Yr10 Visual Communication Design

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.

Extension topics will allow students to develop interior design concepts and furniture designs for your project.

Visual Communication Design (VCD) focuses on visual language and the role it plays in communicating ideas, solving problems and influencing behaviours. This subject examines how visual communication is used across various fields of practice to design messages, objects, environments and interactive experiences.

Year 10 VCD will prepare you for VCE VCD. The study of VCE VCD seeks to cultivate future-ready designers who have a critical and reflective eye, a refined aesthetic sensibility, and who are equipped with the skills, knowledge and mindsets necessary to address the problems of life.

In Units 3&4 students write and respond to their own brief. Below are links to the best VCD work from across the state:

What will I do in class?

You will design respond to

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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 for your project.

Students will also undertake a research investigation on contemporary Australian sustainable architectural practices.

Students will use home time to allow for thinking and pondering of various design considerations for your project. No set home work if students work productively during class time.

How do I satisfactorily complete this unit?

Document your design process, including conducting human-centred research and
Participate in critiques with peers
Design an environment such as a community centre
Design an object such as a piece of furniture to be used within the environment
Design branding and/or wayfinding for the environment
Design a user experience such as an app or

Which VCE subjects does this subject lead to?

This subject leads directly to VCE Visual Communication Design, however, the subject will help develop skills for all VCE Visual Arts and Design and Technologies subjects.