BE: Analysis Studio (11014.1)

Please note these are the 2023 details for this unit
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BE: Analysis Studio
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-campus
 UC College, Bruce, ACT
Bruce, Canberra
South Bank, QLD
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Arts And Design
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
School Of Design And The Built Environment Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
This Studio explores analysis as an instrument of design and form generation using increasingly complex drawing, modelling, and visualisation techniques. Seminal architectural, interior design, and landscape design projects are investigated through the lens of critical and formal themes and transformed in projects briefs. Students deploy skills in digital visualisation and learn drawing conventions.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Develop and apply a range of tools and processes in a design context;

2. Undertake analysis and respond appropriately to a studio brief;

3. Identify how observation, analysis, experiment and critique apply to architecture, interior and landscape design processes; and
4. Select and apply a range of skills covering verbal, graphic and 3-dimensional presentation.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

8314 Design Studio 1.1

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 UC College, Bruce, ACT UC College Trimester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Miss Swarali Sidhaye
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Mr Adam Wigg
2025 South Bank, QLD Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Ms Corinne Trang
2025 UC College, Bruce, ACT UC College Trimester 3 15 September 2025 On-campus Miss Swarali Sidhaye
2026 South Bank, QLD Semester 1 16 February 2026 On-campus Ms Corinne Trang
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 16 February 2026 On-campus Mr Adam Wigg
2026 UC College, Bruce, ACT UC College Trimester 2 29 June 2026 On-campus Miss Swarali Sidhaye
Not available

Required texts

Suggested readings will be provided on a week to week basis as the semester progresses, and will be available online and/or at the University of Canberra Library

Ching, F & J.F Eckler 2013, Introduction to Architecture  A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey.

Simitch, Andrea, 2014, Language of Architecture : 26 Principles Every Architect Should Know

von Meiss, Pierre, Elements of Architecture, from Form to Place, New York: Spon Press, 2007

Unwin, Simon, analysing Architecture, Oxon UK, Routledge, 2009

Ching, F 2007, Architecture: form, space, and order, 3rd edn, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey.

Ching, F 1975, Architectural Graphics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey.

Ching, F 1998, Design Drawing, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey.

Hertzberger, Herman, Lessons for Students in Architecture, Rotterdam, 010 Publishers, 2009

 

 

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artificial intelligence
Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.
GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

  1. the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
  2. the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
  3. the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessmentinstructions.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.
Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI. See https://canberra.libguides.com/genai

 

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Attendance at scheduled classes and contribution over the trimester is expected. Presentation and discussion of your work in progress is essential for the development of your design skills in meeting the learning outcomes of the subject and for your design education.

Participation in studio sessions and reviews provides important opportunities for feedback and demonstrates that the submitted work is your own.

In order to receive a grade of Pass or better,  students must bring their work in progress to studio sessions, reviews and juries as detailed in the unit outline. Assessment items that have not been presented for review during the semester as required may not be submitted for final assessment.

Please advise the Unit Convener if you are unable to attend a particular class or studio.

 

Required IT skills

Tutorials in InDesign and other digital tools may be provided.

In-unit costs

See Material Requirements

Work placement, internships or practicums

None.