Members of the ADD+F research hub teach and coordinate graduate and undergraduate coursework with a computational design and technology-driven focus at the Melbourne School of Design. You can find a list of subjects below showcasing the diverse design research undertaken by ADD+F staff.
Digital Design & Fabrication Electives
The Digital Design and Fabrication Electives offer students the opportunity to gain expertise and competence in the understanding and application of contemporary design tools – informing students’ design process, making, and thinking.
All subjects are open for students from the Faculty of ABP enrolled in the Master of Architecture or the Master of Landscape Architecture, as well as students studying any double masters that involves architecture. Quota and admission requirements apply – please check the handbook entries for detailed information.
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R_Lab: Made by Robots
experiments with the use of robots and digital design processes by controlling the uncertainties of complex systems in ways that humans alone cannot.
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F_Lab: Bespoke Furnitures
investigates contemporary use of the material timber through a process driven design, traditional craft and contemporary fabrication technologies to prototype furniture pieces.
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Ex_Lab: Experimental Furniture Futures
is based on material explorations and the use of contemporary digital fabrication, including 3D printing technologies, to prototype furniture futures.
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Si_Lab: Spatial Information
introduces students to critical engagement with 3D scanning and virtual reality technologies for the creation, reproduction and representation of spatial environments and novel artefacts.
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DF_Lab: Designing Making
applies software and hardware components used in leading design practices and of increasing importance for future practice in architecture and construction.
Building Information Modelling Electives
The BIM Electives aim at developing students’ understanding of available innovative technologies and methodologies, particularly BIM, as crucial elements to the future of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry.
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Building Information Modelling
This subject will introduce BIM principles and break down the jargon in the BIM context. During tutorials, students will work with popular BIM software to develop and coordinate building information models including 3D, 4D and 5D BIM models.
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Building Information Management
In this subject, students will explore typical workflows of implementing BIM within organisations and on construction projects managed by multidisciplinary teams.
Graduate Research
Design and Creative Practice research are actively supported in the Melbourne School of Design and the University of Melbourne through the PhD model ‘Thesis by Creative Work'. Academics in the ADD+F research hub have the capacity to supervise PhD research projects, especially those with a design and creative practice focus.
