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Interior Detailing - BENV2708
 The Red Centre promenade

   
 
School:  Interior Architecture Program
 
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Design resolution at a fine scale highlighting issues of quality and the central role of detailing in achieving buildings and interiors which are original and coherent examples of good design. The practice and technology of detailing interiors seeking to enhance the designer9s critical capacity when assessing options and extending their design vocabulary. The discipline of extending design concepts from the overall to the specific and planning strategies for detailing while at an early stage of the design process. Tutorials based upon recent examples of detailing will be supplemented by lectures dealing with techniques of documentation, structuring building contracts to support successful outcomes in building procurement. Lectures will cover material related to building methods and technologies: included will be detailing stainless steel, timber veneer, plastic laminates, timber joinery, specifying finishes such as polyurethane, epoxy, stains and coatings. The program will be centred about guest lecturers presenting examples of their work as case studies of successful detailing.

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