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Public Event Design (PERF30001)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | Winter Term - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject looks at the design and planning of events in various forms.
It explores opening ceremonies, public parades, marches and celebrations, static installations in public spaces, events in festivals, temporary venues built in public spaces and immersive environments, whereby city spaces and structures are repurposed for performance.
The subject examines how designers, employing the medium of public event and spectacle, reimagine public space, taking something familiar and transforming it into something surprising, unexpected and remarkable providing a context for the student to develop their own hypothetical, ephemeral design project in a series of six design studios.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- analyse, evaluate and critique the effective manipulation of public space for an event;
- articulate the ways public space and an audience interact;
- identify compliance/OH&S issues surrounding public events;
- select from a range of theories (performative, artistic, environmental, historical, philosophical, scientific, etc.) and apply them to the task at hand;
- develop a design concept and produce documentation and materials to communicate that concept;
- document the research and conceptual development of a design project, and reflect on the outcome.
Generic skills
- Cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge about their discipline;
- cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of design with depth in at least one discipline;
- cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving design problems with intellectual independence;
- communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas;
- be able to participate in team work through involvement in syndicate groups and group discussions.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ARCH10001 | Foundations of Design: Representation |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
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12.5 |
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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10-minute group presentation of initial design ideas for a public event
| Mid teaching period | 20% |
Concept documentation and a 5-minute pitch for an event design proposal
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
Developed designs for an event design proposal
| During the assessment period | 50% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Winter Term
Coordinator Leon Salom Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Southbank) Contact hours 23 hours, comprising five 1-hour lectures and six 3-hour tutorials Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 June 2022 to 12 July 2022 Last self-enrol date 30 June 2022 Census date 8 July 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 July 2022 Assessment period ends 29 July 2022
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Design Informal specialisation Event Design
Last updated: 31 January 2024