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Urban Precinct Studio (ABPL30060)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
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The focus of this studio is on the development or redevelopment of a precinct-scale site. Students will undertake site investigations and prepare analysis that will lead into developing a vision for the precinct and a related urban design and planning framework. The future imagining of the precinct will be completed with the preparation of concept designs of the precinct.
This studio will have an emphasis on relating the fields of urban design and urban planning. Studios and presentations are carried out in an environment that simulates real-life projects with an emphasis on group collaboration and presentation/communication skills.
The future imagining of the precinct will be completed with the preparation of detailed concept designs of the precint. This studio will have an emphasis on relating the fields of urban design and urban planning.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of the subject students will be able to:
- Demonstrate an ability to interrogate a brief;
- Develop and demonstrate an ability to graphically communicate information through a variety of media;
- Develop the ability to make a case for precinct proposals;
- Demonstrate their understanding of theories of precinct -scale design and planning;
- Demonstrate innovation and future-focused ideas in how to address challenges,
- Enhance features and plan for change at a precinct-scale.
Generic skills
- Both verbal and graphic communication skills for urban design and planning.
- Generation of design ideas.
- Appropriate use of design terminology.
- Time management and meeting deadlines.
- Working in a team.
- Relation of presentations to designs.
- Data collection and interpretation.
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL20049 | Introduction to Urban Design & Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Students will undertake the subject as a capstone and so will have the skills to:
- Gather information from a range of sources relating to an urban place and the ability to meaningfully collate, interpret and analyse it.
- Undertake spatial representation and analysis relevant to urban design and planning, and the ability to convey this to others in meaningful and relevant ways.
Students will have some background in:
- Developing strategies and designs for the ongoing spatial management of an urban place.
- Reflecting upon the implications of their plans and design in terms of social, economic, ecological and cultural concerns.
- Use appropriate means to deliver and convey information about their plans and designs using representation, written, oral and other relevant means.
One of the following subjects:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL20027 | Architecture Design Studio: Earth | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL20028 | Architecture Design Studio: Water | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL20038 | Explorations (Landscape Studio 1) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL20040 | Landscape Studio 2: Site Plan & Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ABPL30042 | Landscape Studio 3: Urban Open Space | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Assessment
Additional details
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A. Urban analysis: Due week 5. 20%;
A.1 Group Presentation. 5%. Duration 15 minutes (equivalent to 500 words per student)
A.2 Group Report. 15%. (equivalent to 1500 words per student)
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B. Issues, Opportunities and Visioning: Due Week 7. 10%;
B.1 Group Presentation. 5%. Duration 15 minutes. (equivalent to 500 words per student)
B.2 Group Report. 5%. (Equivalent to 500 words per student)
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C. Precinct Structural Plan: 60%
C.1 Planning/Design Concept. Individual Presentation. Duration 5 minutes. Week 10. 5%. (equivalent to 500 words)
C.2 Individual Presentation. Duration 10 minutes, Week 12. 5%. (equivalent to 500 words)
C.3 Individual Report plus Poster. Week 14 ( first week of the examination Period), 50%. (Equivalent to 5000 words)
- D. Studio Participation: participation will be assessed by attendance in studios, engagement in and presentation of weekly studio tasks, contributions to small-group discussions, and engagement in critiques for peers 10%.
Hurdle requirement: Attendance and participation in 75% of the studios is a mandatory requirement. Failure to attend 75% of studios will normally result in failure in the subject
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Hyungmin Kim Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of studio per week. Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
340 Hours.
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Nevolo, L, The History of the City, Scholar Press, London, 1980
Kostoff, S, The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings through History, Thames and Hudson, London, 1991.
Lynch, K, The Image of the City, Cambridge, Mass., 1960.
Mumford , L, The City in History, Penguin Books, 1961.
Webb, M, The City Square, Thames and Hudson, London, 1990. - Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Urban Design and Planning Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Major Urban Planning Informal specialisation Bachelor of Design Elective Subjects - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 6 July 2023