Overview
This unit will provide you with an understanding of environmentally appropriate design and planning solutions used in new and refurbished multi-story residential and commercial buildings. You will learn about energy and resource efficiency, universal access, building fabric and services audits, and statutory, planning and heritage considerations. You will be required to establish a mentoring relationship with a professional building engineer. You should have completed previous introductory studies in building design to ensure an adequate level of entry.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prereq: BLAR12036 or [BLAR14015 & BLAR13017]
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2024
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Evaluations
Students report that the lecturer shares up-to-date industry experience and real-world knowledge.
The unit lecturer is an industry professional who shares real world experience with the students. It is recommended that this lecturer continues to lecture this unit.
Feedback from Student Evaluations
Students report that feedback provided by the lecturer on the draft designs and by other students on the assessment forums is very helpful in improving the design.
Feedback will continue to be offered on draft designs and the assessment forums will continue to be offered so that students are able to use feedback to identify issues and improve their designs.
- Apply design principles to new and refurbished tall and complex buildings.
- Explain design solutions within an environmental, social and community context.
- Research and solve design and legislative issues for tall and complex buildings.
- Discuss appropriate building fabrics, plant, equipment and services to deliver healthy, safe and structurally sound project outcomes.
- Show skills in communicating and presenting design concepts and building solutions.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 40% | |||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 40% | |||||||||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 40% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Computer headset (microphone speaker combo)
- Microsoft Office or equivalent software
- Web camera (webcam)
- ArchiStar is recommended (free access provided by CQU - contact the Unit Coordinator if you don't have access yet)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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Week 1
Begin Date: 08 Jul 2024Module/Topic
Legislation and Community I
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 15 Jul 2024Module/Topic
Legislation and Community II
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 22 Jul 2024Module/Topic
Pre-Design Planning
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 4
Begin Date: 29 Jul 2024Module/Topic
The Design Team
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 05 Aug 2024Module/Topic
Environmental Considerations
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 12 Aug 2024Module/Topic
No scheduled study this week - enjoy your break!
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 19 Aug 2024Module/Topic
Siting Issues and Design Concepts
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 7
Begin Date: 26 Aug 2024Module/Topic
Aesthetics
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2 Presentation
Week 8
Begin Date: 02 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Internal Planning and Services I
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 9
Begin Date: 09 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Internal Planning and Services II
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 16 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Building Structure and Facade
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 11
Begin Date: 23 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Developing the Design
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 3 Presentation
Week 12
Begin Date: 30 Sep 2024Module/Topic
Maintenance and Refurbishment
Chapter
Please refer to the Moodle site for specific readings and additional unit information
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 07 Oct 2024Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Week
Begin Date: 14 Oct 2024Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Presentation and Written Assessment
This assessment relates to Unit Learning Outcomes 1 to 5. You will research and establish legislative requirements that relate to a high rise design project to formulate a project requirements brief and begin to consider apropriate design strategies to meet client, building code and town planning requirements.
Further information regarding the assessment will be available on the unit Moodle site.
Week 5 Wednesday (7 Aug 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Submission via Moodle portal.
Week 6 Wednesday (21 Aug 2024)
Students will be advised of any adverse circumstances that might delay this.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format. Before or on the nominated due date, upload your work following the on-screen instructions. Your submission will be processed through the similarity detection software, Turnitin. You may amend your work based on the detection report.
You must ensure that the work is your own and that any cited work has been correctly referenced as per the CQU requirements. You will find further information and support material for this assessment within the unit Moodle site.
You will need to explain the core knowledge associated with this unit and show appropriate application of that knowledge in your submission.
In your submission, you will need to ensure that:
- The project brief and report is well researched, effectively communicated and succinctly documented
- Legislative requirements are identified and appropriately interpreted as they apply to the project
- Site, community and environmental constraints and impacts are identified, analysed and responses to these impacts are proposed that will positively resolve these issues
- Images, tables and other graphics that visually support the submission are included
- All information is correctly referenced
- Apply design principles to new and refurbished tall and complex buildings.
- Explain design solutions within an environmental, social and community context.
- Research and solve design and legislative issues for tall and complex buildings.
- Discuss appropriate building fabrics, plant, equipment and services to deliver healthy, safe and structurally sound project outcomes.
- Show skills in communicating and presenting design concepts and building solutions.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Presentation and Written Assessment
This assessment relates to Unit Learning Outcomes 1 to 5. You will use the project requirements brief from Assessment 1 and further develop this to forulate a project design brief and commence your preliminary design for the building to meet the brief requirements. You will present a draft of preliminary design to the lecturer for feedback as specified in the Assessment brief.
Further information regarding the assessment will be available on the unit Moodle site.
Week 9 Wednesday (11 Sept 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Submission via Moodle portal.
Week 11 Wednesday (25 Sept 2024)
Students will be advised of any adverse circumstances that might delay this.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format. Before or on the nominated due date, upload your work following the on-screen instructions. Your submission will be processed through the similarity detection software, Turnitin. You may amend your work based on the detection report.
You must ensure that the work is your own and that any cited work has been correctly referenced as per the CQU requirements. You will find further information and support material for this assessment within the unit Moodle site.
You will need to explain the core knowledge associated with this unit and show appropriate application of that knowledge in your submission.
In your submission, you will need to ensure that:
- The project brief is well researched, information is clearly and unambiguously presented to drive the design
- The project brief is appropriately interpreted and applied to the design
- Compliance with the project brief and client requirements is demonstrated in the design drawings
- Design drawings are appropriately drawn, effectively communicate the design and meet the clients requirements
- Presentation (via Zoom) of the design project is clear, professional, appropriate to the brief and self reflection is demonstrated in responses to feedback
- Comments on peer designs are approriate, constructive and supportive
- Images, tables and other graphics that visually support the submission are included
- All design work and drawings are original
- All information is correctly referenced
- Apply design principles to new and refurbished tall and complex buildings.
- Explain design solutions within an environmental, social and community context.
- Research and solve design and legislative issues for tall and complex buildings.
- Discuss appropriate building fabrics, plant, equipment and services to deliver healthy, safe and structurally sound project outcomes.
- Show skills in communicating and presenting design concepts and building solutions.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Presentation and Written Assessment
This assessment relates to Unit Learning Outcomes 1 to 5. You will continue to develop your design in conjunction with the brief and participate in a group presentation of your design before finalising the plans for A3 submission.
Further information regarding the assessment will be available on the unit Moodle site.
Review/Exam Week Wednesday (9 Oct 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Submission via Moodle portal.
24 October 2024 - students will be advised of any adverse circumstances that might delay this.
Your assessment should be produced in electronic format. Before or on the nominated due date, upload your work following the on-screen instructions. Your submission will be processed through the similarity detection software, Turnitin. You may amend your work based on the detection report.
You must ensure that the work is your own and that any cited work has been correctly referenced as per the CQU requirements. You will find further information and support material for this assessment within the unit Moodle site.
You will need to explain the core knowledge associated with this unit and show appropriate application of that knowledge in your submission.
In your submission, you will need to ensure that:
- Design drawings are appropriately drawn, effectively communicate the design and meet the clients requirements
- Compliance with the project brief is demonstrated in the design drawings
- Design project contributes positively to the surrounding built environment
- Design project is justified in terms of the social and environmental impact
- Presentation (via Zoom) of the design project is clear, professional, appropriate to the brief and convincing in support of how the design meets the requirements
- Comments on peer designs are approriate, constructive and supportive
- Images, tables and other graphics that visually support the submission are included
- All design work and drawings are original
- All information is correctly referenced
- Apply design principles to new and refurbished tall and complex buildings.
- Explain design solutions within an environmental, social and community context.
- Research and solve design and legislative issues for tall and complex buildings.
- Discuss appropriate building fabrics, plant, equipment and services to deliver healthy, safe and structurally sound project outcomes.
- Show skills in communicating and presenting design concepts and building solutions.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
