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UNSW | Built Environment | Computational Design Program

YEAR 3 | SEMESTER 1 | 2015

Digital Collaboration Studio

CODE3100

© Russell Lowe

Lectures: 9am – 10am, Wednesday, Quadrangle G053 Tutorials: 10am – 1pm, Wednesday, Quadrangle 1045 / 1045

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Table of Contents 1. Course Description 3

2. Course Staff 3

3. Course Communication 4

4. Course Website 4

5. Lectures 5

6. Design Project 9

7. Assessment 10

8. Parity Session Error! Bookmark not defined.

9. Assessment criteria and standards 13

10. Assessment feedback 15

11. Resources 16

12. Learning experience and teaching strategies 16

13. Course aims 16

14. Learning outcomes 16

15. Built Environment and UNSW Academic Policies 17

CODE3100 | Digital collaboration Studio

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1. Course Description The Digital Collaboration studio is the start into the graduation year of the Bachelor of Computational Design / Architecture Computing degree. In this year students need to demonstrate a high level of computational and design skills in order to fulfill the standards of a Bachelor degree.

The Digital Collaboration studio is a design-based course. A main investigation topic called the ‘Grand Narrative’ interconnects all courses in the graduation year and the Digital Collaboration Studio is the start into an investigation into the ‘Grand Narrative’. The ‘Grand Narrative’ is set by the discipline members of staff each year and is announced at the beginning of the semester. Themes for the ‘Grand Narrative’ are defined out of contemporary topics coming from the Arts, Music, Politics, Environment, Society, Business, Science and Technology, to a few.

Hence, group and individual projects in the Digital Collaboration Studio are defined by the ‘Grand Narrative’ umbrella and need to be investigated and developed through a framework for Computational and Spatial Design research via a critique of ‘collaboration’. Subcategories of the ‘Grand Narrative’ and thus project directions are defined via the three practice-orientated teaching groupings, either ‘constructing’; ‘calibrating’ or ‘contextualising’.

The course preparation facilitates, through digital collaboration further skill foundation with a group project. Peer review will engage, challenge and question academic and industry points of view and give a context in how projects are related to the ‘Grand Narrative’.

The studio summits with a Graduation Project Pitch to tutors and industry in week 15 and hence link with the graduation semester as the topic of the ‘Grand Narrative’ will continue in Semester 2 and frame the direction of final year projects and the Graduation Exhibition.

2. Course Staff Course Convenor: Russell Lowe

Room: 2026

Phone:

Email : [email protected]

Consultation times:

By appointment

Other Teaching Staff : Nicole Gardner

Room: 2007

Phone:

Email : [email protected]

Consultation times:

By appointment



3. Course Communication Most course related announcements are made in the lectures. It is essential that you attend the lectures to receive these announcements. In addition to these formal communication paths, online discussion forums will be available that will allow everyone to post questions and respond to other people’s questions. All students will be expected to participate in the online discussions in Moodle.

Individual student related communication, including the issue of assessment grades and feedback, will be via the Moodle. UNSW Student email will be used to communicate changes that occur with short notice. All students are assigned an e‐mail account on the University's e‐mail server, so that email address will be used as the primary means by which important correspondence is made. You must, therefore, get into the habit of checking your UNSW student email regularly.

Details on setting up your UNSW student email are provided at:

https://www.it.unsw.edu.au/students/index.html

To manage your UNSW account and password, use the IDM site:

https://idm.unsw.edu.au/idm/user/login.jsp

Questions that cannot wait until the next allocated class are best handled by posting a message on the online forums in Moodle. If there are important or urgent matters that require a personal meeting, you are able make an appointment with your course staff. See 3. Course Staff and Contributors for more information on how and when to communicate with course coordinator and tutors.

Further there is a course specific blog each student need to access in order to gain information about the course during the semester

http://code3100-2105.blogspot.com.au/

4. Course Website Moodle – this is the UNSW wide online teaching platform and has many capabilities. You can access Moodle via: https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/login/index.php

Use https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/moodle-orientation to familiarise yourself with Moodle.

Note: There is the potential that your lectures will be automatically recorded under the echo 360 platform:

https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/unsw-lecture-recordings-process

All OH&S and workshop training courses are as well located on Moodle. Please follow the Moodle instructions to complete UNSW’s OH&S requirements. This is particular from importance if your project requires and demands physical prototypes. Please refer to the chapter 14. BE Workshop Induction process later in the document how to enrol into workshop courses.

Further there is a course specific homepage each student need to access in order to gain information about the course during the semester

http://www.russelllowe.com/code3100_2015/index.htm


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5. Lectures Week 1 Introduction

The lecture will outline the structure of the graduation year; discuss the deliverables of the Digital collaboration project; introduces the end of the year exhibition at the Sydney Architecture Festival. Further an introduction of the studio projects, the idea od collaboration, project descriptions and targeted CV's wrap up the first day.

Readings: Groat, Linda N.; Wang, David (2013) Architectural Research Methods, 2nd Edition, Wiley Press. Inform yourself about the guest lecturer that presents in the next week by accessing internet, books or articles.

Tutorial activities: Establish Blog, Review Projects, Individual Meetings

Week 2 Guest Lecture Suleiman Alhadidi (Hassell ) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: Digital Fabrication and Construction. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.

Readings: Inform yourself about the guest lecturer that presents in the next week by accessing internet, books or articles.

Tutorial activities: Project Allocation, Back Briefs and Team Roles, Establish Wiki, Back Brief

Week 3 Guest Lecture Richard Goodwin (UNSW / AD) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: Gaming and Visual Representation. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.


Tutorial activities: Group Presentations of Back Briefs, Targeted Knowledge/Skills Acquisition

Week 4 Guest Lecture Adrian McGregor (McGregorCoxall ) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: Optimisation and Decision Support. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.


Tutorial activities: Group Meetings, Targeted Knowledge/Skills Acquisition



Week 5 Topic Presenting Ideas and Concepts Presentation of Digital Collaboration Projects items discussed in week 1 (Establish Blog, Review Projects, Individual Meetings); week (Project Allocation, Back Briefs and Team Roles, Establish Wiki, Back Brief); week 3 (Group Presentations of Back Briefs, Targeted Knowledge/Skills Acquisition) and week 4 (Group Meetings, Targeted Knowledge/Skills Acquisition) and their outcomes.

Readings: non

Tutorial activities: Group Presentation Allocation, Group and Individual Meetings

Mid Semester Break

Week 6 BE Non teaching Week

Week 7 Guest Lecture (TBC) by industry (Contextualising) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: Responsive Environments. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.


Tutorial activities: Group Presentation 1: Planning, Group Meetings, Work towards Individual Major Milestone

Week 8 Topic Guest Lecture (TBC) by academia (Contextualising) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: Smart and Ubiquitous Cities. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.


Tutorial activities: Group Presentation 2: Communication, Individual Meetings, Work towards Individual Major Milestone


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Week 9 Guest Lecture (TBC) by industry or academia (Calibrating) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: Optimisation and Decision Support. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.


Tutorial activities: Group Presentation 3: Intellectual Property, Group Meetings, Work towards Final Project

Week 10 Guest Lecture (TBC) by industry (Constructing) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: Digital Fabrication and Construction. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.


Tutorial activities: Group Presentation 4: Conflict, Group Meetings, Work towards Final Project

Week 11 Guest Lecture (TBC) by academia (Constructing) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: Digital Fabrication and Construction. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.


Tutorial activities: Group Presentation 5: Remuneration, Individual, Work towards Final Project

Week 12 Guest Lecture (TBC) by industry (calibrating) Todays lecture will focus on the outlining ideas and concepts related to the ‘Grand Narrative” umbrella term in consideration of Path: BIM modelling. The presenter will discuss projects and case studies from her/his own practice or research and share insides with the graduation studio to enrich the thinking of students choosing this proficiency level.


Tutorial activities: Group Meetings, Work towards Final Project Submission Please complete the CATEI feedback evaluations in your tutorial class. Upload images of your Learning Stage 3 project on to Moodle. Deadline for the upload is Week 12 day of normal class 5pm.



Week 13 Group Presentations Final presentations of the semesters work see assessment for details.

Readings: Non

Tutorial activities: Work towards Final Individual Submission

Week 15 GRADUATION PROJECT PITCH Prepare a poster describing a clearly articulated and compelling project. Use a combination of text and graphics to demonstrate ambition, proficiency, your role in the collaboration and the value of the proposed outcomes to the industry partner who would engage with you. Incorporate a 500-word project statement with images as a flyer to give a potential industry partner the chance to take your project idea back to the company and to discuss it with other colleagues in the firm.

Further you need to upload five ‘best of’ images to Moodle showcasing your individual best work over the semester.

Tutorial activities: Graduation Project Pitch session set up for students from 10 – 2pm; Graduation Project Pitch with industry between 2 – 6pm; Take down of work and drinks to celebrate semester 6 – 8 pm.


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6. Design Project Group Project:

In your groups use a Wiki as a portal through which to present the project you have been allocated. The wiki should capture knowledge, background, and the projects development in such a way that facilitates others replicating the end result.

The wiki will also be the portal through which you critically reflect on, prepare and present on one of the themes listed below. In each presentation use the allocated theme to bring specific aspects of your groups project into focus.

For the group presentations the Wiki will contain a written component of 1000 words, a selection of 7 images and approximately 3 minutes of video footage. It will also contain links to reference material and other relevant contextual information.

Individual Work:

As individuals each student will create a blog using www.blogger.com. The blogs URL should be:

www.firstnamelastnamearch1392-2014.blogspot.com

Each of these blogs will be linked to the course blog www.arch1392-2014.blogspot.com via each tutors blog.

In weeks 7 - 11 each student will create a post reflecting on the weeks group presentation on COLLABORATION. The blog entries in weeks 7 - 11 will include 350 words, written quotes, images and video clips drawn from their work to make specific connections between their individual work and the broader issues surrounding collaboration; it is important to note that these posts are not generic information or observation. They are academic pieces of writing that synthesize issues using the student’s own work as a case study.



7. Assessment

Assessment task Weight Learning outcomes assessed

Graduate attributes assessed

Due date

1. Assignment (Group project) 60% 1,2,3,4 H Weekly / 3 / 6 / 9 / 15

2. Assignment (Individual work) 40% 1,2,3,4 H / A / D / I W 4-9 / 1-13

3. Assignment (Targeted CV) *) 2 D / I W 1 (Sunday, 08 March, by 9:00pm)

4. Graduation Project Pitch and “Best of” images

*) 1,2,3,4 H / A / D / I W 15

*) No weight but must be submitted to pass the course

Assignment 1 (Group project) TOTAL 60%

Name: Learning stage 1 Group Presentation: Reflecting Collaboration (each week in class) 25%

Description: See 6. Design Project for details. Submission method via Group Wiki

Name: Learning stage 2 Group Presentation: Reflecting Collaboration (in Week 13) 35%

Description: See 6. Design Project for details. Submission method via Group Wiki

Assignment 2 ( Individual work) TOTAL 40%

Name: Learning stage 1 Individual major milestone (in Week 9) 20%

Description: See 6. Design Project for details. Submission method via individual blog

Name: Learning stage 2 Individual contribution and Assessment (in Week 14) 20%

Description: See 6. Design Project for details. Submission method via individual blog

Assignment 3

Name: Targeted CV (W 1 - Sunday, 08 March, by 9:00pm)


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Description:

Assignment 4

Name: Graduation Project Pitch (in week 15)

Description: Prepare a poster describing a clearly articulated and compelling project. Use a combination of text and graphics to demonstrate ambition, proficiency, your role in the collaboration and the value of the proposed outcomes to the industry partner who would engage with you. Incorporate a 500 word project statement with images as a flyer to give a potential industry partner the chance to take your project idea back to the company and to discuss it with other colleagues in the firm.

For “Best of” Submission: Please refer to 18. Parity Session for information on what to present and to 5. Lecture when to present in Week 15.




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8. Assessment criteria and standards

Group Project

Course assessment criteria and standards

• CLIENT SATISFACTION _ is the client satisfied with the work produced and the experience of working with this group

• KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE_ is the knowledge captured comprehensive, well organised and contextualised

• REPEATABILITY_ is the knowledge captured communicated in such a way as to facilitate repeatability

Group Presentation


• CLARITY OF THE ORAL PRESENTATION _ Does the oral presentation communicate a clear, concise and appropriately delivered Group Theoretical Position?

• CLARITY OF THE WRITTEN PRESENTATION_ Does the written presentation communicate a clear, concise and appropriately delivered Group Theoretical Position?

• DISTINCTIVEBNESS AND SPECIFICITY OF THE EXAMPLES_ Are the examples used to elaborate the particular theme of collaboration distinctive and specific?

• REFERENCING _ Are all sources of content properly referenced?

• THE CONCEPTUAL CONTEXT_ Is it clear that the students have a strong grasp of the conceptual context of their theme of collaboration?

• THE STILL IMAGES_ Do the still images support and extend our understanding of the Group Theoretical Position the students are presenting?

• THE VIDEO CAPTURES AND EDITING_ Do the video captures (including the way they have been cut together) support and extend our understanding of the Group Theoretical Position that the students are presenting?

Individual Contribution to the Group Project


• AMBITION_ does the work produced demonstrate ambition • PROFICIENCY_ does the work demonstrate proficiency in the

software the student has used • TEAMWORK_ was the work delivered in a timely and collegial

manner



Reflecting on the Group Presentations


• CLARITY OF THE WRITTEN PRESENTATION_ Does the written presentation communicate a clear, concise and appropriately delivered Individual Theoretical Position?

• DISTINCTIVEBNESS AND SPECIFICITY OF THE EXAMPLES_ Are the examples used to elaborate the particular theme of collaboration distinctive and specific?

• REFERENCING _ Are all sources of content properly referenced?

• THE CONCEPTUAL CONTEXT_ Is it clear that the student has a strong grasp of the conceptual context of collaboration?

• THE STILL IMAGES_ Do the still images support and extend our understanding of the Individual Theoretical Position the student has developed?

• THE VIDEO CAPTURES AND EDITING_ Do the video captures (including the way they have been cut together) support and extend our understanding of the Individuals Theoretical Position the student has developed?


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9. Assessment feedback Oral feedback will be provided during class and in writing following each major submission. In detail students will gain information about their process in class via 3 basic levels.

Firstly, The goals of the class are clearly defined in the course outline and discussed at the beginning of each Assignment and the learning steps within the assignment in the weekly lecture. Here students will understand how their performance relates to the broad goals of the course.

Secondly, students will get feedback in each class (during the three tutorial hours) upon their performance. Tutors will help students in one-to-one sessions to discuss and analyse how successful they have been at addressing the task and its criteria of each assignment and the learning steps within the assignment.

Thirdly, students will get feedback in each class (during the three tutorial hours) in how their response to the assignment and the learning steps within the assignment could be improved. Tutors will help students in one-to-one sessions to discuss and analyse how improvements could be made and which resources students could consult for an improvement.

10. ‘Best of’ image hand in As part of creating a community and culture of showcasing work, students will be required to submit a selection of their best images (plans, renderings, model pictures, screenshots, etc.) from their final presentation as well as work in the progress during semester. This will also help in marking and feedback. The collection of student works will also be employed for marketing purposes.

As you know, we are a very young discipline and we want to share what you have designed and produced during the semester. The submission platform will be within Moodle. The following defines the expectations of what to submit.

For ‘Best of’ Submission:

• Five indicative images that best represent your work / designs during the semester.

• For landscape image (approx. 2480 x 3508 pixels @ 300 dpi) for portrait image (approx. 3508 x 2480 pixels @ 300 dpi)

• For each of the five images please provide five keywords in order to find images later.

• Upload images to Moodle. • Deadline is Thursday in Week 15,

the day before the Graduation project pitch at 5pm. (Moodle page will close).

Images for the ‘Best of’ submission can be uploaded to the Moodle Gallery by:

• From the course home page, click the media collection link.

• In the collection page, click the Edit icon for the gallery to which you want to begin adding items.

• On the gallery's home page, click Add an item.

• On the resulting page, click Expand all, then in the General section:

• Enter a Caption for the item. • Add any Description necessary. • Drag and drop a Content file, or

click Choose a file and browse for a file.

• In the Advanced section, complete all the relevant fields.

• Click Save changes. The item displays with its thumbnail and caption on the galleries page.



11. Resources Social network resources

UNSW CoDe has a Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube account and all lecturers will be using these accounts to share information with their students. Please join and follow us on @UNSWCoDe we will use “UNSW” + “CODE” + the course number as a hash tag to help finding the relevant info (for this course #UNSWCODE3100). Feel also free to post images of your design on social media using the hash tag.

12. Learning experience and teaching strategies

This studio aims to deliver an authentic learning experience by engaging students in a complex real world problem that demands collaboration. It supplements this with a significant amount of individual work so that the relationship between personal performance and the success of the team is intertwined; in other words, you must contribute to the success of the team to pass the course.

13. Course aims Course Aim 1: To engage with contemporary modes of collaboration in the context of a real world computational design project.

Course Aim 2: To develop an individual and group theoretical position regarding a key theme of collaboration.

14. Learning outcomes At the successful conclusion of this course the student will be able to:

1: Developed skills in critical thinking and problem solving using the contemporary instruments of collaboration.

2. Developed skills in critical thinking and problem solving using digital representation. Students will engage with a range of important software over the duration of the semester.

3. Developed research skills especially as they relate to formulating research questions and critical reflection.

4. Developed interpersonal skills and strategies including oral and written communication and negotiation.

5. Developed breath-taking and significant objects, spaces, interactions, algorithms and environments.

15. BE workshop induction process BE Health and Safety Inductions (2015) is a modular system of training. Some modules are delivered totally online, using UNSW Moodle’s lesson format, others require an additional practical session with an instructor.

Interested students should:

1. Determine which modules they need to undertake.

2. Complete the relevant module and online lesson.

3. Book and pay for any required practical session/s.

4. Attend/complete the practical session.

To access a BE Induction Module:

• Go to the UNSW Moodle Homepage https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/login/index.php

• Enter your User ID and Password when requested.

• In the ‘Search Courses’field, enter: BE_Health & Safety Inductions (2015), click the ‘Go’ button.

• When asked to enrol, choose ‘Enrol Me’ The Self-enrol key is ThinkSafeActSafe

• Select the module you want.

To access BE Health & Safety Resources:

• Go to the UNSW Moodle Homepage https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/login/index.php

• Enter your User ID and Password when requested.


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• In the ‘Search Courses’field, enter: BE_Health & Safety Resources (2015), click the ‘Go’ button.

• Self-enrol key is AccessSafetyInfo

• Select the information you want.

To book and pay for an Induction practical session, go to:

https://activities.be.unsw.edu.au

Your browser will ask you to authenticate:

Username: bepay

Password: quilt

Choose the practical session from the ‘Activities’ section.

16. Built Environment and UNSW Academic Policies

All students are required to understand the BE and UNSW academic policies. Make sure that you familiarise yourselves with this document.

This document governs all Faculty of Built Environment (FBE) programs and is available in all FBE course outlines and on Moodle, as well as on the UNSW BE student intranet: http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/student-intranet/academic-policies

It covers:

• Built Environment Student Attendance Requirements

• Units of Credit (UOC) and Student Workload

• Course and Teaching Evaluation and Improvement (CATEI)

• Academic Honesty and Plagiarism • Late Submissions Penalties • Special Consideration - Illness &

Misadventure • Extension of Deadlines • Learning Support Services • Occupational Health & Safety

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