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Informal Settlement (ABPL90425)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online |
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Informal settlement is a process of citizen-driven architecture, urban design and planning that has become the primary form of urban development in cities of the global South. It is a mode of urban production that operates without state authorization yet always in complex relations with formal state control. This subject will provide an introduction to the theories and practices of informal settlement together with a critique of various modes of professional engagement with the challenges of upgrading substandard conditions. The class will engage with the following questions and issues:
- where do informal settlements emerge in relation to the formal city and why?
- How are informal settlements designed and planned in terms of street/laneway networks, building typologies, density, functional mix and public space?
- How are informal settlement practices and forms geared to the livelihoods of the urban poor in terms of informal transport and street trading?
- How does informal settlement relate to sub-standard outcomes including tenure insecurity, services, overcrowding and overdevelopment.
- What professional engagements with upgrading and redevelopment practices are possible.
This is a fundamentally interdisciplinary subject that connects architecture, urban design and planning with landscape, property and construction. There will be scope for students to explore disciplinary specific topics within the subject.
Intended learning outcomes
- Think critically about theories and practices of informal settlement in a global context
- Demonstrate knowledge of the architectural, urban design and planning practices of informal settlement.
- Apply such understanding in critical and innovative forms of development practice .
Generic skills
- On completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate advanced skills in: Urban mapping and spatial analysis
- Essay writing
- Verbal presentation
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into a course at the Melbourne School of Design
OR
Approval from the subject coordinator
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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Two literature reviews: 1000 words worth 20% due week 7, 1500 words worth 30% due week 12
| Week 7 and Week 12 | 50% |
Case Studies
| From Week 8 to Week 12 | 20% |
Essay or case study
| End of semester | 30% |
Class attendance Hurdle requirement: 80% class attendance | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Kim Dovey Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 1X3 hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 Semester 1 contact information
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022