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DESST 1508 - Environment I

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: Semester 2
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Restriction: Available to B.ArchDes and B.E(Arch) & B. Creative Arts students only
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Quota: A quota will apply
Assessment: Quizzes, physical model making, digital models, hand drawing, digital drawing
Syllabus:

The course explores the notion that designers respond to pressing environmental, cultural, social and economic issues in the design and creation of our built environments. The course introduces the historical, political and ethical contexts and processes of environmental design. The relationship between climates, environments and design as both built structures and landscapes is explored at a variety of scales. This course introduces students to the complex built environment and engineering contexts for the development of projects destined to shape our inevitably changing built environments.

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Units
 EFTSL
Amount
3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
Semester 2 Mon 05/08/2024 Wed 14/08/2024 Fri 13/09/2024 Fri 25/10/2024


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20578 TU03 40 30 26 Jul - 13 Sep Friday 1pm - 2pm Barr Smith South, 534, Studio
4 Oct - 25 Oct Friday 1pm - 2pm Barr Smith South, 534, Studio
20579 TU02 40 25 26 Jul - 13 Sep Friday 12pm - 1pm Barr Smith South, 534, Studio
4 Oct - 25 Oct Friday 12pm - 1pm Barr Smith South, 534, Studio
20580 TU01 40 19 26 Jul - 13 Sep Friday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 534, Studio
4 Oct - 25 Oct Friday 11am - 12pm Barr Smith South, 534, Studio
Related Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20577 LE01 130 84 26 Jul - 13 Sep Friday 9am - 11am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
4 Oct - 25 Oct Friday 9am - 11am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre