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Courses - Faculty of Creative Arts And Industries


Architectural Media and Fabrication

Stage I

ARCHDRC 104
15 Points

Architectural Media 2

Examines specific types of representation – both freehand and digital – used in architectural media to develop concepts, evaluate architectural thinking and describe and refine design projects.

Restriction: ARCHDRC 202

Stage II

ARCHDRC 203
15 Points

Architectural Media 3

Explores the relationship between methods of architectural drawing and the three-dimensional communication of fabrication and assemblage. Central to this investigation is an understanding of how drawing is evolving in relation to new technologies.

Prerequisite: ARCHDRC 103, 104 or BLTENV 103

Restriction: ARCHDRC 301, 303, 304, 370, 371, 372, 373

Postgraduate 700 Level Courses

ARCHDRC 700
15 Points

Advanced Digital Fabrication

Covers fabrication technologies and materials, practical experimentation with a range of fabrication tools and an introduction to current research and development.

ARCHDRC 701
15 Points

Timber Fabrication

Covers fabrication technologies with timber materials. Includes the design and realisation of a small timber building through the preparation of concept plans, developed design plans and a scale models.

ARCHDRC 702
15 Points

Special Topic: Architectural Drawing

Builds a research literature review that supports architectural drawing and design processes, including historical overview of conceptual approaches and applications of drawing, scale and linearity, time and duration, exhibition and documentation, leading to production of series of drawings.

ARCHDRC 703
15 Points

Special Topic

ARCHDRC 704
15 Points

Digital Reconstruction of Buildings

Examines the digital documentation, recording and reconstruction of buildings from 3-D scanning to 3-D modelling.

Prerequisite: ARCHDRC 203

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