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Landscape Studio 2: Site Plan & Design (ABPL20040)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2
Email: chens@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject was formerly called Site Planning and Design (Landscape Studio 2).
This design studio is concerned with the art and science of planning and designing landscapes. The emphasis is on systematically analysing biophysical, social and cultural attributes of sites and their contextual settings and based on this information arranging circulation systems, open spaces, areas of vegetation, buildings and other structures within the context of various landscape settings, from urban to natural, and at different scales. Students will learn how to develop design solutions for sites in ways that harmoniously and responsibly respond to the landscape.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject you should be able to:
- Undertake systematic landscape and site analyses;
- Use appropriate graphic techniques to analyse sites and communicate design proposals;
- Gather and synthesize environmental, social and cultural information to make informed land planning and design decisions;
- Develop creative responses to complex land planning and design problems;
- Formulate design strategies to create meaningful relationships between natural attributes of sites and built forms.tes in ways that harmoniously and responsibly respond to the landscape.
Generic skills
Upon successful completion of this subject you will have had the opportunity to develop the following skills:
- Create thinking capacities;
- Spatial analysis skills;
- Critical thinking;
- Ability to seek out, evaluate, and retrieve information from multiple sources;
- Ability to comprehend concepts and express them graphically, orally, and textually;
- Team work skills;
- Time management skills.
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL20038 | Explorations (Landscape Studio 1) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
OR
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL20027 | Architecture Design Studio: Earth | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AND
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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HORT20026 | Designing with Plants | Semester 1 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
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: 6 July 2023
Assessment
Additional details
- Site design project (small) prepared in classroom,equivalent to 500 words due week 3 (10%);
- Site design project (large) equivalent to 1200 words due week 6 (30%);
- Site design project (large) equivalent to 2500 words due week 12 (60%).
These assignments will be presented graphically, texturally and orally and included in an end of semester design portfolio.
Hurdle Requirement: Attendance and participation in 75% of the studios is a mandatory requirement.
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Siqing Chen Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1x1 hour lecture per week, 1x3 hour studio per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018 Semester 2 contact information
Email: chens@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
- Lynch, K. Site Planning, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1979.
- LaGro, J.A. Site Analysis: Linking Program and Concept in Land Planning and Design, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2001.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Informal specialisation Non- allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors Major Architecture Major Urban Design and Planning Major Landscape Architecture - 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