(10 points) Mr C. M. Gutjahr
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week requiring about 12 hours total work per week. throughout the academic year.
SYLLABUS
1. Pre-Industrial Cities: A study of the historical development of urban settlements and city planning from earliest times to the advent of the Industrial Revolution. The course will involve the consideration of the social. economic, political and environmental factors interacting with the form and fabric of cities. and include specific case studies selected from major periods in urban history.
2. Industrial Cities: A critical examination of the major transformations which have affected cities both in physical and conceptual terms during the last 200 years.
The course will consider the effects of the responses to industrialization and urbanization during the 19th and 20th centuries. and trace the origins and evolution of modern city planning theory and practice. Consideration will be given to the development of town planning in Australia and. in particular. Melbourne.
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EXAMINATION
Students will be assessed on course work set during the year and two 3-hour examination papers. The course work comprises a sketch book, one research project, one class paper to be presented orally at one of the tutorials and subseqently submitted as a short essay, a verbal review of one of the class papers, and regularly assigned reading in preparation for tutorials.
Details of the course work and the examination papers and of the marks allotted to each component will be specified at the beginning of the academic year.
*705-478. HUMAN ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS (Postgraduate) The Faculty of Architecture and Planning reserves the right not to offer this subject if a minimum enrolment is not reached. The availability of this subject will also depend on staffing.
Mr G. Missingham
A series of 2 hours of lectures/seminars/workshops per week. Classwork and assignments requiring about 6 hours of total work per week throughout the year.
Two weekend excursions will also be held at which attendance will be expected.
Fieldwork will form an important part of the course.
SYLLABUS
The course is concerned with the relationship of humans to their environment. It will introduce the main theoretical approaches, and examine the techniques used for investigating human-environment relations. The course will consist of three major sections.
— environmental perception and cognition with an emphasis on perception of the Australian environment.
the environment and social behaviour: privacy, personal space territory and crowding.
— research methods in human-environment relations.
There will be a strong emphasis on practical work, and students will be expected to attend two weekend excursions, which will be held during the teaching terms.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment will be continuous, and be based upon work in class, involvement in research projects, and essays. Total written submissions will not exceed 8,000 words.
EXAMINATION
The course work set during the year constitutes the examination. The nature of and the percentage marks allotted to the various parts of the course work will be available at the beginning of the academic year.
700-101. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING (25 points)
A subject comprising studio, lecture, tutorial, and practical work equivalent of up to a total of 18 hours per week and requiring about 30 hours total per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Theory of Architecture and Building:
The role and performance of buildings; social, economic, historical and aesthetic bases of architectural design; the social and economic role of buildings and the building industry; design, perception and the design process; needs of the individual, anthropometrics, ergonomics and safety; organisation of the construc- tion industry; concepts of management of construction processes, and, rela- tionships between parties to building contracts.
Building Practice:
Basic principles of construction and Australian building practice on a domestic scale. Exercises in detailing and drawing light construction. An introduction to Building Services.
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Communication:
Modelling the built environment, communciation techniques, projective geometry including perspective, graphic techniques, report writing.
Surveying:
An introduction to plane and geodetic surveying Practical Construction:
A series of practical exercises using trade skills such as carpentry, bricklaying, concreting, plumbing and metal working.
Materials:
An introduction to form related to the operational characteristics and use of building materials.
EXERCISES
Projects and written and drawn assignments set throughout the year requiring not more than 20 hours per week throughout the year.
ASSESSMENT
One 3 hour paper. Up to 14 written and drawn assignments and practical field work. Evidence of excellence in some aspect of the work may be the basis of a review in the Fourth Term to upgrade the overall assessment.
Details of the assessment component and their weightings will be announced at the beginning of the academic year.
(Note: Practical Construction may involve workshop practice and building trade work off campus).
700-416. INVESTIGATION PROJECT Al
(10 points)
Available only to students entering tourth year.
Prerequisite that the student should have achieved a satisfactory standard in all available subjects in the course with a direct bearing upon the area of study of the Investigation Project. A subject involving individual supervised work, with group meetings where appropriate. requiring about 12 hours total work per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Guided research in nominated areas. selected to give the student experience in different approaches and investigation tools. A programme of study will be prescribed by the first week of first term and a detailed bibliography must be submitted at a prescribed date early in the term. Regular reports and contact with the supervisor will be required throughout the year. The reports must show evidence of the student's capacity to handle basic source material and data.
analyse it reliably. interpret it imaginatively. and present it in a coherent manner in accordance with the prescribed conventions.
EXAMINATION
Not more than seven or less than three reports to be submitted through the year in accordance with the programme of study.
700-417. INVESTIGATION PROJECT A2
(15 points)
Available only to students entering Fourth Year.
A prerequisite for entry to the course is that the student should have achieved a satisfactory standard in all available subjects in the course with a direct bearing upon the area of study of the Investigation Project.
A subject involving supervised work with group meetings where appropriate requiring about 18 hours total work per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Guided research in nominated areas, selected to give the student experience in different approaches and investigation tools. A programme of study will be prescribed by the first week of first term and a detailed bibliography must be submitted at a prescribed date early in the term. Regular reports and contact with the supervisor will be required throughout the year. The reports must show 88
evidence of the student's capacity to handle basic source material and data, analyse it reliably, interpret it imaginatively, and present it in a coherent manner in accordance with the prescribed conventions.
EXAMINATION
Not more than ten nor less than five reports to be submitted through the year in accordance with the programme of study.