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; seeks to enhance the designer’s critical capacity when assessing options; extends their design vocabulary; explore concepts of the overall to the specific; and introduces planning strategies for detailing while still at an early stage of the design process. Tutorials will be based up students residential project work. Lectures will cover both the theoretical and practical definitions of ‘detailing’ as a language and will be supplemented by lectures covering current residential techniques of documentation and developing building contract documentation to support successful outcomes in building procurement. The program will include a visit to a supplier’s showroom to provide the opportunity to research and include critical hardware components to address identified design issues requiring resolution in successful documentation packages.
Note: This elective course is best suited to students with a practical use and understanding of CAD software plus the language of documentation (technical drawing skills including plans, sections and elevations).