Overview
This unit provides a broad introduction to the history and theories of building design with a specific focus on the cultural importance, practical uses, construction, and stylistic designs of those buildings. The fundamental knowledge gained in this unit will underpin many design processes and decisions that you will encounter in your work as licensed building designers. The study topics and assessment tasks will develop skills that will enable you to identify and evaluate the successes and failures of historic and contemporary building types as well as the suitability of those buildings for conservation, re-use, or re-development.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: BLAR11045
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 3 - 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 feedback
The unit content is very interesting, especially issues related to Australian heritage buildings are useful to know about as a Building Designer.
The unit will continue to cover Australian heritage buildings.
Feedback from Student feedback
The coursework, feedback forums and slideshows are very engaging.
The unit will continue to include material and learning activities provided in a similar format to support student learning.
Feedback from Student feedback
Understanding how building and construction evolved overseas is a good background to better understand Australian buildings.
The unit will continue to provide a sound overview of international building and construction over the ages.
- Analyse the historical development of building design and construction
- Explain culturally diverse values in buildings and spaces
- Recognise, discuss and compare the major stylistic trends of building design around the world
- Describe the historic and contemporary styles of building design in Australia
- Constructively discuss and collaborate within an online team environment to explore and propose potential design solutions for the renovation and extensions of heritage buildings.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 45% | |||||
| 3 - Online Test - 25% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 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 - 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 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 45% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Online Test - 25% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
A Global History of Architecture
Edition: 3 (2017)
Authors: Mark M. Jarzombek, Francis D. K. Ching, Vikramaditya Prakash
Wiley
ISBN: 978-1-118-98133-7
This book is available as an eBook in the eReading list.
This book is available as an eBook in the eReading list.
Additional Textbook Information
Students are not expected to purchase the book as it is available in the eReading list.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Microphone and camera for use with Zoom
- MS Office or equivalent software
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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Module/Topic
Unit Overview and Introduction to the Ancient World
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Ancient and Classical Greece and the Roman Empire
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Buildings of the East
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Medieval Times: Romanesque and Gothic Architecture
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Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
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Buildings of the French and Industrial Revolutions
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Architecture in the late 19th and 20th Centuries
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20th Century Design Theories and Movements
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Early Australian Building
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Federation, inter-war and post-war Australian Building
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Australian Post War and late 20th Century Building
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Review for Online Test
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1 Written Assessment
Assignment 1 comprises a written report with images / sketches. The assignment will focus on Topics 1, 2, 3 and 4. Full and detailed briefing for this assignment will be available in the Assessment Block in Moodle.
Week 5 Wednesday (4 Dec 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 7 Thursday (19 Dec 2024)
Marks will be allocated as specified in the marking rubric of the Assessment Task located in the Assessment Block in Moodle.
The assessment criteria used are:
- Cohesive analysis of the the historical development of building design and construction
- Insightful explanation of culturally diverse values in buildings and spaces
- Conceptual comparison of major stylistic trends of building design around the world
- Analyse the historical development of building design and construction
- Analyse the historical development of building design and construction
- Explain culturally diverse values in buildings and spaces
- Recognise, discuss and compare the major stylistic trends of building design around the world
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
2 Written Assessment
Assignment 2 comprises an individual written report with images / sketches. Teamwork interactions will be necessary via an online discussion forum utilising a prescribed communication process. The assignment will focus on Topics 5, 6, 7 and 8. Full and detailed briefing for this assignment will be available in the Assessment Block in Moodle.
Week 9 Wednesday (15 Jan 2025) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 11 Thursday (30 Jan 2025)
Marks will be allocated as specified in the assignment brief in the Assessment Block in Moodle.
The assessment criteria used are:
- Cohesive analysis of the the historical development of building design and construction
- Insightful explanation of culturally diverse values in buildings and spaces
- Conceptual comparison of major stylistic trends of building design around the world
- Level and depth of constructive discussion and collaboration within the online team environment with a specific focus on the A2 Forum
- Explain culturally diverse values in buildings and spaces
- Recognise, discuss and compare the major stylistic trends of building design around the world
- Describe the historic and contemporary styles of building design in Australia
- Constructively discuss and collaborate within an online team environment to explore and propose potential design solutions for the renovation and extensions of heritage buildings.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Online Test
The online test will open Monday 10 February at 7pm AEST and has a 90 minute duration after which it will auto submit.
You will need to press start between 7pm and 7:30pm to use the full 90min duration of the test.
This is a "one attempt only" test and will cover the unit content.
Further information will be available on the Moodle site.
Please note: Results for this assessment will be made available to students after the date of the quiz closing and before 01.03.2025
Test and apply knowledge based on the unit topics.
- Analyse the historical development of building design and construction
- Explain culturally diverse values in buildings and spaces
- Recognise, discuss and compare the major stylistic trends of building design around the world
- Describe the historic and contemporary styles of building design in Australia
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
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?
