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Designing Environments (ENVS10004)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 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
Semester 2
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: 6 July 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the B-ENVS (Bachelor of Environment)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ARCH10003 | Design Studio Alpha |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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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: 6 July 2023
Assessment
Additional details
• Assignment 1 (equivalent to 18 hours of work) due week 3, (15%). Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches ;
• Assignment 2 (equivalent to 24 hours of work) due week 6, (20%). Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches ;
• Assignment 3: Major Project Interim Submission (equivalent to 24 hours of work) due week 9, (20%). Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches;
• Assignment 3: Major Project Final submission (equivalent to 36 hours of work) due week 12, (30%). An individual oral presentation of final designs, which will be reviewed by a jury of academic staff/industry practitioners, building on skills and themes developed throughout the semester, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches;
• Design Journal. (equivalent to 18 hours of work per student) due week 12, (15%) completed throughout semester, based on themes developed through the lectures, including esquisses and quizzes completed in studios and lectures.
Hurdle requirement: Attendance of 75% or more of studio classes.
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Kelum Palipane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Contact Hours: 1 hour lecture for the first 11 weeks of semester; 1 x 3 hours studio per week throughout semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Kelum Palipane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Contact Hours: 1 hour lecture for the first 11 weeks of semester; 1 x 3 hours studio per week throughout semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 6 July 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Lawson, B. How Designers Think.
De Bono, E. Six Thinking Hats. - Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Environments Informal specialisation Non-allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Major Architecture Major Landscape Architecture Major Urban Design and Planning Breadth Track Architecture Breadth Track Urban Design and Planning - Links to additional information
- 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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 6 July 2023