BLAR13037 - Building Design 2

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will provide you with an understanding of environmentally appropriate design and planning solutions used in new and refurbished multi-story residential and commercial buildings. You will learn about energy and resource efficiency, universal access, building fabric and services audits, and statutory, planning and heritage considerations. You will be required to establish a mentoring relationship with a professional building engineer. You should have completed previous introductory studies in building design to ensure an adequate level of entry.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prereq: BLAR12036 or [BLAR14015 & BLAR13017]

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 - 2023

Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online

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

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Presentation and Written Assessment 20%
2. Presentation and Written Assessment 40%
3. Presentation and Written Assessment 40%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 15.38% 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
The unit provides the opportunity to better understand the relationships between building codes, Australian standards and planning scheme requirements and translate that into a design.
Recommendation
The unit will continue to focus on the application of various regulatory requirements to a design.
Action Taken
The unit continues to focus on the application of various regulatory requirements to a design.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
The exposure to working on the design of a high rise building was an invaluable learning experience and the support provided by the lecturer and coordinator was excellent.
Recommendation
The unit will continue to revolve around the design of a tall and complex high rise building with support from the lecturer and the coordinator.
Action Taken
The unit continues to revolve around the design of a tall and complex high rise building with support from the lecturer and the coordinator.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
A CAD unit would be very useful so that students have more time to focus on designing to meet the regulations.
Recommendation
ArchiStar continues to be available to help students learn CAD and a CAD drafting unit is currently being developed.
Action Taken
ArchiStar continues to be offered to support students learn CAD and a CAD drafting unit is currently being developed.
Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
The lecturer shares interesting, industry based knowledge in the lectures.
Recommendation
The lecturer is an industry professional and provides up-to-date information to students in the lectures.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student Feedback
Feedback
It is important to keep up with the unit material on a weekly basis in order to meet the Assessment requirements.
Recommendation
Students are recommended to plan regular study sessions into their week to meet the Assessment requirements.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply design principles to new and refurbished tall and complex buildings.
  2. Explain design solutions within an environmental, social and community context.
  3. Research and solve design and legislative issues for tall and complex buildings.
  4. Discuss appropriate building fabrics, plant, equipment and services to deliver healthy, safe and structurally sound project outcomes.
  5. Show skills in communicating and presenting design concepts and building solutions.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • •
2 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • •
3 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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 • • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • • • •
2 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • • • •
3 - Presentation and Written Assessment • • • • • • •