units

IAR4500

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational UnitDepartment of Architecture
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Ms Nicole Kalms

Synopsis

This unit critically explores design research approaches. Students will investigate and test evolving relationships between designing and researching. These explorations will also contribute to formulating and articulating relevant agendas for the student's interior architecture research projects.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will:

  1. investigate, consider and apply diverse design research approaches
  2. describe and defend a considered position using scholarly conventions
  3. situate personal and speculative design practices within a critical discourse
  4. develop an appropriate interior architecture design research proposal
  5. understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice.

Assessment

100 mixed mode

Workload requirements

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours and 9 hours of independent study or equivalent

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Chief examiner(s)

Ms Nicole Kalms

Prerequisites

IAR3401, OHS1000

Prohibitions

TAD4523