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Land Use and Urban Design (ABPL90132)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Email:
Elek Pafka
pafkae@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject was formerly known as Urban Design for Planners.
Urban design is concerned with the qualities, use, ongoing improvement and management of the public realm such as streets, squares and pedestrian malls. This subject emphasises the development of urban design skills that are of value to urban planners, while critically reflecting on urban design as it is practised. Students will develop understandings of the nature of urban design, and the roles of planners and other professionals in relation to it. The fundamental qualities of urban places are examined from an urban design perspective. These understandings form the basis of skills development in using planning tools to achieve desirable urban design outcomes. An integrated program of lectures, studio workshops, fieldwork, and teamwork provide the theoretical and practical basis for developing urban design skills and understandings. Students will undertake hands-on urban design work, while reflecting critically upon the role of urban design, the skills they are developing, and the manner in which planning interconnects with urban design.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject aims to enable students to:
- Understand the nature of urban design;
- Assess the urban design qualities of urban places;
- Use planning controls to effect desirable urban design outcomes;
- Prepare and present urban design documents;
- Integrate and apply theoretical knowledge.
Generic skills
- Creative response to complex problems.
- Spatial analysis.
- Awareness of different approaches to design tasks.
- Use of sketches and diagrams to analyse, plan and communicate.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Tutorial exercises equivalent to 2000 words in weeks 2-6 (40%).
- Major Urban Design submission: equivalent to 3,000 words (60%), due in week 12.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Elek Pafka Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 hours per week: 2 hour tutorial and 1 hour lecture Total time commitment 170 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
Email:
Elek Pafka
pafkae@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Subject Reader
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
- 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: 3 November 2022