Subject description

This subject involves the student in design for a building retrofit in the context of state-of-the-art ecological design. The student will be engaged in the development of the brief through the analysis of an existing building for use as a non-residential building. Students will align the structure and form with … For more content click the Read More button below.

Enrolment rules

Pre-Requisite

Equivalence

ENGG447 - Advanced Building Design for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
ENGG947 - Advanced Building Design for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Tutorial enrolment

Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS

Delivery

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Teaching staff

Subject coordinators

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Employ iterative design approaches informed by critical analysis of contemporary environmentally sustainable initiatives and alignment of these with existing building form and structures.
2.
Contextualise design approaches for adaptive redevelopment of an existing building, through critically interrogating key debates, positions, practices and precedents in conversion of the building to achieve contemporary sustainable building standards.
3.
Synthesise priorities in the development of detailed designs and documentation of interior spaces and elements to integrate environmental systems in an aesthetic accord with the existing structure.
4.
Develop schematic design solutions for a given building at macro and micro scales aligning conceptual frameworks with functional, environmental, technical and regulatory requirements.
5.
Prepare technical documentation for a complex architectural engineering project, including the written and graphic explanation of the project demonstrating appropriate research conventions.
6.
Prepare a design performance report which employs appropriate evaluation protocols to assess the effectiveness of the proposed design’s ability to achieved the projects design specifications as well as evaluating the design process which developed the outcome.

Assessment details

Site and Brief Analysis

Interim Presentation

Interim Report

Final Presentation

Final Design Report

Work integrated learning

Applied WIL:This subject has "Applied WIL". Students in this subject will experience both coursework and a work-related opportunity that typically includes interaction and feedback with industry.

Textbook information

No prescribed textbooks for this subject.

Contact details

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