Advanced History & Theory 1 PG (9780.2)
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| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Arts And Design |
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| Discipline Of Built Environment And Design | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Starting with the structures of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples, this unit discuss Australian architecture in reference to major tendencies of modern movement architecture unfolding in Europe and America. Particular attention is given to architecture responses to Australian social and environmental conditions; the architecture of Federation and reactions to industrialisation. Contemporary Australian architecture tendencies are reviewed in the context of cultural and technological implications of globalization.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:1. Differentiate the development of Australian architecture;
2. Debate the importance of the interconnections of architecture with its cultural, industrial and historical contexts;
3. Compose and discuss contemporary architecture in the light of architectural precedent; and
4. Formulate the issue of national identity in various stages of Australian architecture.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
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
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
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 - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
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 - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
8411 History of Australian Architecture PGEquivalent units
8411 History of Australian Architecture PGAssumed knowledge
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Required texts
Note: The following list is indicative and is subject to change.
Where feasibile, readings will be made available in short term loan or via the Unit Canvas site via Readling List.
Additional or difference readings and resources may be added over the course of the semester.
Weekly readings:
Week 1
- B Smith, ed. Documents on Art and Taste in Australia: The Colonial Period, 1770-1914. Melbourne; New York: Oxford University Press, 1975, ‘In a New Land', pp. 1-8.
- Rem Koolhaas, Interview, Transition, Melbourne, Nov 1980, pp. 14-18.
- J M Freeland, Architecture in Australia, Melbourne 1968, Chapter ‘Background' and ‘The Primitives', pp. 1-28.
Week 2
- J M Freeland, Architecture in Australia, Melbourne 1968, Chapter ‘The Age of Macquire' 1810-1821', pp. 29-49.
- Morris, M. & Sakai, N. 2005, ‘Modern' in Grossberg, Lawrence, Morris, Meaghan, Bennett, Tony & Williams, Raymond, New Keywords: a revised vocabulary of culture and society, Blackwell Pub., Malden, MA, pp. 219-224.
Week 3
- J Weirick, ‘The Griffins and Modernism', Transition, Melbourne, Autumn 1988, pp. 5-13.
- J M Freeland, Architecture in Australia, Melbourne 1968, Chapter 12 ‘Early modern 1930-1944', pp. 252-263.
- P Goad& J Willis, The encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, Cambridge, 2012, pp.695-698 (Terrace Houses), pp. 579 (Queenslander).
Week 4
- Walker 2008, ‘Kenneth Frampton and the fiction of place' in A. Leach, A. Moulis and N. Sully (eds.) Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand, St. Lucia, Qld. 2008, pp 70-80.
- G Murcutt , ‘The Mining Museum of Broken Hill', in Perspecta, MIT Press, Vol. 27, 1992, pp. 168-185.
- J M Freeland, Architecture in Australia, Melbourne 1968, Chapter 13 &14 ‘Austerity 1945-1954' Mid-Twentieth Century 1955-1967, pp. 264-314.
Week 5
- R Boyd, ‘Introduction', in Boyd, R, The Australian Ugliness. Melbourne 1960.
- Aravena 2016 Pritzker Prize: http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2016/announcement
Week 6
- H Foster, 2011, 'Image-building' in Foster, Hal., The art-architecture complex, Verso Books, London, pp. 1 - 16.
- A Dutta, ‘Marginality and Metaengineering: Keynes and Arup', 2012, pp. 237-267.
- Autopsy On a Dream – the making of the Sydney Opera House. Controversial and provocative BBC film about the building of the Sydney Opera House, directed by John Weiley, lost for 45 years.
Week 7
- G Hartoonian & P Stein ‘Revisiting the void. An Interview with Enrico Taglietti', in Fusion Journal, No. 6, Charles Sturt University, June 2015.
- H Margalit & P Favaro , ‘The Local and the Migrant: Limits of Mutual Recognition', in A. Leach, A. Moulis and N. Sully (eds.) Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand, St. Lucia, Qld. 2008, pp. 178-188.
- Harry Siedler, ABC film 2016
Week 9:
- Architects, Gehl. "Public Spaces Public Life Study–Sydney 2007." City of Sydney, Sydney (2007).
Week 10: to be advised
Week 12:
- P Goad. "An archipelago of architecture cultures." in Goad, P., New Directions of Australian Architecture. Singapore. 2005, pp. 12-18.
- R Boyd. 'The state of Australian architecture.' in Architecture in Australia. 1967, pp.454-465.
Other important sources (in order of publication date):
Hardy Wilson. Old Colonial Architcture in New South Wales and Tasmania. Sydney 1924.
Robin Boyd. Victorian Modern. Melbourne 1947 (2011 reprint).
Robin Boyd. Australia's Home. Melbourne 1952.
Michael Sharland. Stones of a Century. Hobart 1952.
Maie Casey et al. Early Melbourne Architecture 1840 to 1888. Melbourne 1953.
Morton Herman. The Early Australian Architects and Their Work. Sydney 1954.
Morton Herman. The Architecture of Victorian Sydney. Sydney 1956.
Robin Boyd. The Australian Ugliness. Melbourne 1960.
Max Dupain (with Morton Herman). Georgian Architecture in Australia. Sydney 1963.
David Saunders (ed.). Historic Buildings of Victoria. Melbourne 1966.
J.M. Freeland. Historic Homesteads of Australia. Melbourne 1969.
J.M. Freeland. The Making of a Profession: A History of the Growth and Work of the Architectural Institutes of Australia. Sydney 1971.
Jennifer Taylor. An Australian Identity - Houses for Sydney 1953-1963. Sydney 1972.
Miles Lewis. Victorian Primitive. Melbourne 1977.
Philip Cox and Clive Lucas. Australian Colonial Architecture. Melbourne 1978.
Donald Leslie Johnson. Australian Architecture 1901-1951: Sources of Modernism. Sydney 1980.
Howard Tanner (ed.). Architects of Australia. Melbourne 1981.
Robert Irving (ed.). The history and design of the Australian house. Melbourne 1985.
Jennifer Taylor. Australian Architecture Since 1960. Sydney 1986.
Miles Lewis (ed.). Two Hundred Years of Concrete in Australia. Sydney 1988.
Trevor Howells and Michael Nicholson (eds.). Towards the Dawn: Federation Architecture in Australia 1890-1915. Sydney 1989.
Peter Cuffley. Australian Houses in the twenties and thirties. Knoxfield (Vic.) 1989.
Kenneth Frampton. Harry Seidler: four decades of architecture. London, New York. 1992.
Francoise Fromont: Glenn Murcutt: buildings and projects 1962-2003. London. 2003.
Submission of assessment items
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is available only for a final subject required for Course completion, as provided by University policy.
Please see UC’s Supplementary Assessment Policy.
Additional information
The following additional Discipline specific regulations and procedures are designed to ensure equity for students in the submission, feedback and assessment of projects.
i) Submission requirements and protocols
It is UC policy that students submit all work to Moodle in the appropriate assignment dropbox for this unit. You should ensure that your name, student number, and unit name is provided on the front cover and as a running head on each page. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the correct version of any given assignment is submitted by the due date and time as indicated in the unit’s Moodle site and unit outline. CD/DVD/USB/emailed assignment submissions will not be accepted. Submissions that do not meet the specified content, format or other requirements may be penalised through a reduction in marks. Where students are required to submit models, drawings, posters or other physical artefacts that cannot be submitted electronically, students must create an electronic record (digital image, scanned copy, PDF version, or video) of the artefact and submit this in the appropriate assignment dropbox as evidence of their completed and on time submission. Students will not be required to submit preparatory field notes, visual journals or design studio portfolios, unless specifically required as part of the unit assessment tasks. Students may be asked to provide evidence of these in class at the request of the unit tutor or unit convenor.
ii) Late Submissions will not be accepted
All assessments must be submitted on due time and date as required.
Only in exceptional circumstances as stated in UC policy, will applications for an extension be considered. An extension needs to be applied for in writing and in advance of the submission date. The application must specify the length of the extension being sought and provide documentation such as counseling or medical certificates that cover this period. Extensions can only be given for the period stated in the documentation submitted. Counseling certificates are not a guarantee of an extension.
A late submission will attract a penalty of 5% per day. On the 7th day the student will receive a fail grade. Re-submissions for failed work will not be accepted. This assessment policy is designed to be fair to all students. Adherence to deadlines is essential in the design professions.
Students should aim to complete all work to a high standard. In the event that the assessment is incomplete at the due date, students are encouraged to submit their work at the stage they are up to.
iii) Feedback and return of material
All marks and grades for all assignments will be available on Moodle after moderation.
Students must retain a digital copy of their assessable work.
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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
Students are expected to have read the assigned weekly materials, attend the scheduled classes and actively engage with online tutorials (forum participation). It may be difficult to pass the unit without attending and without regular, online participation.
Required IT skills
Students are required to have basic IT skills. They will have to prepare and submit their online presentations, use email, send an attachment, write a paper and use Moodle.
In-unit costs
The reading material is generally available online or in the UC library.
Work placement, internships or practicums
None.
Additional information
Announcements
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Consultation with Staff
Contact with staff should generally be within the allocated class times. Consultation outside of these hours shall be by prior appointment, and in addition to, not in lieu of, the scheduled class time. Students who fail to attend classes, and who do not have a medical or Counsellor's certificate or other genuine reason for missing classes, should not expect additional tutorial or consultation time.
Please note: staff are not able to return calls to long distance or mobile telephone numbers after normal hours or on weekends or holidays. Emails are normally not checked or answered at nights, on weekends or on public holidays.
Retained Work
Due to the requirements of professional accreditation samples of student work will be retained and stored at the School for periods of up to three years. Where possible, each student should make a copy of any assignment (prior to submission) as that work may be retained and inaccessible thereafter.
