ARC3401 Positions and dialogues in architecture 2
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
ARC3401 Positions and dialogues in architecture 2 is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs ARC2401 or ARC4130.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ARC3401
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After ARC3401
No unit lists ARC3401 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Architectural Design (F2001), or the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) / Bachelor of Architectural Design (E3009), or the Master of Architecture (F6001).
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) / Bachelor of Architectural Design double degree students should contact their managing Faculty to enrol in this unit.
Overview
This unit focuses on co-research, collaborative writing and editing when communicating and sharing architectural ideas for a broader audience. The core structure for this unit will explore architectural publishing practices, and the history of the transmission of architectural ideas through a variety of modes and media. It is the second of two undergraduate architectural history and theory core units that include a range of secondary examples and content delivered in parallel and organised according to key themes. Working between themed material and core content will equip you with skills and approaches to define and develop a series of co-authored outcomes exploring social issues related to architecture.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | Flexible |
Assessment
- Research TaskWritten10%
- Project55%
- Written35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify and explain a range of contemporary issues in relation to histories and theories of architecture;
- 2
Analyse and discuss various methods, approaches and formats for the communication of architectural ideas in different settings;
- 3
Synthesise and evaluate information from multiple sources in order develop and communicate a series of positions to audiences outside the discipline of architecture;
- 4
Collaborate with your peers to plan, co-author and co-edit a piece of architectural research;
- 5
Respectfully and ethically engage with existing knowledge, source material and viewpoints;
- 6
Recognise and reflect on successful strategies for recording, storing, updating and sharing research resources and work-in-progress.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachField trips
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Alex Brown
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Alex Brown