*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
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Students investigate the activity of experiencing, seeing, feeling, sensing, hearing, measuring and documenting observations. These investigations require imagining, representing and testing ideas through a range of media, in addition to researching and beginning to develop critical self-analysis. Students develop design appreciation and design skills through a series of exercises that allow them to explore space and form as well as aesthetic concepts such as proportion, balance, harmony, colour, texture and contrast.
This unit is taught in a manner that replicates the way in which designed objects and environments are used - as real places/spaces with functions, locations and environmental, cultural, social and temporal consequences. Conceptual thinking in three dimensions is developed through workshop activities, studio exercises and tutorial discussions. Work is presented through graphic media such as freehand drawing, perspective drawing, architectural drawing, computer graphics, photography, models, prototypes and building. Communication skills are acquired in the undertaking of design project work, and in conjunction with the work undertaken in
KDA136 Design Communication 1 and
KDA137 Design Communication 2.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT:
Studio design and make project (80%) and written assignment including tutorial presentation (20%).
TEACHING PATTERN:
Four hours per week (13 weeks) comprising lectures, demonstrations, group critiques and workshop practices.
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