ARC4130 Architectural performance
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
ARC4130 Architectural performance is a level 3, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
This is the 2021 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 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit explores structural performance as it relates to architectural design and construction. This includes application of structural principles and the implications of these in relation to architectural design and construction processes and outcomes. Direct physical and digital testing and manipulation of materials and structural systems will be used to understand and assess their application in architecture. A range of structural behaviours will be addressed in response to life-cycle optimisation and resource efficiencies as well as their historical and contemporary relationship to design intent. Projects will be introduced to promote dialogue between this unit and design studio project processes and outcomes. Integral to the subject matter is the engagement with strategies for environmental sustainability in relation to architectural performance.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- 100% in-semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate an understanding of issues of sustainable development in relation to structural system design;
- 2
Apply the basic principles of structural and life-cycle design to analyse and optimise the resource efficiency of buildings of different typologies;
- 3
Locate activities within an historic and contemporary development of structural systems and fabrication techniques;
- 4
Select appropriate materials and construction processes by applying knowledge of structural systems in architectural design;
- 5
Understand and be able to apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials36 hours
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachField trips
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachPeer assisted 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
Marc Treib. 1996. Space Calculated in Seconds : The Philips Pavilion , Le Corbusier , Edgard Varèse . Princeton University Press.
Georg Windeck. 2016. Construction Matters . Powerhouse Books: New York.
Bjorn N. Sandaker, Arne P. Eggen & Mark P. Cruvellier. 2011. The Structural Basis of Architecture , Second Edition. Routledge: New York.
Heino Engel. 2007. Structure Systems . Hatje Cantz Verlag: Virginia.
Rowland J. Mainstone. 1999. Structure in Architecture : History Design and Innovation . Ashgate.
Eduardo Torroja. 1967. Philosophy of Structures . University of California Press: Los Angeles.
Guy Nordenson. 2016. Reading Structures :39 Projects and Built Works , 1983-2011. Lars Muller Publishers: Zurich.
Frei Otto. 1973. Tensile Structures ; Design , Structure , and Calculation of Buildings of Cables , Nets , and Membranes .
Edward Allen and Waclaw Zalewski. 2009. Form And Forces . John Wiley and Sons: Chichester, United Kingdom.
Daniel, Schodek. 2000. Structures, Third Edition. Prentice Hall: Cambridge, MA.
Peter Rice. 1998. An Engineer Imagines. Artemis: London.
Nigel Tonks. 2012. Ove Arup : Philosophy of Design. Prestel: London.
Bernard Rudofsky. 1964. Architecture without Architects . The Museum of Modern Art: New York.
Guy Nordenson, Ed. 2008. Seven Structural Engineers : The Candela Lectures . The Museum of Modern Art: New York.
Philip Ursprung. 2002. Herzog & de Meuron : Natural History. Springer Science and Business Media: Berlin.
Eladio Dieste. 2004. Eladio Dieste : Innovation in Structural Art .
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Maryam Gusheh
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Maryam Gusheh
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ARC4130?
ARC4130 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ARC4130 offered?
In 2021, ARC4130 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.
Does ARC4130 have an exam?
No. ARC4130 has 1 assessment task and no exam.