Bachelor of the Built Environment (Interior Architecture)

Year 1 - Semester 1

• Year 1 - Semester 1

• UNIT CODE
• 11014
  BE: Analysis Studio - Level 1

  UNIT CODE :

  11014

  Unit description :

  This Studio explores analysis as an instrument of design and form generation using increasingly complex drawing, modelling, and visualisation techniques. Seminal architectural, interior design, and landscape design projects are investigated through the lens of critical and formal themes and transformed in projects briefs. Students deploy skills in digital visualisation and learn drawing conventions.
• UNIT NAME
• BE: Analysis Studio - Level 1
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11016
  BE: History and Culture - Level 1

  UNIT CODE :

  11016

  Unit description :

  This unit explores selected major building types across various civilizations with particular focus on typological transformation in reference to issues that concern the cultural, technical, material and territorial. The unit provides both general and particular knowledge essential for the realization of architecture across the history of diverse geographies. Among other issues, this unit will attempt to communicate cultural identity through the ways that spaces are formed and surfaces are decorated; how a particular technical innovation and socio-cultural transformation initiated a division between design and construction, but also contributed to the emergence of concepts such as national identity and heritage. Reading selected literature relevant to each weekly topic, and examining building types through drawings and models, students will enhance their knowledge of how cultural appropriation of space, form and surface attains built-form.
• UNIT NAME
• BE: History and Culture - Level 1
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11021
  BE: Visual Communication - Level 1

  UNIT CODE :

  11021

  Unit description :

  This unit is designed to equip students with a range of tools for the communication of built environment projects. Students are expected to explore a range of communication techniques including: - freehand illustration/hand-sketching and its use for analyses and/or explorations - drafting - the fundamentals of orthographic drawing, three-dimensional projections, technical drawing standards and conventions, collage, and modelling techniques to aid the communication of design ideas - digital - the use of the computer as a tool to aid communication of design ideas - model-making - an introduction to various techniques of three-dimensional representation and exploration - presentation - the ability to present work verbally and clearly articulate project ambitions to a range of audiences, as well as understand the implications of different types of representation in the communication of built environment projects, and -multimedia communication strategies - the ability to strategically curate and orchestrate different types of representation techniques as a cohesive set of documents. The representation skills acquired in this unit are fundamental tools for the communication of the design projects developed for core unit BE: Analysis Studio.
• UNIT NAME
• BE: Visual Communication - Level 1
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11591
  Professional Orientation (Creative Industries and digital Design) - Level 1

  UNIT CODE :

  11591

  Unit description :

  This unit introduces students to the diverse opportunities in the world of creative and digital design industries. Aspects that will be considered include: contemporary demands of the industry including social responsibility, ethical and sustainability issues. Through engagement with industry and community, students will gain an understanding of global discipline knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform as responsible, capable creative industry and digital design professionals. Students will start their career awareness and planning through approaches such as five year plans and ePortfolios.
• UNIT NAME
• Professional Orientation (Creative Industries and digital Design) - Level 1
  (Credit Points: 3)

Year 1 - Semester 2

• Year 1 - Semester 2

• UNIT CODE
• 11624
  BE: Digital Design Techniques 1: Fundamentals - Level 1

  UNIT CODE :

  11624

  Unit description :

  This unit introduces students to contemporary practices in digital design, 3D modelling, diagrammatic representation, architectural visualisation and digital fabrication. Students will gain an understanding of the fundamental concepts of computational geometry, processing and transformation using industry-leading software Students will explore the productive relationship between digital design workflows and digital fabrication technologies via successive project-based tasks, ensuring a relevant context for the acquisition of knowledge and the development of core disciplinary skills.
• UNIT NAME
• BE: Digital Design Techniques 1: Fundamentals - Level 1
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11015
  Heritage Conservation - Level 1

  UNIT CODE :

  11015

  Unit description :

  In this unit you will be introduced to the concept of heritage as a social process of using and valuing aspects of the past in the present. We will review the origins, history and philosophy of the contemporary heritage conservation movement by examining key manifestos and examples, including from the UK, Scandinavia, France, China, India and the USA. We will then focus on the post-war rise of heritage as a major feature of national cultural politics and international cultural diplomacy, and use UNESCO's World Heritage List as a device to examine how place and landscape embody memory and cultural heritage significance for different communities. We will focus on the material remnants of the past in built environments and cultural landscapes, but also consider how cultural values, materiality, cultural knowledge and practice, are entangled, and how conservation approaches this complexity.
• UNIT NAME
• Heritage Conservation - Level 1
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11020
  BE: Design Studio - Level 1

  UNIT CODE :

  11020

  Unit description :

  Design Studio introduces design as a process of investigation, critical observation, and experimentation using three-dimensional and two-dimensional material testing of ideas. Through a cycle of modules, students pursue increasing levels of design abstraction through making and drawing. Students are provided foundational knowledge and skills relevant to the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape design and immersed in studio culture. Projects are formulated to introduce concepts such as point, line, plane; issues such as scale in relation to the human body, site and environmental contexts; and basic techniques of three-dimensional composition.
• UNIT NAME
• BE: Design Studio - Level 1
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• OEU
  Open Elective Unit

  UNIT CODE :

  OEU

  Unit description :
• UNIT NAME
• Open Elective Unit
  (Credit Points: 3)

Year 2 - Semester 1

• Year 2 - Semester 1

• UNIT CODE
• 11028
  Interior Architecture Studio: Habitation - Level 2

  UNIT CODE :

  11028

  Unit description :

  In this design studio unit students develop skills and knowledge in the areas of site analysis, client engagement, domestic typologies and space planning. Students incorporate these skills with the research and design methods obtained from previous studios to develop cohesive design projects. Additionally, students learn to experiment with design thinking as a means of developing their design approach. This studio has an emphasis on well-considered and crafted outcomes set within domestic environments. Methodologically, this unit comprises design studios, and interactive lectures and design tutorials. The interactive lectures and tutorials unpack contemporary and historical case studies and theoretical frameworks concerning domestic typologies.
• UNIT NAME
• Interior Architecture Studio: Habitation - Level 2
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11026
  Interior Architecture Technology1: Anatomy - Level 2

  UNIT CODE :

  11026

  Unit description :

  In this unit students will develop a core understanding of construction and 'micro-tectonic' logics that affect the materialisation of interior environments. Throughout the unit, students will design and compose a set of construction systems, speculating on the anatomy of unbuilt case studies with historical and disciplinary relevance. The unbuilt condition is utilised as a mechanism to position each student in a critical and highly explorative context.
• UNIT NAME
• Interior Architecture Technology1: Anatomy - Level 2
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• OEU
  Open Elective Unit

  UNIT CODE :

  OEU

  Unit description :
• UNIT NAME
• Open Elective Unit
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• OEU
  Open Elective Unit

  UNIT CODE :

  OEU

  Unit description :
• UNIT NAME
• Open Elective Unit
  (Credit Points: 3)

Year 2 - Semester 2

• Year 2 - Semester 2

• UNIT CODE
• 11029
  Interior Architecture Studio: Context - Level 2

  UNIT CODE :

  11029

  Unit description :

  This design studio unit explores the potential of interior architecture as a mechanism for positive contribution to the conditions and wellbeing of people, cultural practices and environments. In this unit students will analyse, design and interrogate the agency of space as a relational condition in the making of urban and regional space. Contesting conventional interpretations of the built environment as immovable and passive, this studio advocates interior architecture as dynamic, active and performative. Focusing on socio-architectural spatial dynamics within complex political environments, the studio looks for opportunities in which interior architecture practice can make valued contributions to the communities and stakeholders in which the proposed design interventions are situated. Proposing a dynamic relation between the social and architectural spatial formation, this studio promotes the provocative, expansive and contemporary potentials of interior architecture; introducing a variety of sites, programs and contexts, particularly as they pertain to Indigenous perspectives.
• UNIT NAME
• Interior Architecture Studio: Context - Level 2
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11027
  Interior Architecture Technology 2: Formations - Level 2

  UNIT CODE :

  11027

  Unit description :

  This unit explores typologies and systems of spatial construction as they relate to the sequential and temporal formation of interior space. Throughout the unit, the construction of interior space is analysed through seven hierarchically analogous layers that both contain and form interior space: 1. Structure 2. Envelope 3. Partitions 4. Linings 5. Systems (atmospheric, water supply, appliances) 6. Furniture 7. Ornament The unit aims to provide students with the ability to differentiate construction systems and layers in the formation of interior space, and the intellectual and technical skills to represent and critique construction technologies relevant to the discipline.
• UNIT NAME
• Interior Architecture Technology 2: Formations - Level 2
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• OEU
  Open Elective Unit

  UNIT CODE :

  OEU

  Unit description :
• UNIT NAME
• Open Elective Unit
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11017
  Professional Practice 1: Work Integrated Learning - Level 2

  UNIT CODE :

  11017

  Unit description :

  In this unit students will work with academics, peers and industry partners to apply their learning in real-world contexts, develop employability skills and strengthen the disciplinary skills and knowledge needed to contribute to and excel in their professions. Authentic learning experiences will include simulated workplace experiences, industry collaborations, competitions, internships, exhibitions or studio work.
• UNIT NAME
• Professional Practice 1: Work Integrated Learning - Level 2
  (Credit Points: 3)

Year 3 - Semester 1

• Year 3 - Semester 1

• UNIT CODE
• OEU
  Open Elective Unit

  UNIT CODE :

  OEU

  Unit description :
• UNIT NAME
• Open Elective Unit
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11030
  Interior Architecture Technology 3: Systems - Level 3

  UNIT CODE :

  11030

  Unit description :

  This unit is delivered through technical exercises that are orientated to assist students' understanding of the relations between construction as a hierarchical set of relationships, constructive systems and the necessary sequences of management processes. Throughout the unit, students explore the details, processes and steps required to convert design proposals into production documentation as expected by industry standards. During the three prescribed technical exercises, students produce a range of documents typically required to structure a development application. On completing the unit, students individually and collectively demonstrate proficient skills in the management of BIM software.
• UNIT NAME
• Interior Architecture Technology 3: Systems - Level 3
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• OEU
  Open Elective Unit

  UNIT CODE :

  OEU

  Unit description :
• UNIT NAME
• Open Elective Unit
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11018
  Professional Practice 2: Work Integrated Learning - Level 3

  UNIT CODE :

  11018

  Unit description :

  In this unit students will further develop their abilities as agile professionals with the transferable employability skills and critical and creative abilities to work across industries and sectors and craft diverse employment paths. They will integrate disciplinary knowledge with the professional skills required in their industry through authentic simulated or real workplace experiences, international exchanges or industry collaborations or projects.
• UNIT NAME
• Professional Practice 2: Work Integrated Learning - Level 3
  (Credit Points: 3)

Year 3 - Semester 2

• Year 3 - Semester 2

• UNIT CODE
• 11031
  Interior Architecture Studio: Unstable Space - Level 3

  UNIT CODE :

  11031

  Unit description :

  This 'design and make' studio unit introduces interdisciplinary themes evident in the design processes for positioning spaces, objects and ideas within the context of unstable environments. Promoting the provocative, expansive and contemporary potentials of unstable space, the unit proposes to interrogate, design and test unstable spaces as relational and performative co-agents in the generation of valid and valued designed environments. Proposing a dynamic relation between the built environment and the anthropological condition, the studio investigates the complex relations between space, form and object as they relate to 'spaces of spectacle'. Throughout the unit, students will also be introduced to the practical and organisational logistics associated with the design, construction, and management of unstable and temporary spaces and events.
• UNIT NAME
• Interior Architecture Studio: Unstable Space - Level 3
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• OEU
  Open Elective Unit

  UNIT CODE :

  OEU

  Unit description :
• UNIT NAME
• Open Elective Unit
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• OEU
  Open Elective Unit

  UNIT CODE :

  OEU

  Unit description :
• UNIT NAME
• Open Elective Unit
  (Credit Points: 3)

• UNIT CODE
• 11592
  Professional Evidence (Creative Industries and Digital Design) - Level 3

  UNIT CODE :

  11592

  Unit description :

  This unit prepares students for professional work in the cultural sector and finalises and reviews your ePortfolio. Through practical activities, such as preparing a grant application, developing a team-based project proposal, and researching a cultural organisation, students learn to relate their discipline specific knowledge to a range of professional contexts. The unit will emphasise the significance of multiculturalism, cultural consumption and globalisation as key influences shaping cultural work in the twenty first century.
• UNIT NAME
• Professional Evidence (Creative Industries and Digital Design) - Level 3
  (Credit Points: 3)