F2001 · Monash University · UG specialist
Bachelor of Architectural Design
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
- Minimum ATAR
- 70
- Full time
- 3 years
- Part time
- —
- Credit points
- 144
- Campus
- Caulfield
- Mode
- On campus
Overview
Architecture at Monash is a five-year academic program starting with the Bachelor of Architectural Design and leading to the Master of Architecture course. These together will qualify graduates to start their professional practice.
Creative practice is core to the three-year Bachelor of Architectural Design course. The educational environment is built around opportunities to encounter, understand and explore addressing the emerging challenges of our age and profession through designerly and architectural approaches. You will develop these skills through key practice, performance, and history and theory units - and find opportunities to test and extend these skills across six semesters of project based studios.
These design studios provide an expanded site that draws on expertise from current academics and practicing architects to deliver problem focused investigations of key urban, environmental, social or political issues.
Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Architectural Design you will automatically progress to the Master of Architecture, which focuses on research-led architectural design teaching and learning through advanced studios, key professional practice opportunities and depth-unit architectural studies electives.
The Bachelor of Architectural Design provides a pathway toward professional accreditation as an architect in Australia and sits under the frameworks set out by the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA). The AACA 2021 National Standard of Competency for Architects (NSCA) outlines these criteria, and any Performance Criteria relevant for graduates of the Bachelor of Architectural Design are listed against the Unit Learning Outcomes in their relevant Unit handbook entry.
First-year units
Level 1 units every student in this course takes or chooses from.
- ARC1301Architecture communications 1This unit introduces concepts and techniques for the representation of architectural ideas in two and three dimensions including drawing, model making and computer aided drafting (CAD). The fundamental technical and compositional skills dev…
- ARC1102Architectural performance 1This unit introduces fundamental principles of sustainable architectural design focusing on the investigation and combination of appropriate materials, structures, fabrication methods and component systems as they apply to building construc…
- ARC1001Architecture foundation studio 1This unit introduces architectural design as a process of investigation, critical observation, and experimentation. The unit focuses on design as a process engaged with the three-dimensional and material testing of ideas. Projects will be f…
- ARC1002Architecture foundation studio 2This unit builds on the basic architectural knowledge and skills attained in Architecture foundation studio 1, and introduces you to a further level of complexity in the processes of investigation, critical observation, and experiment. The…
- OHS1000Introduction to art and design health and safetyThis is an online module in Moodle. A quick and easy introduction to occupational health, safety and environmental training within the context of courses and units offered by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture.
- BLK1000Indigenous Australian creative practice and ways of knowingThe word 'Blak' by Kuku and Erub/Mer multi-disciplinary artist Destiny Deacon differentiates itself from 'Black' as it enables Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a collective identifier to express and locate themselves to.…
Course structure
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Part A. Critical contexts
18 cpYou must complete the following units
Part B. Disciplinary practices
42 cpYou must complete the following units. Note: If you are in the double degree E3009 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Architectural Design you only complete 18 credit points (ARC1301, ARC2301 and ARC3301). You are not required to complete ARC1102, ARC2101, ARC3101 and ARC3102 because civil engineering studies provide the knowledge and skills.
Part C. Architecture design studios
72 cpYou must complete the following seven units. Note: If you are in the double degree E3009 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Architectural Design you only complete six units (60 credit points) as you are not required to complete ARC3002 because civil engineering studies provide the knowledge and skills. Note 2: All students must complete OHS1000 (0 credit point unit).
- ARC1001Architecture foundation studio 112 cp
- ARC1002Architecture foundation studio 212 cp
- ARC2001Architecture design studio 312 cp
- ARC2002Architecture design studio 412 cp
- ARC3001Architecture design studio 512 cp
- ARC3002Architecture design studio 612 cp
- OHS1000Introduction to art and design health and safety0 cp
Part D. Free electives
12 cpDeepen your knowledge by selecting electives from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, enriching your degree by using free electives for Monash Abroad opportunities: https://www.monash.edu/mada/current-students/course-information/electives. Alternatively, you may choose to select electives from across the university (provided you satisfy the unit rules) to broaden your interdisciplinary perspectives.