This course is an intensive building design project in Weeks 1-3 of Semester 2, performed in groups, essentially on a full-time basis.  It is intended to simulate a real-life design office environment.

Essentially full-time in Weeks 1-3 of Semester 2.

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80% Project Report

20% Oral Presentation

The aims of this course are to:

Develop an Architectural  brief to address a societal challenge/issue in a community within the

■ develop an appreciation of how creative conceptual design links with mathematical modelling, member sizing and detailed structural design;

■ simulate a real-life design office environment.

By the end of the course students will be able to:

■ develop an Architectural brief on a selected site to address a societal challenge/issue in a community within the city

■ develop two distinct architectural concepts for the site and user group and two distinct structural framing plansevaluate possible solutions for a structural design brief;

■ analyse and design in detail the preferred structural solution;

■ assess the sustainability of the proposed design;

■ produce a construction sequence and identify any health and safety aspects of the proposed design;

■ prepare a large drawing of the complete design, which may be supported by other visual material;

■ present and defend the design to a panel of industrial and academic assessors;

■ apply the principles and methods of analysis and design to formulate integrated holistic solutions to "real life" structural engineering problems.