Hagley Community College
12 Architecture and Product Design (12DVC)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ryszard Dybka.
12 Architecture and Product Design
This course continues the Architectural Design emphasis of L1 design of informed work through design influence to incorporate broader ideas in describing the aesthetic and function detail of your design.
Course Components
- Design is informed from a chosen era or movement.
- Design skills build on sketching, exploring and refining spatial design ideas in response to a brief.
- Development of Spatial and Product Design outcomes which go through two regenerations of refinement.
- The use of 3D modelling, which is incorporated as presentations, is a critical aspect of our work.
- Critically outlining detail of both the aesthetic and functional solutions are reviewed during the design progression.
Course Overview
Term 1
Part1
Completing report on Using the characteristics of a design movement or era to inform own design ideas.
Its important to get this report completed as soon as possible and not allow it to drag on. Plan to get it completed at week 6,7,8 of term 1.
Part 2 From week 6,7,8 of Term 1
Develop a spatial design through graphics practice or Develop a product design through graphics practice
Both of these projects require lots of thought, particularly on the BIG IDEA. If this idea has no legs it WILL NOT have the capacity to be developed past limited ideas in the conceptual phase. Nor will it be able to go through a second generation of ideas called regeneration.
Looking through pass exemplars and keeping the idea humanistic and local is helpful. Especially in terms of visiting local sites or addressing a need in a product which includes much in terms of functional development potential. Its easy to choose either spatial or product which is dominated by aesthetics and will not lead to a mark past acheived.
Term 2
Continuation of Develop a spatial design through graphics practice or Develop a product design through graphics practice
Both of these projects require lots of thought, particularly on the BIG IDEA. If this idea has no legs it WILL NOT have the capacity to be developed past limited ideas in the conceptual phase.
Looking through pass exemplars and keeping the idea humanistic and local is helpful. Especially in terms of visiting your chosen site or addressing a need in a product which includes the its functional development potential. Its easy to choose either spatial or product which is dominated by aesthetics and will not lead to a mark past achieved.
Term 3
Part3
Continuation of Develop a spatial design through graphics practice or Develop a product design through graphics practice
Both of these projects require lots of thought, particularly on the BIG IDEA. If this idea has no legs it WILL NOT have the capacity to be developed past limited ideas in the conceptual phase.
Looking through pass exemplars and keeping the idea humanistic and local is helpful. Especially in terms of visiting site or addressing a need in a product which includes much in terms of functional development potential. Its easy to choose either spatial or product which is dominated by aesthetics and will not lead to a mark past acheived.
Part4
here we are going through the spatial or product design and making sure to add or change or revamp pages to clearly show aesthetic and functional principles.
Term 4
All of your above work, including the first report is submitted as evidence for the external. This is sent to Wellington for making as standard AS91337 : Use visual communication techniques to generate design ideas. All fully completed by week 1, term4 at the latest.
Recommended Prior Learning
Entry Requirements
Satisfactory achievement at Level 1 DVC at at least merit level to 12 credits.
The student will find that the level 2 course is large step up from the level 1 course.
L2 Students prior experience must include L1 skills in informing design from influences and developing design either spatially or as a product beyond conceptual phase. Drawing ability is assumed.
Pathway
The 12DVC course is a large step up from level 1 and takes the students design thinking towards higher levels of detailing of their portfolio. This journey now allows for better clarity for your client so that you can get them to YES.
The careers which make much use of these skills are
Designer (product and spatial, B Des) , Architect (spatial, landscape B Arch) , Project Manager (B.E), team facilitator (, quantity surveyor (QS).
Assessment Information
Possible CreditsInternal - 9 credits (two projects )
External - 3 credits (portfolio sent to Wellington for marking)
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 2.30 - Use visual communication techniques to generate design ideas
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 2.33 - Use the characteristics of a design movement or era to inform own design ideas
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 2.34 - Develop a spatial design through graphics practice
NZQA Info
Design and Visual Communication 2.36 - Use visual communication techniques to compose a presentation of a design
Pathway Tags
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