is also included. Workbook submitted online.
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
There are no prescribed texts for this unit due to its project-based approach and the breadth of theory covered. Resource materials required for the unit will be identified at the beginning of the semester and communicated through the first lecture and the unit QUT Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
All commencing Faculty of Engineering students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction
All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 CIF General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.
This unit also requires a Tier 2 CIF Health and Safety Induction, which provides an overview of the facilities and general safety procedures for using the Gardens Point J block facilities.
This unit may require a Tier 3 CIF Health and Safety Induction, which is a hands-on induction on specific machinery. Please see School of Design J block workshop staff to book in for an induction on specific machinery.
You will be required to undertake practical sessions in the workshop under the supervision of the lecturer and technical staff. The Faculty’s occupational health and safety policies and procedures will apply to these sessions.
You will undergo a health and safety induction at the commencement of the first practical session and will be issued with a safety induction card. Students who do not have a safety induction card will be denied access to the workshops.
In any workshop practicals you will be advised of requirements of safe and responsible behaviour and will be required to wear appropriate protective items (e.g. closed shoes or steel capped shoes); on any field trips or site visits, all students will progress through a safety induction session and where necessary obtain a safety induction card. Students who do not follow legitimate instructions or who endanger the safety of others or do not act in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety Act, will be required to leave the session/site.
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: Furniture Research Project, Furniture Prototype, Design Workbook - Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
Relates to: Furniture Research Project, Furniture Prototype, Design Workbook - Communicate knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
Relates to: Furniture Research Project, Furniture Prototype, Design Workbook - Strategically collaborate with diverse stakeholders and communities, including First Nations peoples.
Relates to: Furniture Research Project, Furniture Prototype, Design Workbook - Reflect on feedback and experience, and display professional and ethical judgment and initiative.
Relates to: Design Workbook