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 FBE Computer Labs
   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course is specificially for students enrolled in the Civil Engineering with Architecture program. In the computing module students explore the variety of CAD and graphic tools available for modelling, understanding and presenting design proposals. This course has dual objectives to build skills and confidence in the operation of CAD and related graphic systems, while developing a deep understanding of the unique opportunities offered by computer-based modelling technologies. Applications explored include 2D and 3D CAD, simple visualisation, image editing and composition, and the crossovers possible between these various techniques. Conceptual modelling techniques and their relevance to the design disciplines will be discussed. Weekly one-hour lectures are supported by discipline-focussed laboratory classes where students gain hands-on experience in the use of a variety graphic application. Assessment is based on satisfactory participation and the completion of staged CAD-based tasks. In the communications module students are introduced to the various architectural drawing conventions, to freehand architectural drawing styles and mediums and to creative drawing as a means of analyzing and exploring architectural and design ideas. The course also teaches model making as a means of exploring the 3D resolution of spatial concepts and theories, and verbal skills through in-class presentations that teach the ability to intelligently talk about architectural ideas. This is a studio-based subject involving intensive, hands-on exercises taught simultaneously with design and visual theory requiring and developing not just the specific skill bases but lateral thinking and creativity. Assessment is a mixture of exams, assignments and continuous assessment with a particular stress on in-class participation.


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