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Place Making for The Built Environment (ABPL90404)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
February
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | February - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
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: 31 January 2024
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Case-Study Analysis:Students will analyse a placemaking case study based on the 5P framework (Individual)
| Week 1 of teaching period | 20% |
Reflective Journal: Daily critical reflections on subject content and readings (Individual)
| 1 Weeks after the end of teaching | 40% |
Placemaking project: including final presentation and written report on relevant placemaking project (Groupwork)
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 40% |
Additional details
Place making project
- Presentation 10% (group), on the last teaching week or one week after the last teaching day
- Report 30% (group), two weeks after the last teaching day
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinator Derlie Mateo-Babiano Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 40 hours over ten days Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 10 February 2022 to 24 February 2022 Last self-enrol date 10 February 2022 Census date 18 February 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 February 2022 Assessment period ends 10 March 2022 February contact information
Additional delivery details
Quota 128
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.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
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: 31 January 2024