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Urban Design Studio A (ABPL90061)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 1
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Overview
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Students will undertake introductory abstract design exercises in the first half of semester providing the foundation for a major urban design proposition and the development of that proposition for end of semester assessment.
This subject covers an introduction to a broad range of urban design issues and design approaches which may include: the scope, opportunities, complexities and responsibilities of urban design; urban design issues, elements and systems: analytical and design skills for generating and testing alternative approaches to the urban design development of specific sites; the role of urban design within a given spatial, social, economic and political context.
The studio sessions are augmented with lectures and seminars in other subjects devoted to current urban design practice and theory.
Intended learning outcomes
- To introduce and explore urban design methodology, process and practice. To understand and be able to define the difference between strategic plans; urban planning schemes; urban design guidelines; urban design frameworks; urban character studies; urban design visions; site plans; landscape designs and architectural designs.
- To engage in a complex area of the metropolis and to analyse the existing fabric and represent this analysis in a clear graphic language at a range of scales.
- To be able to model urban form, building bulk, typology, sun-shading, topography, hydrology, public/private relations.
- To show understanding of urban spatial thinking that ranges from the scale of the street to the scale of the metropolis.
- To explore existing urban design theories and to focus on those effective in positively intervening with the contemporary metropolis.
- To investigate contemporary multi-disciplinary theories of form, space, order and aesthetics, and to test their relevance for contemporary urban design practice.
- To explore ways of representing the city in both two and three (perhaps even four) dimensional representations.
Generic skills
At the end of semester students will demonstrate the following:
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Theory: historical, contextual, urban, social, critical
capacity to develop and /or select from a wide range of theories (philosophical, scientific, artistic) and make them essential to the task at hand, whilst framing the task at hand in an intellectual context; -
Materialisation/translation: rigor, accuracy, innovation research
ability to vigorously and innovatively link relations between the selected or developed theory, the selected site, the city, the urban program and the final urban design intervention; -
Composition: articulation, syntactics, tectonics
ability to articulate both large, medium, and small scale formal / spatial. ordering and aesthetic aspects of the intervention in a sophisticated manner; -
Communications: drawing models text verbal
demonstrating competence in desktop publishing skills and ability to develop and select from an extensive range of communication options and techniques, and select a relevant means of communicating the full range of experiential, sensual and conceptual design intentions; -
Pragmatics: function, program sustainability, science codes
ability integrate the pragmatic issues of project work with their urban design agenda and be fully aware of the experiential, sensual and conceptual consequences and potential of the pragmatic issues; and, -
Engagement
commitment, input and engagement. In addition students will demonstrate capacity to contribute to the work of others in the studio and to the overall integration of the studio generally.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into one of the following:
- MC-URBDES Master of Urban Design
- MC-UPUD Master of Urban Planning/Master of Urban Design
- MC-ARCHUD Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Design
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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A mid-semester jury review (critique) oral presentation equivalent to 100 hours of work demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches.
| Mid semester | 30% |
An end of semester jury review (critique) oral presentation equivalent to 240 hours of work building on work developed throughout the semester demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches.
| End of semester | 70% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 75% of studios | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Leire Asensio Villoria Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 6 hours per week Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator David Mah Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 6 hours per week Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
340 hours
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
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Type Name Course Master of Urban Design - 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: 31 January 2024