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Landscape Studio 4 Strategies (ABPL90170)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
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Contact information
Semester 2
Email: chens@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 |
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| Fees | Look up fees |
A studio-based subject that engages with large scale landscapes. GIS applications are introduced as a tool for exploring ecological and cultural systems across multiple scales to inform better planning, design and development strategies for sustainability.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of the subject, students should have an understanding of:
- The processes of conducting landscape assessment and landscape planning;
- Technical skills (GIS) as required for broad scale landscape analysis and assessment;
- Exploring ecological and cultural systems across multiple scales to inform better planning and design strategies;
- Strategic planning that engages with sustainable urban growth at regional or metropolitan scales;
- Comprehensive planning at suburban level that integrates broader urban and landscape issues, especially issues of ecological and economic concern.
Generic skills
- Exploration of comprehensive mapping techniques.
- Creative application of specialist software (GIS).
- Development of strategic design decisions.
- Ability to respond to cultural, ecological and spatial contexts.
- Ability to apply skills in design research.
- Creative response to complex problem.
Last updated: 3 November 2022