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David Welsh + Christine Major - 'modern - ish': WM2001

This CPD course relates to the following AACA NCSA Elements: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9

Learning outcomes:

• Understand why Welsh+Major consider their work ‘modern-ish’
• Appreciate their clarity of process in the making of buildings and spaces
• Gain insight as to how they delight in the smallest of elements – a handle, a light fitting, an opening.
• Appreciate their concern with the social and environmental repercussions of the making of architecture
• Recognise their effort to challenge the prevailing paradigm to make things differently
• Understand how they work to respond, rather than react to the program and context.

Kim Bridgland - Edition Office: KB2005

This CPD course relates to the following AACA NCSA Elements: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9

• Understand the philosophical elements that influence Kim Bridgland and the Edition Office practice
• Gain insight into the historic design influences for Kim and how these are translated to his outcomes today
• Learn about some of the processes used in the Edition Office practice used to help determine their design outcomes
• Appreciate some intimate images of their award winning architecture

Michael Neustein & Rouzbeh Loghmani - Avoiding Fatal Issues in DA's: CPW2004

This CPD course relates to the following AACA NCSA Elements: 2, 3, 4 & 9

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the strategies for submitting a successful DA to the consent authorities
• Understand the DA assessment process
• Gain knowledge of the FSR and Height of Building planning controls
• Appreciate application types other than DA’s
• Understand the range of possible outcomes and the review and dispute pathways
• Appreciate how urban planners can help
• Understand how to prepare a document to present the best case for the development you have designed.

Martin Pinson - Green Building Rating Tools: MP2007

This CPD course relates to the following AACA NCSA Elements: 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8

Learning Objectives:

• Update your knowledge as to currently available Building Rating Tools and where they apply
• Understand the differences between the available tools and their potential application to your projects
• Gain insight into the new ‘wholistic’ tools such as WELL and Living Building Challenge
• Appreciate how the compulsory tools such as BASIX fit within the alternative frameworks
• Understand how these different tools can assist in the design development of buildings.
• Be aware of where you can get assistance with the use of these tools.

Daniela Russo - Passive House in Australia - A Primer: DR2008

This CPD course relates to the following AACA NCSA Elements: 4, 6, & 8

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the history of Passive House.
• Understand the principles and benefits of Passive House design.
• Appreciate how the principles of Passive House can fit with different construction methods in Australia.
• Understand the construction components of Passive House construction.
• Learn from the case study the impacts of Passive House design on a simple house design and the benefits in reducing heating and cooling energy requirements.
• Understand how to prepare a document to present the best case for the development you have designed.

Edgar (Ted) Stubbersfield - Architectural Timber Battens: TS2003

This CPD course relates to the following AACA NCSA Elements: 5, 6, 7, & 8 

Learning Outcomes:

• Appreciate why you would use timber battens
• Understand some of the issues with using timber battens, both internally and in particular externally.
• Have knowledge of the critical factors affecting external batten usage
• Understand the key moisture management strategies to improve the performance of external timber battens
• Understand the need for caution when considering recycled timber for external battens.