Introductory Design Studio
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
1. Identify the relationship between form, material and technology in the context of human scale (S2, S3)
2. Apply simple engineering and construction principles relevant to 3D space, products and mechanisms to design artefacts in response to a brief. (K1, K3)
3. Create new designs with consideration of human scale, needs and philosophy, and applying the key elements of design process (A1, S2, S3)
4. Understand environmental impacts of products and utilise them to develop new products (A3, A4, K5, S2, S3, S4)
5. Report and visually communicate research and design projects using standard academic protocols (A2, A4, A7, K6, S4)
6. Apply Occupational Health and Safety requirements of safe workshop practices to design projects (A5, A6, K6, S1)
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Tutorial Workshop |
2 2 |
12 12 |
24 24 |
Online Contact (Only for activities where there is synchronous contact with students eg online seminar, Blackboard Collaborate)
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Specified Learning Activities (Including asynchronous online activities (eg discussion boards), readings, group work etc) Group work
| 2 | 12 | 24 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Assignment and preparation for final model/folio | 6 2 | 12 3 | 72 6
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TOTAL |
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| 150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Workshop (Workshop Training) | Individual | 25% | 1, 6 |
Sustainable Design Project | Group | 25% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Design Studio Project (Design Studio Major Project) | Group | 50% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Content
• Exploration of design and engineering principles
• Application of generic product development processes
• Exploration of sustainable design principles
• Use of workshop facilities and equipment for manual 3D modelling
• Form study production techniques
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Presentation of design work.
Study resources
- Reading materials.