BLAR12036 - Building Design 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Building Design 1 will introduce you to creative design as a process of investigation, critical observation and experimentation. You will be introduced to the client briefing process as well as to basic aesthetic and sustainable design principles and their application to the design of low rise residential and commercial buildings. By engaging in a series of short design-based projects that involve critiquing, listening consciously, researching and creatively solving design problems, you will learn how to create spatial environments that are conducive to human well-being and that meet stakeholder requirements.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites:

  1. BLAR11049: Built Environment Communications and Skills or
  2. ENEG11005: Fundamentals of Professional Engineering

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
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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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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%).

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Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 28.57% response rate.

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.

Source: Student Evaluations
Feedback
Students reported that the subject is very large compared to the other units in the course.
Recommendation
It is recommended that a review is undertaken at course level to explore ways to address this issue.
Action Taken
A review is currently in progess and consultation is being held to identify ways to resolve this issue.
Source: Student Evaluations
Feedback
Students reported that the weekly activities helped to gain an understanding of the theoretical knowledge that was then applied in the design assessments.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the weekly activities continue to be offered.
Action Taken
The weekly activities were reviewed, updated and offered again to support student's understanding of theoretical knowledge.
Source: Student Evaluations
Feedback
Students reported that the feedback received on their draft design projects was helpful and essential to shaping their understanding and approach to the design process.
Recommendation
Feedback will continue to be offered on draft design projects.
Action Taken
Feedback was offered to students on design projects at draft stages to help identify issues and refine the design.
Source: SUTE Feedback
Feedback
The workload and content covered is far higher compared to other units in the course.
Recommendation
A review is underway to identify how the unit content can be delivered across the course to ease the workload in this unit.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE Feedback
Feedback
This is a very interaction intensive subject involving a lot of forum-based activities and feedback sessions that make the unit interesting and also require good time management skills.
Recommendation
The unit is a design studio unit and will remain interactive. to support student learning. The forum based activities and feedback session will continue to be offered. It is recommended that students start each assessment early and participate in the activities that are offered to maximise their learning.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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