Advanced Architectural Design: Landscapes and Architecture (ARCH7005)
Information valid for Summer Semester, 2020
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Architecture School
Units
4
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Internal
Class hours
1L6U
Prerequisite
Admission to the MArch.
Restricted
MArch students only. Study Abroad students must seek Head of School permission to enrol.
Assessment methods
Research; Schematic Project; Detailed Resolution and Presentation
Course enquiries
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Summer Semester, 2024 (25/11/2024 - 08/02/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
| Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
Students in this course design architecture that is shaped by landscape and in turn, shapes landscapes. The idealisation of wilderness, agrarian and (post) industrial landscapes through historical concepts such as the picturesque, as well as contemporary ideas about nature as a casualty of human activity, are the conceptual backdrop for interrogating the relationship between buildings and their environments. Design research in this course includes extensive fieldwork that may include the use of GIS and unmanned aerial vehicles, documentation of natural processes and systems, and reference to other genres in which landscapes and nature are portrayed. Students explore active and temporal relationships between architecture and its environment and develop proposals that engage a wide range of scales.
