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    Building Design Fieldbook

    Reading Place, Materials and Drawings

    Learn how sites, materials, buildings and drawings relate, with explained examples and visual companions for new building-design learners.

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    Illustrated Building Design Fieldbook cover, with fictional Australian houses, trees and changing ground.OnShift Education · 17 chapters

    A learning primer for an exact custom six-unit building-design bundle. It is not a full qualification, endorsed skill set, assessment workbook or evidence of competency. Each chapter retains the scope, jurisdiction, edition and limitations of its examples.

    Contents

    PART 01

    The design process

    1. 01A Building Is a Team's Work
    2. 02Knowing What You Can Rely On
    3. 03How Drawings Describe Space
    PART 02

    Reading the site

    1. 04The Site Before the Visit
    2. 05Turning Observation into a Measured Record
    3. 06Reading the Shape of the Ground
    PART 03

    Architectural history

    1. 07The Grammar and Evidence of Architecture
    2. 08Colonial, Victorian and Federation Buildings
    3. 09From Inter-war Experiments to Contemporary Design
    PART 04

    Materials and construction

    1. 10What Structural Materials Can Do
    2. 11Heat, Moisture and the Building Envelope
    3. 12From Ground to Floor
    4. 13Frames, Masonry and Roofs
    5. 14Where Building Systems Meet
    6. 15Interiors, Finishes and Everyday Use
    PART 05

    Drawings and decisions

    1. 16Reading a Coordinated Drawing Set
    2. 17Making a Reasoned Design Record

    Companion documents

    This fieldbook is an illustrated primer for new learners. It is not the CPP40121 qualification, an assessment workbook or evidence of competency.