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DIS2910

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

18 September 2017 19 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Art, Design and Architecture

Organisational Unit

Department of Architecture

Coordinator(s)

Dr Matthew Bird

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Synopsis

This unit provides students with basic 3D documentation and digital manipulation skills particular to applications in the built environment and develops students' understanding of computer-based design for virtual architecture. It builds sequentially upon the skills and knowledge of 2D digital architectural documentation processes by providing a focus upon spatial modeling and rendering principles and their applications. Emphasis is placed on developing students capabilities at generating virtual architectural representations, in static and animated form. This unit is undertaken as an area of specialisation within the interior architecture degree.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students should:

  1. understand the principles and application of computer-based modelling and rendering for interior architecture
  2. be able to apply computing principles for 3D visualisation, technical documentation, information management, and presentation in relation to interior architectural design problems
  3. be able to generate still and animated communications and computer-generated renderings describing the construction methods and ambient qualities of interior architecture
  4. understand interactive visualisastion methods for the representation of interior architecture
  5. be able to analyse a range of different types of digital architecture presentation techniques,and apply this knowledge to creative work
  6. observe and employ occupational health and safety appropriate to studio practice.

Assessment

Exercise: 30%
Project: 60%
Journal: 10%

Workload requirements

12 hours per week, comprising: 3 taught hours (1 one hour lecture plus 2 tutorial hours) and 9 independent study hours

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Matthew Bird

Prerequisites

DIS1912 + Core for BIA and elective for other students