ARC4130 Technologies and environments
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
ARC4130 Technologies and environments is a level 3, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ARC4130
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ARC4130
No unit lists ARC4130 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
Delivered in conjunction with ARC4032, this unit explores structure as it relates to architectural design and construction. This includes study of materials, component and fabrication systems, structural principles and the implications for architectural design. Direct physical testing and manipulation of materials and structural systems will be used to understand and assess applications in architecture. A range of structural behaviours will be addressed in response to optimisation and material efficiencies as well as their relationship to design intent. The unit also examines strategies for environmental sustainability in relation to structure design and construction.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- 100% in-semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Understand and discuss basic physical and structural concepts and principles as they pertain to different materials;
- 2
Apply and assess basic structural principles to architectural design and construction;
- 3
Critically analyse issues of material properties and construction processes in relation to structural system design;
- 4
Examine issues of environmental sustainability in relation to structural system design;
- 5
Understand and be able to apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.
Workload and teaching
- Studio activities36 hours
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
- Teaching approachField trips
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachActive learning
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.
to practically apply theoretical concepts
Learning resources
Required resources
Rowland J. Mainstone. 1999. Structure in Architecture : History Design and Innovation . Ashgate.
Guy Nordenson. 2016. Reading Structures :39 Projects and Built Works , 1983-2011. Lars Muller Publishers: Zurich.
Eladio Dieste. 2004. Eladio Dieste : Innovation in Structural Art .
Edward Allen and Waclaw Zalewski. 2009. Form And Forces . John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, United Kingdom.
Nigel Tonks. 2012. Ove Arup : Philosophy of Design. Prestel: London.
Eduardo Torroja. 1967. Philosophy of Structures . University of California Press: Los Angeles.
Heino Engel. 2007. Structure Systems . Hatje Cantz Verlag: Virginia.
Bernard Rudofsky. 1964. Architecture without Architects . The Museum of Modern Art: New York.
Daniel, Schodek. 2000. Structures, Third Edition. Prentice Hall: Cambridge, MA.
Georg Windeck. 2016. Construction Matters . Powerhouse Books: New York.
Philip Ursprung. 2002. Herzog & de Meuron : Natural History. Springer Science and Business Media: Berlin.
Marc Treib. 1996. Space Calculated in Seconds : The Philips Pavilion , Le Corbusier , Edgard Varèse . Princeton University Press.
Bjorn N. Sandaker, Arne P. Eggen & Mark P. Cruvellier. 2011. The Structural Basis of Architecture , Second Edition. Routledge: New York.
Peter Rice. 1998. An Engineer Imagines. Artemis: London.
Frei Otto. 1973. Tensile Structures ; Design , Structure , and Calculation of Buildings of Cables , Nets , and Membranes .
Guy Nordenson, Ed. 2008. Seven Structural Engineers : The Candela Lectures . The Museum of Modern Art: New York.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Assoc Professor Peter Graham
- Unit Coordinators
- Assoc Professor Peter Graham
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ARC4130?
ARC4130 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ARC4130 offered?
In 2020, ARC4130 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield.
Does ARC4130 have an exam?
No. ARC4130 has 1 assessment task and no exam.