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Place Making for The Built Environment (ABPL90404)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville) and Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
February
Winter Term
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | February - Online Winter Term - Dual-Delivery |
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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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Critical Reflection on essential readings on the role of multidisciplinarity in Placemaking,
| Week 3 of teaching period | 30% |
Documented Essay of a placemaking process component to deepen understanding of a case study analysis of place
| 1 Weeks after the end of teaching | 20% |
Case-Study Analysis – group work including final presentation and written report
| From Week 4 to Week 5 | 50% |
Additional details
Case-Study Analysis
- Presentation 10% (group), one week after the last teaching day
- Report 30% (group), two weeks after the last teaching day
- Reflection 10% (individual), two weeks after the last teaching day
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- February - Online
Principal coordinator Derlie Mateo-Babiano Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 40 hours over two weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 15 February 2021 to 1 March 2021 Last self-enrol date 14 February 2021 Census date 26 February 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 March 2021 Assessment period ends 13 March 2021 February contact information
- Winter Term - Dual-Delivery
Principal coordinator Derlie Mateo-Babiano Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 40 hours over three weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 June 2021 to 16 July 2021 Last self-enrol date 1 July 2021 Census date 9 July 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 July 2021 Assessment period ends 30 July 2021 Winter Term contact information
Additional delivery details
An enrolment quota of 75 applies to the Summer Term intensive.
Selection Criteria: This subject has an automated quota. Your enrolment confirms your space in this subject. If you choose to withdraw from this subject you will be forfeiting your space and may be unable to enrol again. Please check the Handbook for more information.
For detailed information on the quota subject application process and due dates, refer to the EDSC Quota Subjects webpage: http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/quota-subjects.
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