Course overview
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.
Course learning outcomes
- Environment I introduces the relationship between specific environmental contexts (with emphasis on the bio-physical context) and design. The course provides the foundation for subsequent courses in the environment stream of the Bachelor of Architectural Design. The course learning outcomes for Environment I are specifically aligned with the thematic content of the lecture series, the tutorials, the required and recommended readings, the objectives of the assessable tasks, and importantly, the program learning outcomes. . analyse key aspects of the historical, political and ethical context of sustainable development, as well as Indigenous perspectives about the environment.
- Identify the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability.
- Demonstrate understanding of sustainable processes, relating especially to biodiversity and water.
- Employ the basic principles of sustainable design in a small project, including the selection of a plant palette.
- Apply independent research skills to analyse and evaluate the relationship between climates, environments, and design.
- Write clear and concise analytical texts which structure evidence for and against (a point of view) relating specifically to sustainable design.
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