What is it and why should I do it?
Architectural Design is designing the spaces we live and work in.
Students will design a sustainable residential house. You will explore the use of sustainable design features, sustainable building materials and sustainable construction methods for different environments. You will also learn how to develop technical drawings that communicate your ideas and concepts, using both hand and digital drawing methods.
This future-focused course explores the appearance and function of objects, environments, messages, and experiences. Visual Communication Design (VCD) cultivates future-ready designers with a critical and reflective eye, a refined aesthetic sensibility, and the skills, knowledge, and mindset to tackle real-world challenges.
You'll explore how visual language communicates ideas, solves problems, and influences behaviour. Through type and imagery, you'll learn to craft innovative designs tailored to specific audiences and contexts.
Learn more about the design fields and related careers here.
What will I do in class?
You will make design decisions about where your Sustainable House will be located, maybe by the sea, on a cliff top, in the snow, a forest setting or an urban city location. Your chosen location will direct the sustainable design features you will be designing with.
Students will develop an architectural floor plan, side view elevations and perspective drawings of your project.
Students will also undertake a research investigation on contemporary Australian sustainable architectural practices.
Extension topics will include developing interior design concepts and furniture design for your Sustainable House.
How much homework will I have?
No set home work if students work productively during class time. Students will use home time to allow for thinking and considering of various design considerations for your project.- Apply the visual communication design process to address communication needs
- Generate design ideas, refine concepts and present solutions
- Document, reflect on and annotate your own visual communication design practice
- Analyse and evaluate how and why ideas and information are communicated in visual communications
- Evaluate the way designers across fields of design practice from different cultures, times, places and other contexts communicate ideas and information
How do I satisfactorily complete
this unit?
You must document your design process while developing the following:
- Environment (e.g. a café in Princes Park targeted at young adults)
- Message (e.g. branding for the café)
- Interactive experience (e.g. an app to support the café’s function)
- Object (e.g. a chair designed for use within the café)
Which VCE subjects does this subject lead to?
This subject leads directly to VCE Visual Communication
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