Design Research Studio A
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 72 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2022 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Workshop safety and equipment use and OH+S trainingAims and objectives
The aim of this unit is for students to develop creative thinking processes through generating and testing speculative design propositions that respond to a range of complex, contemporary global challenges at an introductory level. Students will develop agile, nonlinear learning abilities to respond to uncertain outcomes and to make meaningful connections between challenging, contradictory or unlikely elements. Students will learn to take risks and learn from failure through design iteration whilst undertaking design as a form of research at an introductory level. Students will be able to identify a design challenge; set out an integrated design research question; articulate a design method; and put forward a tested design proposition, drawing conclusions about the weakness and strengths of their design approach.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Use design ideation to pose and probe questions, which identify opportunities for the development of design proposals.
2. Apply architecture and/or urban design theories and technical skills to uncertain problems, which have unfamiliar or emergent circumstances and incomplete information.
3. Apply planning and design concepts, skills and knowledge strategically at a range of scales and spatial settings, at an introductory level.
4. Synthesise a range of data and analysis methods to formulate a design hypothesis.
5. Clearly and concisely communicate architecture and/or urban design proposals via a range of media and methods including visual, verbal and written.
6. Work productively as an individual or in a team within multidisciplinary and diverse groups.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Use design ideation to pose and probe questions, which identify opportunities for the development of design proposals.
2. Apply architecture and/or urban design theories and technical skills to uncertain problems, which have unfamiliar or emergent circumstances and incomplete information.
3. Apply planning and design concepts, skills and knowledge strategically at a range of scales and spatial settings, at an introductory level.
4. Synthesise a range of data and analysis methods to formulate a design hypothesis.
5. Clearly and concisely communicate architecture and/or urban design proposals via a range of media and methods including visual, verbal and written.
6. Work productively as an individual or in a team within multidisciplinary and diverse groups.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 300 hours of work including:
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact
Design Seminar
|
6
|
12
|
72
|
| Online Contact | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Specified Learning Activities Readings Group work |
1 2 |
12 12
|
12 24 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study, assignment preparation, revision |
16 |
12 |
192 |
| TOTAL |
|
| 300 hours/25cp |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Project + Presentation 1 | Individual / Group | 30% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Project + Presentation 2 | Individual / Group | 60% | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Folio / eFolio | Individual | 10% | 3, 4, 5 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
- analysis skills
- problem solving skills
- communications skills
- ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
- ability to work independently
Content
- Undertake a series of critical and explorative studio-based design speculations leading to a major design proposition.
- Undertake a design proposition investigating one or more key issues or approaches in depth, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the broader implications of their proposal.
- Design Research – identify opportunities for further design exploration and development.
- Examination of the inherent uncertainty in and around design projects.
- Design ambitious and original propositions clearly defined at a range of scales.
- Respond to physical, environmental, theoretical and cultural contexts.
- Clearly communicate propositions through verbal and graphic presentation using a variety of media and methods, including digital, mechanical or manual tools.
Study resources
- References.
References
Dunne, Anthony, and Fiona Raby. Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming. Cambridge,
Massachusetts; London: The MIT Press, 2013.
Gänshirt, Christian. Tools for Ideas: An Introduction to Architectural Design. Basel; Boston; London: Birkhäuser;
Springer distributor, 2007.
Holl, Steven. Parallax. Basel; New York: Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture; Princeton Architectural Press, 2000.
Holl, Steven. Urbanisms: Working with Doubt. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009
Massachusetts; London: The MIT Press, 2013.
Gänshirt, Christian. Tools for Ideas: An Introduction to Architectural Design. Basel; Boston; London: Birkhäuser;
Springer distributor, 2007.
Holl, Steven. Parallax. Basel; New York: Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture; Princeton Architectural Press, 2000.
Holl, Steven. Urbanisms: Working with Doubt. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009