Digital Representation

Unit Code:HDINT212

Credit Points	Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
12.5 Credit Points	1 Semester	36 Hours per Semester	Prahran

Credit Points

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

12.5 Credit Points

1 Semester

36 Hours per Semester

Prahran

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Design (Interior Design).

Aims & Objectives:

Design communication skills are primary employment requirements for all design graduates. This unit takes a theoretical approach to skill-based content so that students may begin developing their own specific, individual approaches to digital and visual representation. The focus of this unit will be on deployment of the appropriate communication skills required to produce a design portfolio that describes a body of design work. This portfolio should be of a standard appropriate for presentation to prospective employers.

At the completion of this unit students should be able to:

Practice and analyse drawing and diagramming methods, and undertake critical precedent studies;
Use detailing to resolve spatial design in interior design projects;
Employ digital communication and representation methods relevant to the built environment;
Use individual methods of production appropriate to a specific design intention or aesthetic;
Undertake critical appraisal and review of peer and own design development;
Develop a critically considered folio of work that responds to feedback from class members and teaching staff.

Teaching Methods:

This unit will be a combination of formal lectures, weekly individual consultations, and research and seminar presentations. Projects will be conducted within a computer laboratory-based learning environment on a work-in-progress basis.

Assessment:

Note: Percentage weightings are indicative. See Unit Briefs for full assessment details.

There are 6 Assignments and a folio submission for this unit.

Task 1 - 10%
Research and Analyses

Task 2 - 10%
Hand drawing

Tasks 3 and 4 - 25%

CAD and poster for pin-up

Task 5 - 15%

Verbal presentation of work to date

Task 6 - 40%

Printed folio and journal
Skills assessed Progress and improvement of final folio based on feedback

Assignment 5
Weighting: 15%
Skills assessed 3D modelling

Assignment 6
Weighting: 15%
Skills assessed Digital software application based on research and analysis

Folio Submission
Weighting: 40%
Skills assessed Layout, composition, editing, presentation and overall progress

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Swinburne University works to produce higher education graduates who are capable in their chosen profession. Learners bring to Swinburne a diverse wealth of experiences and graduate with individual understandings, abilities and attitudes.

Within this context, HDINT212 Digital Representation aims to provide students with the following attributes:

Are capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas;
Are adaptable and manage change;
Are aware of environments in which they will be contributing.

Content:

Students will produce a set of AutoCAD drawings and accompanying 3D model and renderings to an interior design project. Topics for discussion will include:

Representation theories and practice;
Use of ICT for design development processes;
Spatial exploration and representation;
Representation theories and practice;
Rendering, lighting and materiality;
Scale, proportion, composition, reproduction;
Advanced 3D modelling;
Exploration of computer technologies for design development;
Application of geometry, perspective theory and method to CAD processes;
Hand vs Digital drawings.
Digital Layout

Students will be required to participate in and contribute to the weekly sessions involving lectures, individual consultations, tutorial discussions and research activities.

Preparation requirements
Students are required to prepare for each studio session by completing that week’s scheduled tasks from consultations and expecting to engage in wider discussions on their projects. Students will be required to show evidence of wider research and analysis through discussion in studio and via the unit’s Blackboard site.

Graphical / Textual Journal
From the first day of the semester, you will keep a graphical / textual journal. The form of that journal is completely up to you (as long as it is transportable and does not consist of scraps of paper thrown together in an old shopping bag).