Course Title: Material and Spatial Communication: An introduction

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Material and Spatial Communication: An introduction

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
ARCH1432	City Campus	Undergraduate	320H Architecture & Urban Design	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Leslie Eastman

Course Coordinator Phone: Contact via email

Course Coordinator Email: leslie.eastman@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 100.08.02

Course Coordinator Availability: Contact via email

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

This course introduces you to a range of communication techniques and processes relevant to Interior Design practice including: photography, model making, film making, drawing, mapping and diagramming, digital and physical compositing and exhibition development.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:

• Communicate your ideas and designs verbally, visually and textually through a range of media to your peers as well as professional, academic and public audiences.
• Use technology as an intrinsic part of the design process and have the ability to identify relevant techniques, skills, materials and technologies for specific designs.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Discriminately apply a range of communication techniques and strategies applicable to contemporary Interior Design practice.
2. Distinguish and critically apply communication mediums and processes relevant to specific project briefs and design agendas.
3. Assess and extend communication techniques, technologies and media to creatively inform your design thinking.

Overview of Learning Activities

You will participate in a range of learning activities. In-class activities will include lectures, presentations, group and individual tutorials, group discussions, peer-to-peer critiques, student presentations and studio workshops. Other activities may include excursions to exhibitions and site visits.

All forms of practice-led inquiry are concerned with production as a way of working through design issues.

Overview of Learning Resources

You will identify the learning resources specific to your own interests in conjunction with your tutors. These may include readings, critical study of precedents, and further refinement of the communication, workshop, and other skills that you have acquired in the previous levels of the course. RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

It is advisable that you have a personal computer of an appropriate specification.

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Detailed references and ongoing updated information will be made available to students in the myRMIT Canvas site

References

Detailed references and ongoing updated information will be made available to students in the myRMIT Canvas site

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. 

Assessment 1- Presentation - Process - 50% (CLO1, CLO2)
Assessment 2 - Presentation - Development and Synthesis - 50% (CLO1, CLO2, CLO3)

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.