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Place Making for The Built Environment (ABPL90404)
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
Winter Term
Dr. Dominique Hes
Email: dhes@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Placemaking is a worldwide movement focusing on the process, development and design of public or shared semi-private places through the active participation of the citizens. The aim of placemaking is to achieve place attachment which is linked to positive citizenship, health and safety. This subject outlines and critiques the placemaking process in relation to the long-term benefits of place. The subject is based on case-studies, and provides lectures and practical exercises on the critical steps of placemaking. Topics include: governance and community engagement strategies, negotiation processes, place evaluation, integrating nature into place and the economics of place. Different models for placemaking will be explored such as tactical urbanism, guerrilla urbanism, creative placemaking and regenerative placemaking. The subject has been written by the Place Agency Consortium, a group of five universities working towards enhancing place co-creation capacity in students and industry.
Intended learning outcomes
Having completed this subject it is expected that the student be able to:
- develop the theoretical and practical foundations of place and placemaking
- understand array of strategies to conduct placemaking practice (i.e. participatory planning, interactive placemaking), their potential and limitations
- understand the role of interdisciplinary in placemaking
- demonstrate reflective and reflexive practice
- contextualise placemaking to urban, peri-urban and regional areas.
Generic skills
- Understanding different approaches to placemaking Analysing social and cultural context Case study analysis for place Creative and critical thinking and analysis Written and verbal presentation of ideas Effective communication skills Negotiation skills and stakeholder management Building a business case for placemaking
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
- Written essay (1500 words), based on readings . The role of multidisciplinary in Placemaking, due on Friday- Week 1, 30% ;
- Case-Study Analysis Framework, Students will develop an evaluation framework to conduct a deep case study analysis of place, due of week 2, 20%
- Case-Study Analysis – group work, 3000 words equivalent including final presentation and written report, due end of week 3 (presentation), final report one week after presentation, 50%. Students will negotiate and apply their Case Study Analysis Framework to nominated local case studies.30% of the grade based on the group mark and 20% based on individual reflection on the roles of different disciplines in achieving and completing their group work.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Winter Term
Coordinator Dominique Hes Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 40 hours over three weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 July 2019 to 20 July 2019 Last self-enrol date 5 July 2019 Census date 10 July 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 July 2019 Assessment period ends 2 August 2019 Winter Term contact information
Dr. Dominique Hes
Email: dhes@unimelb.edu.au
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
- Aravot, I. (2010). "Back to phenomenological placemaking." Journal of Urban Design 7(2): 201-212.
- Arefi, M. (2014). Deconstructing placemaking: needs, opportunities, and assets, Routledge
- 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