1997 QUT Handbook

Courses: AR48 Prerequisites: ARB007
Credit Points: 24 (12 per semester)
Contact Hours: 6 per week
■ ARB011 CONTEXTUAL STUDIES 1
Human scale, anthropometry and ergonomics. Introduction
to a progressive study of architectural history. Early buildings
to nineteenth century.
Courses: AR48, BN30
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ARB012 CONTEXTUAL STUDIES 2
Human behaviour; perceptions, learning, interpersonal communication
and relationships, decision making, problem solving
and stress management. Progressive study of architectural
history to nineteenth century.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB011
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ARB013 CONTEXTUAL STUDIES 3
Human relationships: role of social and cultural variables in
human environment interactions; theory of place; behaviour
settings; privacy; personal space; territoriality; environmental
meaning and cognition; cognitive maps and way-finding;
risk perceptions; environmental stress; environmental evaluations;
participatory design processes. Architectural history
of the twentieth century; the modern movement; postmodern
and recent. Introduction to design methodology; imagining,
representing, testing, the VAST lists and an heuristic design
model.
Courses: AR48, BN30
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ ARB014 CONTEXTUAL STUDIES 4
Human organisation, theory of formal organisations, Australian
government structures, social analysis and forecasting,
social interest groups. History of architecture in the twentieth
century, the modern movement, postmodern and recent. Theories,
styles and movements in architectural history.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB013
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ ARB015 CONTEXTUAL STUDIES 5
The periods of Australian architectural development and important
individual architects. Urban design theory, townscape,
urban spaces, city form.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB014
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ ARB016 CONTEXTUAL STUDIES 6
The legal system, statutory and common law, contract and
tort, acts and regulations concerning the built environment,
building codes of Australia. Queensland architectural heritage
and contemporary architects. Principles for the analysis
of design, factors affecting quality.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB015
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ARB017 CONTEXTUAL STUDIES 7
Architectural development in the Far East, Southeast Asia,
the Pacific and South America. Planning of settlements, indigenous
architecture, materials, techniques and construction,
social, cultural and other influences, modernisation, current
architectural issues. Theory and methods of critical analysis,
critical appraisal of major works and architects, study of ideas
and aesthetics.
Courses: AR48 Prerequisites: ARB016
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ ARB018 CONTEXTUAL STUDIES 8
Contemporary theories of design and aesthetics; ethics in architectural
practice, current issues in architecture, changing
roles and attitudes, trends and opportunities.
Courses: AR48 Prerequisites: ARB017
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ ARB021 TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE 1
Introduction to architectural technology. Properties and behaviour
of common building materials. Principles of physics
related to building construction. Basic principles of structures.
Courses: AR48, BN30
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ARB022 TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE 2
Principles of construction related to simple structures, construction
systems, chemical properties and reaction of building
materials. Introduction to computing in architecture.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB021
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 5 per week
■ ARB023 TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE 3
Domestic scale building construction. Principles of structures,
climate and sun control.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB022
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ ARB024 TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE 4
Domestic scale building construction, timber structural members
and elements, climatic design, ventilation and airflow.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB023
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ ARB025 TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE 5
Steel construction, structures and structural elements, stairs,
medium rise construction in reinforced concrete and masonry,
hydraulic services, thermal behaviour of buildings.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB024
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 6 per week
■ ARB026 TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE 6
Construction systems used in industrial and commercial buildings
of medium to high rise. Reinforced concrete structures
and structural elements. Curtain walls, acoustic and noise control.
Building services and electricity, lifts, air conditioning.
Courses: AR48, BN30 Prerequisites: ARB025
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 5 per week
■ ARB027 TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE 7
Complex construction systems, specialised structures, integration
of complex services, tall buildings. Case studies of
special aspects of architecture technology.
Courses: AR48 Prerequisites: ARB026
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ ARB031 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 1
Building codes and regulations applied in studio exercises.
Estimating, cost control, feasibility, computer software for
business. Specifications: role, techniques, practical exercises.
Courses: AR48 Credit Points: 16 (8 per semester)
Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ARB032 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 2
Practice management, setting up a practice, office systems,
marketing. Building economics, finance, cost control, risk
management, QA. Building procurement systems. Professional
practice, ethics, services, liability, the building contract
and contract administration.
Courses: AR48 Prerequisites: ARB031
Credit Points: 16 (8 per semester)
Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ARB033 PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 3
Standard contracts and contract administration. Issues in the
profession, changing roles, new legislation.
Courses: AR48 Prerequisites: ARB032
Credit Points: 16 (8 per semester)
Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ ARB041 ELECTIVE 1
Elective unit drawn from an existing range of units available
within the School and approved by Course Coordinator.
Courses: BN30
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ ARB042 ELECTIVE 2
The Elective unit is drawn from an existing range of units
within the School and approved by Course Coordinator.
Courses: BN30
Credit Points: 6 Contact Hours: 2 per week
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