Designing Environments (ENVS10004)

Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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This subject provides an introduction to how people identify needs and wants and devise ways of satisfying them through built or engineered manipulation of the environment. Students will consider the antecedents, processes, actors and consequences of designing constructed and engineered environments, systems and artefacts. Issues of movement and perception, environmental behaviour and the responsible use of physical environmental systems will be explored. The subject will address:

  • Design processes and methods, including problem-solving and design proposal perspectives, methods of framing and analysis of design tasks, creative thinking, and methods of synthesis and
    representation of design outcomes
  • Case studies of various scales and times to examine designed outcomes with regard to social, cultural, economic, resource, production and actor relationships
  • Design professions: their history in the production of environments, systems and artefacts, and their differing educations, organisation and practices

Intended learning outcomes

At the completion of this subject students should be able to:



  • Introduce and practise processes and methods of designing and creative thinking;
  • Analyse the social, logistical, economic and resource aspects that contribute to design tasks and outcomes;
  • Introduce the actors in design processes, including the contribution of design professions to the creation of designed environments, systems and artefacts.

Generic skills

At the completion of this subject students should have the following skills:

  • Developed an understanding of skills and approaches to design tasks and outcomes
  • Developed written, graphic, numeric, diagrammatic and verbal skills in relation to design and creative thinking
  • Begun an exploration of designing for people

Last updated: 14 March 2025

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
ARCH10003 Design Studio Alpha
Semester 2 (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: 14 March 2025

Assessment

Additional details

  • By the middle of the semester, students will produce 2 preparatory assignments, each equivalent to 400 words and worth 10% of the final mark.
  • By the end of the semester, students will produce an interim design assignment equivalent to 800 words and worth 20% of the final mark and a major design assignment equivalent to 1600 words and worth 40% of the final mark.
  • A reflective journal or workbook will also be submitted in the middle and at the end of the semester. Each of the journal/workbook submissions is equivalent to 400 words and worth 10% of the final mark.

Last updated: 14 March 2025

Dates & times

  • Semester 1
    Principal coordinatorKelum Palipane
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hoursContact Hours: 1 hour lecture for the first 11 weeks of semester; 1 x 3 hours studio per week throughout semester.
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017
    Last self-enrol date10 March 2017
    Census date31 March 2017
    Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017
    Assessment period ends23 June 2017

    Semester 1 contact information

    Scott Woods (semester 1)
    woods.scott@unimelb.edu.au

    Kelum Palipane (semester 2)
    kelum.palipane@unimelb.edu.au


  • Semester 2
    Principal coordinatorKelum Palipane
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hoursContact Hours: 1 hour lecture for the first 11 weeks of semester; 1 x 3 hours studio per week throughout semester.
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017
    Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017
    Census date31 August 2017
    Last date to withdraw without fail22 September 2017
    Assessment period ends17 November 2017

    Semester 2 contact information

    Scott Woods (semester 1)
    woods.scott@unimelb.edu.au

    Kelum Palipane (semester 2)
    kelum.palipane@unimelb.edu.au


Time commitment details

170 hours

Last updated: 14 March 2025

Further information

Last updated: 14 March 2025