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Place Making for The Built Environment (ABPL90404)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

Availability(Quotas apply)
Semester 2
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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 advanced understanding of the theoretical and practical foundations of place and placemaking.
  • Analyse placemaking case studies in a multimodal manner, and in relation to their contexts, considering factors within their urban, peri-urban and/or regional settings.
  • Apply an array of strategies in placemaking practice (i.e. participatory planning, interactive placemaking, digital placemaking), recognising their potentials and limitations.
  • Demonstrate reflective and reflexive practice, particularly on the role of transdisciplinary and interdisciplinarity in placemaking.

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

DescriptionTimingPercentage

The Story of (My)Place: A Multimodal Case-Study Analysis (Individual work). Students will explore their own neighbourhood as a place and interrogate personal and communities place attachment through a small placemaking intervention

  • 2000 words
Week 540%

Embodying my placemaking learnings, an auto-ethnography ( (Individual work). Students to self-reflect on their learning experience, and linking this learning (autobiographical story) to wider contexts (e.g. cultural, political, and social meanings, academic literature)

  • 1000 words (equivalent)
Week 1220%

Placemaking project( Group Work) : including final presentation( Week 12) and written report on relevant placemaking project ( Week 14)

  • 2000 words (equivalent)
From Week 12 to Week 1440%

Additional details

Place making project

  • Presentation 10% (group), Week 12
  • Report 30% (group),Week 14

Last updated: 31 January 2024

Quotas apply to this subject

Dates & times

  • Semester 2
    CoordinatorDerlie Mateo-Babiano
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours1X3 hour class per week
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024
    Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024
    Census date 2 September 2024
    Last date to withdraw without fail20 September 2024
    Assessment period ends15 November 2024

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  • And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
    - Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).

    Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.

Additional delivery details

Quota 90

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