FACULTY KNOWLEDGE STUDIO

Architecture, Construction & Urban Planning Knowledge Studio

Study how buildings, infrastructure and cities shape human activity. Good analysis relates physical form to climate, accessibility, policy, cost, heritage and the people who use a place.

Academic areas

  • Architectural Design Foundations
  • Architectural Technology
  • Architecture
  • Architecture and Built Environment
  • Architecture and Urbanism
  • Biophilic Design
  • Building Energy Modelling
  • Building Information Modelling (BIM)
  • Built Environment Studies
  • Computational Architecture
  • Computer-Aided Architectural Design
  • Construction Law and Contracts
  • Construction Project Management
  • Construction Technology
  • Digital Construction
  • Disaster-Resilient Architecture
  • Geographic Information Systems in Planning
  • Geospatial Urban Planning
  • Green Building Engineering
  • Heritage Conservation
  • Heritage Conservation Architecture
  • Housing and Community Design
  • Interior Architecture
  • Interior Design and Interior Architecture

Departments

  • Architecture & Architectural Design
  • Urban & Regional Planning
  • Construction Management & Building Science
  • Interior Architecture & Spatial Design
  • BIM, Digital Twins & Building Informatics
  • Sustainable Cities & Smart Infrastructure
  • Surveying, Geomatics & Land Administration
  • Heritage Architecture & Restoration

Questions to investigate

How does a street design affect movement and access?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

Which users are missing from a design brief?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

How do assumptions change a building performance estimate?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

How should urban systems be defined for a specific question?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

Which evidence could challenge an initial explanation of building performance?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

How do context and scale change an interpretation of spatial evidence?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

What ethical or practical limit matters when studying urban systems?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

Which comparison would be fair when examining building performance?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

How could uncertainty be communicated in a study of spatial evidence?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

What further evidence would change a decision related to urban systems?

Define the terms, find a traceable source, state context and method, compare another perspective, and note what the evidence cannot show.

Concepts

urban systemsbuilding performanceaccessibilityspatial evidence

Study prompts

PROJECT

Map a fictional neighborhood’s competing needs.

Original inquiry prompt for independent exploration.

Open experience PROJECT

Compare a design concept against a user-centered checklist.

Original inquiry prompt for independent exploration.

Open experience PROJECT

Model how a single parameter affects an illustrative energy estimate.

Original inquiry prompt for independent exploration.

Open experience

Programs and fields

Catalogue entries are planning concepts. Availability, award status and delivery are by this listing.

CATALOGUE

Architectural Design Foundations

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Open experience CATALOGUE

Architectural Technology

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Open experience CATALOGUE

Architecture

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Open experience CATALOGUE

Architecture and Built Environment

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Open experience CATALOGUE

Architecture and Urbanism

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Open experience CATALOGUE

Building Information Modelling (BIM)

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Open experience CATALOGUE

Built Environment Studies

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Open experience CATALOGUE

Computer-Aided Architectural Design

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Open experience

Independent sources