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Urban Design for People and Places (PLAN20002)

Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Urban Design introduces the visual, spatial, social and design dimensions in planning for public spaces. Urban Design for People and Places examines how a city’s built form, function and structure is shaped by its interaction with multidimensional forces – including the physical, technological, cultural, social, economic, and environmental –to create a public life which continuously shapes and is shaped by both people’s activities and the places they inhabit. It explores a broad range of concepts, theories, principles, and processes to frame the urban design practice – developing, proposing and negotiating creative urban design solutions to address urban issues in a dynamic setting.

Prescribed software programs with a cost
Sketchup
Prescribed software tools
Image editing software (e.g. Affinity Photo)
Vector editing software (e.g. Affinity Designer)
Layout software (e.g. Affinity Publisher)

Details of software availability and pricing are captured at https://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/student-experience/it-support

Intended learning outcomes

Students who have successfully completed this subject should be able to:



  • Apply urban design theory to a real-world urban design issues.
  • Analyse social, environmental, economic and cultural values and sensitivities of the built environment (while applying urban design processes, or reviewing existing urban spaces).
  • Apply design-thinking skills to an urban design issue, both individually and as a group.
  • Elicit and analyse stakeholder perspectives.
  • Use media to visually communicate urban design work.
  • Reflect on the process of learning urban design.

Generic skills

Students who have successfully completed this subject will have developed the following generic skills:

  • Critical thinking and analysis;
  • Use and citation of sources;
  • Written and verbal presentation of ideas;
  • Essay and report writing;
  • Application of generic theories to specific examples;
  • Ability to analyze social and cultural contexts.

Last updated: 24 April 2024