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Design for Diversity (ABPL90400)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Winter Term
Overview
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The 8 80 Cities concept suggests that cities designed for the needs of 8 and 80 year olds work for all ages. In addition, communities benefit from facilities that are located, configured and shared in symbiotic ways.
In this intensive students will contribute to work by the City of Yarra to imagine an age friendly future where design for diversity is embedded into every neighbourhood.
The studio is open to students of architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and planning, who will work together to address challenges which no one discipline can easily answer:
- How do we decide the optimal density and mix of development for a precinct?
- Can design help to build community and enable ageing in place?
This intensive explores the benefits of diversity – mixed uses, demographics, typologies, scales, characters, ownership, development processes and design teams. At its heart is the opportunity to engage with real inner-city situations.
The format in the first fortnight will typically consist of consultations and presentations from expert practitioners each morning followed by independent and group work each afternoon. There will then be a week to finalise propositions and present the work, and there may be a subsequent opportunity to present at the City of Yarra.
The first week will be research-focused, with students working in multidisciplinary groups. Each student will then develop individual propositions specific to his or her discipline.
Generic skills
- Site analysis, planning and design at a neighbourhood scale;
- Research including the application of demographic data;
- Working in multidisciplinary teams;
- Visual, written and oral presentation of both research and propositions.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the one of the following courses:
Master of Architecture (MC-ARCH)
Master of Urban Planning (MC-URPL)
Master of Landscape Architecture (MC-LARCH)
Master of Urban Design( MC-URBDES)
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
- Illustrated written research report and oral presentation of same, undertaken and presented in groups of about five students, including data analysis and/or observational research. Equivalent to 1,000 words per student. Due Friday 7 July. Worth 20%;
- Interim jury review (critique) of illustrated oral presentation of evolving design/planning propositions, undertaken by each student individually. Students are to demonstrate an insightful analysis of their chosen site/precinct and of issues identified in the first week’s research. Equivalent to 55 hours of work including course content. Due Friday 14 July. Worth 20%;
- Final submission of design/planning propositions in a printable digital format, together with an illustrated oral presentation of work to a panel. The work may include physical models, drawings, text, site analyses, maps, diagrams, annotated photographs and sketches. Equivalent to a further 55 hours of work. Due Friday 21 July. Worth 60%.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Winter Term
Principal coordinator Alan Pert Coordinator Christopher Pryor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (3 hoursX12 days) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 July 2017 to 21 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 6 July 2017 Census date 7 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 July 2017 Assessment period ends 21 July 2017 Winter Term contact information
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
Last updated: 3 November 2022