Course overview
In this capstone course, students synthesise prior learning from the program to create a comprehensive design project informed by the disciplines of architecture and landscape architecture, creating meaningful connections that advance interdisciplinary practice. Students develop a design proposition in response to specific topics, themes, or questions framed in the course to demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills, creative thinking and capacity to innovate. The course emphasises speculative responses to socio-cultural and environmental challenges that are informed by global perspectives and contextual responses to address diverse human needs and aspirations. Drawing on prior learning, students establish and apply design research methods, apply interdisciplinary insight, integrate ethical considerations, and engage in critical reflective practice. Students will engage with industry professionals, working individually and collaboratively to prepare them for contemporary practice in multi-disciplinary design teams.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply disciplinary knowledge and skills to communicate design concepts through integrated use of analogue and digital graphic media, verbal presentations, and written documentation.
- Evaluate and integrate Country, historical, cultural, social, economic, and environmental factors into interdisciplinary design decision-making processes.
- Apply a clear research-through-design (RTD) process in an interdisciplinary project.
- Select specialised materials and constructions systems to develop, integrate and communicate feasible fabrication strategies for interdisciplinary projects.
- Assess and address the social, ethical, and environmental implications of architectural design decisions on communities and built environments.
- Plan, coordinate, and complete interdisciplinary design projects demonstrating autonomous work practices and collaborative skills appropriate to professional practice.