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Regenerating Sustainability (ABPL90272)
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 1
Email: dhes@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Sustainable or Green Buildings are centred on creating more efficient buildings rather than aiming for zero or even positive contributions. This subject explores and critiques this efficiency based approach to sustainability and proposes a regenerative, positive and biophilic design framework.
This subject will provide a series of lectures exploring the ideas of biophilia, positive development, regeneration, cradle to cradle, the living building challenge and contributive design. Based on a series of seminars and site visits, documented in student lead weekly reflections, student will apply their learning to an existing project in Melbourne.
Intended learning outcomes
- To understand the limitation around the current approach to sustainability
- To understand the concepts of regenerative, biophilic and positive design and development
- To contrast the certifications tools Green Star, NABERS and the Living Building Challenge
- To be able to propose contributive solutions to discipline specific problems whether architectural, landscape, planning, social science, engineering, etc.
Generic skills
- Skills in critiquing sustainabilit;
- Conceptual understanding of biophilic design, positive development, regenerative design, living building challenge and cradle to cradle;
- Use of mind mapping, charrettes and backcasting.
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
There are two types of assessment.
- 6 reflection cards, (individual task) equivalent to 500 words each due week 3- 12 (equivalent to 3000 words in total), 10% each;
- Major project, (group work). The major project consists of imagery and some descriptive text. The students each produce 3 x A3 sheets descripting their process and application of the theory. Each A3 sheet would be the equivalent of 500 words (equivalent to1500 words in total), due week 12, 40 %.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Dominique Hes Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 hour studio and 1 hour lecture Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 Semester 1 contact information
Email: dhes@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Dominique Hes and Chrisna du Plessis (2015) Designing for hope: pathways to regenerative sustainability, Routledge
Recommended texts and other resources
Passive systems
Brundtland report.
- 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