SITE PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
PLA5SPS
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject students consider urban challenges and innovation in the context of historical and contemporary urban design. For the first time in world history the majority of humankind now lives in cities, and in cities that are bigger and more complex than any previous historical epoch. The design of cities, the places within them, the relationship of the built form to space and place are critical elements. Students will be assisted to think about the spatial, built form, technological and cultural challenges of our cities for long term sustainability. In this subject students will be required to complete an urban design project.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Trevor Budge
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment in a postgraduate Planning course. Students enrolled in ACCPD or AGCPD or AMCPD or AMSPMD
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | By design: urban design in the planning system: towards better practice, | Recommended | CABE. | UK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONS 2000 |
| Readings | Making people ? friendly towns: improving the public environment in towns and cities, | Recommended | Tibbalds, F. | SPON 2000 |
| Readings | Sustainable urbanism: urban design with nature, | Recommended | Farr, D. | WILEY 2008 |
| Readings | The death and life of great American cities, | Recommended | Jacobs, J. | PENGUIN 1961 |
| Readings | The urban design reader, | Recommended | Larice, M. (ed.) | ROUTLEDGE 2006 |
Bendigo, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Trevor Budge
Class requirements
Block ModeWeek: 10 - 22
Five 7.0 hours block mode other recurrence on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"May include fieldtrip"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| Essay x 1500 words | 25 | |
| Group project, presentation and poster equivalent 2000 words | 30 | |
| Individual project in urban design x 2500 words | 35 | |
| Reflective Piece on Melbourne Fieldtrip x 500 words | 10 |