Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6188 Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural)

Course Title: Present Architectural Designs

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 120

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

Please note that this course has compulsory engagement attendance requirements for teaching activities.

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see when this course requires mandatory attendance. 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
ARCH5303	City Campus	TAFE	530T Built Environment and Sustainability	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2025

Course Contact: Catherine Ciavarella

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9819

Course Contact Email: catherine.ciavarella@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to plan, develop and present design concepts for residential (National Construction Code (NCC) Classes 1 and 10) or commercial (NCC Classes 2 to 9) building architectural projects to stakeholders.
It requires the ability to review the project brief, develop presentation materials such as freehand or digital preliminary drawings, computer generated drawings/images, or models, and effectively communicate and clarify the final design concept to relevant stakeholders.
This unit applies to building designers who present their architectural designs to stakeholders within the legal responsibilities of building designers.
No occupational licensing or legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. However, this unit forms part of a minimum qualification requirement for the registration class of Draftsperson, Building Design (Architectural) category, with the Victorian Building Authority.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	VU23456 Present Architectural Designs
Elements:	1. Plan presentation 2. Produce presentation images and/or models 3. Make presentation

Learning Outcomes

This unit supports the skills and knowledge required for building designers to present an architectural design to relevant stakeholders. Work is likely to be under limited or no supervision and in consultation with a variety of stakeholders

Overview of Assessment

 Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral/written presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS