SEMESTER 1
This module is structured as an introduction to architectural design. This preliminary design module aims to present and explain design through the expression of the perception of 'self' and the body, construction and materiality in terms of tectonics.
This module introduces fundamental skills for the appropriate communication of architectural design. It engages different means of visualization and expression of space and spatial ideas through architectural drawings to prepare students with the skills required in design projects.
“Dates are much more than isolated markers of events. Organised into a chronology, dates establish sequence and synchronicity” ~ Clint Twist, 1999.
A chronological survey of the developments of Ancient architecture to Western architecture from the beginning of time to the period of Enlightenment, with consideration of the intellectual, aesthetic, technological, political and economic factors which have influenced the design of buildings. These issues are explored with reference to major contemporary examples and the work and philosophy of significant exponents.
