Course overview
- Study period
- Semester 1, 2025 (06/01/2025 - 21/02/2025)
- Study level
- Postgraduate Coursework
- Location
- St Lucia
- Attendance mode
- In Person
- Units
- 2
- Administrative campus
- St Lucia
- Coordinating unit
- Architecture, Design and Planning School
This course focuses on knowledge and application of research methods relating to cultural awareness and diversity in built environments and landscapes including understanding of Indigenous perspectives and cross-cultural approaches. Students will critically evaluate methods in stakeholder engagement, observational research and mapping studies to formulate propositions to meet identified social and environmental challenges with a focus on cultures and regions.
ARCH7094 Research Lab: Culture and Place in this instance is a special version, associated with the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture and the Australian exhibition curated by an all First Nations team, led by Associate Professor Michael Mossman from The University of Sydney. This unit focuses on Country as an influence on creative processes relating to architectural practice. It will expand understandings of Australian First Nations cultural practices through broad and finer engagements with place and materials.
Students will extend their ability to work with complex ideas while drawing on interdisciplinary practices and processes. Conceptual and technical skills are explored and developed in this unit to creatively explore the dynamism of Country and the interconnectedness of art and architecture involving production and critical discussions of work in conjunction with a series of lectures and independent research.
By enacting relationships with Country as a creative process of open-ended experimentation with direct consequences for architecture, this intensive encourages architecture students to consider HOME and what it means to them as a self-directed and research-based approach to Living Belonging creation. Country as creative process in the context of HOME encompasses contemporary, historical and traditional approaches between cultures. This unit is about experimentation, exploration and observation of how different materials can empower visual and communicative impact.
Working across multiple streams of information specific to contemporary creative processes, the student works will be documented to enable exhibition of Living Belongings at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale Australian Pavilion.
Note: there are embedded course descriptions relating to ARCH7094 Research Lab that are unable to be changed. Please ignore the learning outcomes, these have been included in each Assessment description.
Course requirements
Restrictions
MArch & MUrbDevDes students only.
Course contact
Course coordinator
Course staff
Lecturer
Dr Catherine Keys
Timetable
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
Additional timetable information
Each week consists of three parts:
1. Learning Sessions. To be delivered online from 12:00pm-1:30pm and face-to-face/in person from 1:30pm-4pm.
2. Weekly readings, podcasts and/or videos have been assigned and you are expected to complete/view these prior to attending tutorials.
3. Self-directed Making. You are expected to carry out self-directed Making between Learning Sessions in the timetable program. Note: Access to the ADP Co-Lab available 8am to 3pm daily, with the exception of the public holiday, on 27th January, 2025. No technical staff are available on the 28th January, 2025 so the workshop will be closed.
Aims and outcomes
This course aims to extend students' understanding of research methods to address social and environmental challenges focusing on cultures and regions.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
Conduct a critical review of relevant academic literature and/or architectural projects and proposals in response to a culture and place of indigeneous people.
LO2.
Apply an appropriate strategy to undertaking research informed by cultural awareness.
LO3.
Evaluate primary and secondary research evidence related to indigenous perspectives.
LO4.
Independently and/or collaboratively formulate a research proposition that is grounded in indigenous cultures.
LO5.
Independently prepare a research synthesis report/essay.
Assessment
Assessment summary
| Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Production/ Exhibition, Participation/ Student contribution, Presentation, Portfolio |
Assessment 1: Home as Country
|
40% Individual Mark |
20/01/2025 12:00 pm |
| Creative Production/ Exhibition, Participation/ Student contribution, Presentation, Portfolio, Project |
Assessment 2: Country as Home (Final Presentation)
|
60% Individual mark |
6/02/2025 3:00 pm |
A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied in order to receive a specific grade for the course. Check the assessment details for more information about hurdle requirements.
Assessment details
Assessment 1: Home as Country
- Hurdle
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Online
- Mode
- Oral, Product/ Artefact/ Multimedia, Written
- Category
- Creative Production/ Exhibition, Participation/ Student contribution, Presentation, Portfolio
- Weight
- 40% Individual Mark
- Due date
20/01/2025 12:00 pm
- Other conditions
- Student specific.
- Learning outcomes
- L02
Task description
Assessment Rational:
Home as Country Concept Presentation:
An appreciation of materials of Country enacts practices of making: addition, alteration, concealment and substitution to affect the way we perceive and interact with found forms, and the essence of materials. Choosing one approach and one main material, develop a conceptual idea that clearly articulates your understandings of ‘HOME AS COUNTRY and the MATERIAL APPRECIATIONS’ present in that sphere. Consider how your initial conceptual expression celebrates materiality and its relationships to Country that resonates for you. Consider how your audience will experience the work and if the introduction of a secondary material provides a meaningful contribution to your project alongside your main material. The work should be of professional presentation standard and indicate that consideration has been given to the way it is to be presented and approached by the viewer.
Remember - ‘SCULPTURAL FORM’ CAN BE INTERPRETED BROADLY AND CAN BE EPHEMERAL AND PROCESS BASED. YOU MAY WANT TO PROPOSE A VIDEO, PERFORMANCE OR SOMETHING OTHER – this will be discussed in the lecture series.
This assignment focuses on material-based investigations as a method of research relationally with Country to generate new ideas. This is a quick exercise that places emphasis on process - participation, background research and engagement. Above all, it is an expression of who you are as a person in the world and the relationships that are important to you as part of a broader network of living beings that belong to cultures, communities, places and knowledge systems.
Complex/Authentic assessment using AI or MT to support learning: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Translation (MT) are emerging tools that may support students in completing this assessment task. Students may appropriately use AI and/or MT in completing this assessment task. Students must clearly reference any use of AI or MT in each instance. A failure to reference generative AI or MT use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Hurdle requirements
Active participation and evident response to Learning/Yarning/Belonging Exercise/Belonging Interactive prompts leading up to Assessment 1 submission. A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied to receive a specific grade in the course. This assessment item is designated as a Hurdle in this course. This means a minimum achievement of 50% (a grade of 4) is required for this assessment item in order to pass the course. Meeting the hurdle requirement for a course does not guarantee a passing grade for the course and in order to pass this course, students also need to achieve a minimum grade of 4 overall.Submission guidelines
The School of Architecture, Design and Planning uses Blackboard and Turnitin for assessment submission. Turnitin is accessed through the course Blackboard site. Turnitin also checks for plagiarism or instances where the original work of others is not appropriately acknowledged. Students are advised to commence assignment uploads with sufficient amount of time (consider possible technical problems with computers, internet speed, etc). After successfully submitting an assignment through Turnitin, a ‘Submission Complete!’ screen will be displayed. It is the student’s responsibility to check assignment preview and confirm successful submission. If the ‘Submission Complete!’ screen isn’t displayed, the student should regard the submission as unsuccessful. Students should download a copy of the digital receipt as proof they have submitted the assignment. Students who are experiencing upload issues must advise the Course Coordinator immediately by email and should include screenshots and a copy of the assessment for submission. To meet professional accreditation, public engagement and quality assurance obligations, digital copies of all course assessment items must be submitted in addition to any hard copy submission requirements specified in individual Course / Studio Outlines. Any physical models should be photographed and a minimum of two photographs describing the complete and full model must be included in the digital submission.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 14 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
If a student wishes to apply for an extension, they must apply online on or before the assignment due date. When possible, it is suggested that requests are submitted 2 business days prior to the submission due date for the assignment to allow processing time. Students with outstanding applications for extensions are advised to submit their assessment by the original due date, irrespective of whether the work is complete, so that what has been done can be graded.
Late submission
The late penalty for this assessment item will be calculated as follows:
First 1-hour block - initial 1 hour grace period no penalty.
Second 1-hour block - An penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark allocated for the assessment item will be deducted
Third 1-hour block - An additional penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark allocated for the assessment item will be deducted. (adding up to a total penalty of 20% of the maximum possible mark)
Any submissions received after three hours will not receive any marks unless an extension has been approved. Each one-hour block is recorded from the time the submission is due.
Assessment 2: Country as Home (Final Presentation)
- Hurdle
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Online
- Mode
- Oral, Product/ Artefact/ Multimedia, Written
- Category
- Creative Production/ Exhibition, Participation/ Student contribution, Presentation, Portfolio, Project
- Weight
- 60% Individual mark
- Due date
6/02/2025 3:00 pm
- Other conditions
- Student specific.
Task description
Assessment Rational:
Engaging with Country through the introduction of material(s), forms or actions can allow students to gain a greater understanding of that place – the traditional, historical, cultural, physical, geographical, architectural, and sociological aspects. Through making ‘as expression’ students will explore Country as Home to enrich Materiality + Practice. Your expression of HOME offers a clear conceptual basis for how your interact with Country through belonging. Your belonging will be critical to the creation of your own Living Belonging to reinforce the importance of Country and place-shaping through conceptualised making practices. The stories behind your Living Belonging will allow guests of the Australian Pavilion to connect with Country in different ways, disrupting or questioning normative perceptions through your experiences to enable new understandings.
Your Living Belonging is a material expression that will live in an online sphere for a global audience to experience, learn and listen to how your ways of being, knowing and doing through an architectural lens. You will be part of a national collaborative sphere of a future generation practitioners and academics that will present new appreciations of Country as HOME.
Your Living Belonging may be part of a final selection of 150 chosen Living Belonging that will be physically exhibited in the Australian Pavilion. Therefore, your created expression must be robust to ensure guests of the HOME exhibition can touch and handle your Living Belonging over a six-month period. It should be resolved, well-articulated and share your ideas and critical thinking through thorough, rigorous and creative processes. It is critical that your processes communicate to a global audience as part of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale Australian Pavilion. The work should be of exceptional standard and indicate deep consideration in the way your expressions are presented and understood by the viewer.
This assessment celebrates your Living Belonging as a fine detail sculpture and its presence within a context of other belongings. Ultimately, it will expand your appreciations of Country to enrich your design, crafting and communication skills for its to be shared with a global audience.
Complex/Authentic assessment using AI or MT to support learning: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Translation (MT) are emerging tools that may support students in completing this assessment task. Students may appropriately use AI and/or MT in completing this assessment task. Students must clearly reference any use of AI or MT in each instance. A failure to reference generative AI or MT use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Hurdle requirements
Active participation and evident response to Learning/Yarning/Belonging Exercise/Belonging Interactive prompts leading up to Assessment 1 submission. A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied to receive a specific grade in the course. This assessment item is designated as a Hurdle in this course. This means a minimum achievement of 50% (a grade of 4) is required for this assessment item in order to pass the course. Meeting the hurdle requirement for a course does not guarantee a passing grade for the course and in order to pass this course, students also need to achieve a minimum grade of 4 overall.Submission guidelines
The School of Architecture, Design and Planning uses Blackboard and Turnitin for assessment submission. Turnitin is accessed through the course Blackboard site. Turnitin also checks for plagiarism or instances where the original work of others is not appropriately acknowledged. Students are advised to commence assignment uploads with sufficient amount of time (consider possible technical problems with computers, internet speed, etc). After successfully submitting an assignment through Turnitin, a ‘Submission Complete!’ screen will be displayed. It is the student’s responsibility to check assignment preview and confirm successful submission. If the ‘Submission Complete!’ screen isn’t displayed, the student should regard the submission as unsuccessful. Students should download a copy of the digital receipt as proof they have submitted the assignment. Students who are experiencing upload issues must advise the Course Coordinator immediately by email and should include screenshots and a copy of the assessment for submission. To meet professional accreditation, public engagement and quality assurance obligations, digital copies of all course assessment items must be submitted in addition to any hard copy submission requirements specified in individual Course / Studio Outlines. Any physical models should be photographed and a minimum of two photographs describing the complete and full model must be included in the digital submission.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 14 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
If a student wishes to apply for an extension, they must apply online on or before the assignment due date. When possible, it is suggested that requests are submitted 2 business days prior to the submission due date for the assignment to allow processing time. Students with outstanding applications for extensions are advised to submit their assessment by the original due date, irrespective of whether the work is complete, so that what has been done can be graded.
Late submission
The late penalty for this assessment item will be calculated as follows:
First 1-hour block - initial 1 hour grace period no penalty.
Second 1-hour block - An penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark allocated for the assessment item will be deducted
Third 1-hour block - An additional penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark allocated for the assessment item will be deducted. (adding up to a total penalty of 20% of the maximum possible mark)
Any submissions received after three hours will not receive any marks unless an extension has been approved. Each one-hour block is recorded from the time the submission is due.
Course grading
Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.
| Grade | Cut off Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Low Fail) | 0 - 24 |
Absence of evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 2 (Fail) | 25 - 44 |
Minimal evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 3 (Marginal Fail) | 45 - 49 |
Demonstrated evidence of developing achievement of course learning outcomes |
| 4 (Pass) | 50 - 64 |
Demonstrated evidence of functional achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 5 (Credit) | 65 - 74 |
Demonstrated evidence of proficient achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 6 (Distinction) | 75 - 84 |
Demonstrated evidence of advanced achievement of course learning outcomes. |
| 7 (High Distinction) | 85 - 100 |
Demonstrated evidence of exceptional achievement of course learning outcomes. |
Additional course grading information
Identity verified assessment with a hurdle (IVAH)
To meet assessment validity and integrity obligations, this course includes at least one piece of individual Identity Verified Assessment with a Hurdle (IVAH) that is unambiguously completed by that student, and in which a minimum level of achievement is reached. IVAH assessment item(s) contribute at least 30% towards the final grade. Examples of IVAH items include any activity in which a student’s individual performance is directly monitored, such as performances, fieldwork, oral assessment (including design critiques), design studio project work and invigilated exams. In order to pass this course students must achieve a minimum grade for the IVAH designated assessment item(s) as stated in the Assessment Task Description in the ECP.
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is available for this course.
Supplementary assessment may not be available for all courses, or for some of the assessment items for a course.
Learning resources
You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.
Library resources
Library resources are available on the UQ Library website.
Learning activities
The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.
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| Learning period | Activity type | Topic |
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Learning Program and Activities The Venice Biennale HOME: COUNTRY as a Creative Process is a design intensive which means the inherent nature of course is highly intense with limited attendance flexibility of Learning/Yarning/Presentation Ideas/Belonging Exercises/Belonging Interactive programmed sessions. Students are required to attend 90% of the Learning Program and Activities. Making sessions are self-directed and offer flexible attendance, however students should aware that access to the ADP Co-Lab and technical staff has fixed hours: 8am to 3pm Monday to Friday, excluding any Public Holiday (27th January, 2025). Note: The Co-Lab will not be staffed and closed on the 28th January, 2025. Sub-activity: Learning Yarning Concept research, exercise and concept ideas Concept presentation Belonging Activity Belonging Interactive Living object making Final Presentation Learning outcomes: L02, L05 |
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