680-101. DESIGN PART I (Requisite) - faculty of - architecture and building handbook, 1973

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12 DETAILS OF SUBJECTS

DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE,

SYLLABUS

Approximately 25 exercises of one to four periods duration in techniques, theory, method, perception and communication in design.

BOOKS

As recommended during the course.

EXAMINATION

The students will be examined on the design exercises submitted during the year and may be interviewed by the Board of Examiners in Fourth Term.

All design exercises should be retained for re-presentation in Fourth Term to the

Board of Examiners.

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680 - 201: DESIGN PART IIA (Requisite)

A course of average 7 hours per week class time during first and second terms.

SYLLABUS

Exercises and projects of 1 to 4 weeks duration in communication techniques—

development and application. Design elements. Functional, technical and environ- mental needs and constraints.

BOOKS

•Uniform Building Regulations.

А.

J. Metric Handbook. (Architectural Press.) Reference books as recommended during the course.

EXAMINATION

The student will be examined on the design exercises and projects submitted during the year and may be interviewed by the Board of Examiners in fourth term.

All design exercises and projects should be retained for re-presentation in fourth term to the Board of Examiners.

680 - 202. DESIGN PART IIB (Elective)

A course of 15 tutorial studio sessions in addition to Design IIA.

SYLLABUS

Students will examine selected aspects of the Design IIA syllabus in greater detail. Exercises will include a report on one topic in the approved programme of work.

EXAMINATION As for Design IIA.

680.301. DESIGN PART IIIA (Requisite)

A course of average 9 hours per week class time during first and second terms comprising lectures, seminars, tutorials and studio attendance.

SYLLABUS

Emphasis on relationships in architecture.

Lectures, seminars and exercises including the following topics:

The study of multi-cell buildings. The effect on building design of function, economics, and building services. Landscape. Further communication techniques.

Creative design aids. Evaluation and appraisal of design solutions.

BOOKS

Reference books only, as recommended during the course.

EXAMINATION

Students will be examined on the design exercises and projects submitted during the year and may be interviewed by the Board of Examiners in fourth term.

All design exercises and projects should be retained for representation in fourth term to the Board of Examiners.

680-302. DESIGN PART IIIB (Elective)

A course of average 9 hours class time per week during third term only, com- prising lectures, tutorials and studio attendance.

The elective course is designed for students with particular aptitude and interest in architectural design and admission to this course may be restricted to students who have a suitable level of achievement in previous design work.

SYLLABUS

An extension of the work covered in the Design IIIA syllabus.

EXAMINATION

As for DESIGN IIIA.

680-401.

DESIGN PART IVA (Elective)

A course of average 9 hours class time per week during first and second terms only, comprising lectures, studio attendance and individual consultations with staff.

SYLLABUS

Complex design strategies. Accommodation for changing needs. Multi-serviced buildings and building groups. Documentation techniques.

BOOKS

As recommended during the course.

EXAMINATION

The student will be examined on the design exercises and projects submitted at the scheduled times and may be interviewed by the Board of Examiners in Fourth Term.

All submissions must be retained for presentation to the Board of Examiners in fourth term.

680-402.

DESIGN PART IVB (Elective Major Study)

A course of average 9 hours class time per week during the whole year, com- prising lectures, studio attendance and individual consultations with staff.

SYLLABUS

Complex design strategies. Accommodation for changing needs. Multi-serviced buildings and building groups.

Documentation techniques.

Deeper study of selected aspects of Design IVA.

BOOKS

As recommended during the course.

EXAMINATION

As for DESIGN IVA.

680-411.

INTERIOR DESIGN (Elective)

A course equivalent to one lecture, and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

This course is suitable for students with particular aptitude and interest in Archi- tectural design. Admission to the course may be restricted to students who have a suitable level of achievement in previous design work.

SYLLABUS

The study of anthropometric data in furniture design and human engineering principles in interior architecture. Design for the disabled. An introduction into the design and manufacture of timber, metal and plastic furniture. Complex furniture structures. Further study of the materials afd finishes used in interior design. The application of lighting and colour principles. Furniture installation. Contract pro- Øures and administration.

Books

Recommended for reference:

Floyd, W. F, and Roberts, D. F., Anatomical and Physiological principles in Chair and Table Design. (Ergonomics, 2:1, 1958.)

Maynard, J., Constructions and Workshop Practice in Woodwork. (Hulton Ed. Pub.)

Dal Fabbro, Mario., How to Build Modern Furniture. (McGraw-Hill, 1957, Edition 13.)

British Lighting Council, Interior Lighting Design Handbook. (2nd ed., 1967.) Standards Association of Australia:

Design for Access by Handicapped Persons, Part I, Public Buildings and Facilities. (Aust. Standard CÁ52 Part 1-1968.)

Code for Artificial Lighting of Buildings. (Aust. Standard сАЗ0-1965.) Department of Labour and National Service, Artificial Lighting in Factory and

Office. CIS Information Sheet No. 11-1985.) EXAMINATION

Students will be examined on one major design and detailed assignment in third term. Students may be interviewed by the Board of Examiners in fourth term.

680

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402. DESIGN PART IVB (Elective Major study)

A course terminating at the end of second term comprising 6 hours per week studio attendance at appointed times and an additional 10 hours per week involve- ment.

SYLLABUS

Lectures, group discussions, research, and exercises leading to a final presentat- ion of drawings, models and written material which are intended to illustrate the students' ability to cope with the design of a medium sized building with emphasis on planning, structure environmental and social considerations, installations, mechan- ical electrical and lift services, cost, estimating and other financial considerations, building regulations and aesthetics.

BOOKS

As recommended throughout the year.

EXAMINATION

The student will be examined on the depth and diligence of his work as well as on the quality of his solution as expressed in the final presentation.

680

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502. DESIGN PART VB (Elective)

A course throughout all terms comprising 6 hours per week studio attendance at appointed times and an additional 12 hours per week involvement.

SYLLABUS

As for Design VA but involving the design of a relatively large building or complex of buildings.

BOOKS

As recommended during the year.

EXAMINATION As for DESIGN VA.

HUMANITIES

684-100, HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE PART 1 (Elective) This subject will not be offered in 1973.

684-201. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE PART IIA (Elective)

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

A course of one 2-hours' session of lecture and discussion per week requiring approximately 6-7 hours total work per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

The development of modern architecture, early modern architecture, with spec- ial emphasis on the works of Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright Expressionism, the Bauhaus, the International Style, and Brutalism; recent work of selected architects.

BOOKS

Detailed reading lists will be issued during the year.

EXERCISES

Work set during the year carries 40% of the marks. It comprises three essays which are set at regular intervals. One of these essays will be a major essay. Students will be required to do set reading and prepare material for discussion in class.

EXAMINATION

The exercises as required during the year, and one 3-hour paper in fourth term.

684-202. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IIB (Elective)

ASIAN ARCHITECTURE

A course of one 2-hour session of lecture and discussion per week requiring approximately 6-7 hours total work per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

A study of an aspect of Architecture in Asia, e.g. Buddhist Architecture, Islamic Architecture or the Architecture of a region or country.

BOOKS

Detailed reading lists will be issued during the year.

EXERCISES

Work set during the year carries 40% of the marks. It comprises three Essays which are set at regular intervals. One of these Essays will be a Major Essay.

EXAMINATION

The exercises as required during the year, and one 3-hour paper in fourth term.

684-203. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE PART IIC (Elective)

AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE

A course of one 2-hour session of lecture and discussion per week requiring approximately 6-7 hours total work per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

The Colonial Architecture of New South Wales and Tasmania. The development of Melbourne, and the Architecture of Melbourne from its founding to the First World War. Special emphasis will be placed on the Melbourne environment.

BOOKS

Freeland,

I.

1., Australian Architecture: A History (Cheshire, 1967).

Detailed reading lists will be issued during the year.

EXERCISES

EXAMINATION

The exercises as required during the year, and one 3-hour paper in Fourth Term.

684-300. INVESTIGATION PROGRAMME (Elective)

Prerequisite of at least second

class

honour in History of Architecture Part IIC, or Urban Studies (Arch.) or an equivalent subject.

Available only to students entering fourth and fifth Years.

A course of individual and group tuition on an approved programme of work requiring approximately 10-12 hours total work per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

A series of investigation projects of various types in the sphere of either urban conditions or of the history of architecture in Victoria. The staff will determine the investigation projects appropriate to each student. A report

will

be required for each investigation project, and these reports will comprise the required work in this subject.

BOOKS

Each candidate will be expected to prepare reading lists under the guidance of the staff.

EXAMINATION

The investigation reports prepared during the year.

684-400. RESEARCH REPORT (Elective)

Available only to students entering fifth Year.

Prerequisite of a Pass in History of Architecture part III or Social Studies ( Arch.) Part II or Investigation Programme.

A course of individual tuition on an approved programme of work requiring approximately 20-24 hours total work per week throughout the year.

Approval of the topic for study must be obtained before course selection will be ratified and authority to enrol is granted. A detailed bibliography, set out accord- ing to the usual conventions, and a synopsis of the proposed study must be submitted by the second week of first term. Regular reports will be required throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

Guided study in nominated areas. These studies will be determined by the staff available, but will generally be concerned with urban conditions and the history of architecture in Victoria. A report, prepared during the year will comprise the re- quired work in the subject.

BOOKS

Detailed reference lists must be prepared by each student.

EXAMINATION

The report prepared during the year.

690. URBAN STUDIES (ARCH.) (Elective)

A course of one 2-hour lecture and discussion session per week requiring approximately 6-7 hours total work per week throughout the year.

NØS This is an interdisciplinary course only, and is not intended to provide adequate training for professional qualification in Social Studies, Sociology, or Town Planning.

SYLLABUS

The urban envíroment, and the social contexts of urban living; general studies of the social character of suburbs, old areas, housing estates, and high density areas;

individual and community problems in relation to housing; theories and interpre- tations of the city, and the problems of inner areas and suburbia in relation to those theories and interpretations; urban renewal, and people participating in planning.

Books

Detailed reading lists will be issued.

EXERCISES

Work set during the year carries approximately 40% of the marks available in this subject. It comprises 3 essays which will be set at regular intervals during the year. Students will be required to do set reading and prepare material for class.

EXAMINATION

The exercises are required during the year, and one 3-hour paper in fourth term.

691. TOWN PLANNING (INTRODUCTORY) (Elective)

A course of 1 lecture requiring approximately 4-5 hours total work

per

^week

throughout the year.

Noтe: This is an interdisciplinary course and not intended to provide adequate training for professional qualification in Town Planning.

SYLLABUS

An introduction to the theory and practice of town and regional planning and its historical background.

BOOKS

Recommended for reference:

horns, F. R., Town Building in Нistory ( Наггар, 1958)

Brown, A. J. and Sherrard, H. M., Town and Country Planning (MUP) keeble, L. B., Principles and Practice of Town and Country Planning (4th

ed.,

Estates Gazette, 1969)

Нaverfield, F., Ancient Town Planning (Clarendon Press, 1913)

Ashworth,

W.,

The Genesis of Modern British Town Planning (Routledge and Kegan Paul)

Uпwin, R., Town Planning in Practice (London, 1909)

Lanchester, H. V., Art of Town Planning (Chapman and Hall, 1932) Hackett, В. liian, Society and Environment (P. Marshall, 1955)

Ledgar, F. W., Town and Country Planning in Victoria (Melbourne University Law Review, Vol. II, 1960)

Buchanan

C.,

Traffic

с in

Towns. (Penguin)

Town anď Country Planning Act, 1961, as amended (Govt Printer) Tomorrow's Canberra, N.C.D.C., (ANU Press, 1970)

Colman, J., Planning and People (Angus and Robertson, 1971) EXERCISES

Work set during the year carries 30% of the marks. It comprises three essays which are set at regular intervals during the year.

EXAMINATION

The exercise as required during the year, and one 3-hour paper in fourth term.

17 1. FINE ARTS A (Requisite for First Year)

A course of two lectures per week, with one tutorial class, throughout the year.

No external enrolments are accepted in this subject.

SYLLABUS

An introduction to the history of Western art and architecture from classified antiquity to the present day. The course aims to introduce students to the major period styles of Western art, and to develop a critical awareness of individual artists, works and monuments. Particular reference will be made to relevant material in the National Gallery of Victoria.

For further details of the syllabus please refer to the 1973 Handbook of the Faculty of Arts.

BOOKS

It is essential that students should read either E. H. Gombrich The Story ^ofArt, Phaidon paperback 1968 or any later edition, or Kenneth Clark Civilization, John Murray paperback 1970 before the year begins. In addition students are strongly recommended to acquaint themselves before the course begins with the following three books which introduce three periods of major study:

Richter, G. M. A., A Handbook of Greek Art. 6th

ed.,

(Phaidon paperback, 1968.)

Smart, A., The Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy. (Thames & Hudson, 1971.) Greenberg, C., Art and Culture. (Beacon paperback, 1967.)

For the continuation of the book list, please refer to 1973 Handbook of the Faculty of Arts.

EXAMINATION

There will be two essays of 2,000 words length. Students will also participate in group projects as part of their tutorial work.

Two 3-hour papers. The first paper will examine visual material. It will test critical aptitude and visual knowledge. The second paper consists of essay-type questions.

17-2. FINE ARTS B (Elective)

Available only to a limited number of students entering fourth and fifth Years.

For details of subjects refer to 1973 Handbook of Faculty of Arts.

208-1. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION A (Elective)

Available only to a limited number of students entering fourth and fifth Years.

For details of subjects refer 1973 Handbook of Board of Social Studies.

METHOD AND PRACTICE

683-1. MATHEMATICAL METHOD PART I (Requisite)

(A knowledge of mathematics to the standard of a pass in at least one mathematics subject at Higher School Certificate level will be assumed.

Three lectures and three hours tutorial and practice classes per week.

This course is designed to consolidate the student's present knowledge of lathe- maties and to develop ability in information handling and data evaluation, to provide a logical basis for decision making, to develop the mathematical background for operating on elements in space, to form the base for the physical sciences.

SYLLABUS Mathematics:

Graphs and relations, Graphical treatment of differentiation and integration linked with formal methods. Series expansions. Trigonometric functions. Areas and volumes. Centre of gravity and moments of inertia. Logarithmic and exponential functions. The catenary. Differential equations. Conic sections and quadric surfaces.

Polar and bipolar co-ordinates. Matrices. Systems of linear simultaneous equations.

Linear programming. Vectors and transformations. Boolean Algebra. Elements of group theory. Elementary topology.

Geometry:

Plane geometry. Projective geometry. Solid geometry. Perspective.

Mechanics:

Scalars and vectors, Kinematics, Dynamics, (Translation and Rotation), Energy momentum, Statics, Work, Power, Vibrations—free, forced and damped.

Books

*Thomas, C. B., Calculus and Analytical Geometry. (Addison-Wesley.)

*Sears, F. W., and Zemansky, M. W., College Physics. (Addison-Wesley.) Allendoerfer and Oakley, Principles of Mathematics. (2nd ed., McGraw-Hill.) Sudden, J. F., An Introduction to Number Scales and Computers. (Longrnans,

1965.)

Coulson, A. E., Introduction to Matrices. Mathematical Topics Series. (Long- mans. )

De Kay, Boolean Systems—Mathematical Topics Series. (Longmans. ) Abbott, W., Practical Geometry and Engineering Graphics. (Blackie.) Ayres, F., First Year College Mathematics. (Schaum. )

Kennedy, J. G., Mirkei, H., Snell, J., and Thompson, G. L., Finite Mathematical Structures. (Prentice-Hall.)

EXAMINATION

One 3-hour examination mid year and one 3-hour paper in the fourth term. Work at tutorials, assignments and term examination results will form part of the annual examination.

683

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200. MATHEMATICAL METHOD PART II

(Elective)

A course of 18 lectures and assignments.

The course is designed to develop ability in decision making with special refer- ence to the setting up of mathematical models which may be tested and evaluated.

SYLLABUS

Analysis of logical relations. Application of matrices and extension of matrix algebra. Vector algebra. Planning problems. Linear programming. Decisions based on probability. Stochastic processes. Sampling procedures. Statistical interpretation.

BOOKS

Freund/Williams, Modern Business Statistics rev. by Perles, B. and Sullivan, C.

(Pitman.)

Kemeny, Snell and Thompson, An Introduction to Finite Mathematics. (Prentice- Hаll.)

Kemeny, Merkel, Snell and Thompson, Finite Mathematical Structures. (Prentice- Hall.)

Meisels, K., A Primer of Linear Programming. (New York University Press.) EXAMINATION

One 2-hour paper at the end of the series. Exercises and assignments will form part of the annual examination.

687

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100. DESIGN METHOD PART

I (Requisite)

A course of 10 lectures and 10 seminars and practical work.

SYLLАВUS

The design process. Constraint recognition. An outline of current graphical and mathematical techniques applied to design problems. Introduction to environmental tems theory. Information handling and communications. Introduction to environ- mental psychology.

BOOKS

Asimow, M., Introduction to Design. (Prentice-Hall.)

*Emery, F. E., Systems Thinking. (Penguin.)

*Pohja, G., How to Solve it. (Doubleday-Anchor.) EXAMINATION

Students will be assessed on work submitted during the year.

687-200. DESIGN METHOD PART II (Elective)

A course of 10 seminars and practical work.

SYLLABUS

Analytical methods and their applications. Establishing criteria and require- ments: the client, user, and designer's brief. Choice and decision. Systems simulation and evaluation. Creative design techniques. Growth and change.

BOOKS

Ashby, W. R., An I ntroduction to Cybernetics. ( University Paperbacks.) Kaufmann, A., The Science of Decision Making. ( World University Library.) EXAMINATION

Students will be examined on work submitted during the course.

688-100. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PART- I (Requisite)

(i) PRACTICE 1

A course of one lecture per week throughout the year plus four tutorials.

SYLLABUS

An introduction to professional practice with relation to the scope of the archi- tect's work.

The architect's programme in projects, office organization and systems.

Professional performance and architect/client relationships.

Regulations and statutory authorities.

An outline of the R.A.I.A. Contract. Inter-relationship of contract documents.

Specifications. The aim, principles and objects. Specification types and uses.

S.A.A. Codes.

Architect/Builder relationship. Job organization by builders including sub-con- tract and nominated sub-contract activities.

BOOKS

R.A.LA. Log Book.

R.A.I.A. Documents and Guide Documents.

Marsh, D., Specification Writing.

EXAMINATION

Project file assignments will form part of the annual examination. One 3-hour paper in fourth term.

(if) LAW 1

A course of one lecture per week throughout the year plus five tutorials.

SYLLABUS

Introduction to Legal principles. An elementary study reference to the law relating to architecture and building.

An elementary analysis of the legal system and legal process Sources of the law and divisions of the law.

The history of the English Courts of Law and of the Law in Australia.

The technical rules of precedent.

Interpretation of Statutes.

The Courts of Law and civil procedure.

An elemental survey of the following:

The Law of Contract with special reference to the formation of contracts and breach of contract.

The Law of Negligence with special reference to professional negligence and occupiers liability.

of law with particular

introduction of English

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