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ARCH71-119: Architecture and Urbanism Studio: Designing the City-Region

Description

This subject is an advanced Architecture and Urban Design project supported by seminars presented by staff, visiting lecturers and distinguished practitioners. The design project will focus on a significant hypothetical development site as an emerging centre in light of urban growth and the need for civic spaces in city regions. This Studio develops architectural design interventions in the context of the dominant contemporary city region, exploring urban design strategies and place-making towards addressing issues that many cities are facing, including civic spaces, heritage, culture, densification, liveability, resilience towards climate change while meeting the United Nations goals for sustainable cities and communities.

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: ARCH71-119
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Society and Design
Semesters offered:
  • January 2024 [Standard Offering]
  • January 2025 [Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Architecture
  • Construction, Property, and Planning
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,790.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,910.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $6,030.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $6,180.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $6,550.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $6,850.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Understand, identify and evaluate project development options in response to a project brief, including environmental sustainability considerations and drawing knowledge from building science, technology, behavioural and social science to optimise the performance of the project. (PC24 & 28)
  2. Identify and apply principles and statutory planning requirements for creating relevant concept design, generating options and developing relevant contextual design and analysis to a project brief, including exploring options for siting a project. (PC 26, 30 & 32)
  3. Apply creative imagination and critical analysis of design precedents, history and relevant research to the siting of a project including developing and evaluating design options addressing issues of cultural heritage, context, community values, and economic factors. (PC 25 & 29)
  4. Identify, analyse and integrate information relevant to environmental sustainability, including energy and water consumption, resource depletion, waste, embodied carbon and carbon emissions, to the lifecycle of the project with an understanding of the integration of material selection, structural and construction systems impacts on design outcomes. (PC31 & 39)
  5. Demonstrate effective means of verbal and visual modes of communication of design.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Subject dates

  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
    Semester start: 15/01/2024
    Subject start: 15/01/2024
    Cancellation 1: 29/01/2024
    Cancellation 2: 05/02/2024
    Last enrolment: 28/01/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024
    Teaching census: 09/02/2024
  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024
    Semester start: 20/01/2025
    Subject start: 20/01/2025
    Cancellation 1: 03/02/2025
    Cancellation 2: 10/02/2025
    Last enrolment: 02/02/2025
    Withdraw - Financial: 15/02/2025
    Withdraw - Academic: 08/03/2025
    Teaching census: 14/02/2025
Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
Semester start: 15/01/2024
Subject start: 15/01/2024
Cancellation 1: 29/01/2024
Cancellation 2: 05/02/2024
Last enrolment: 28/01/2024
Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024
Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024
Teaching census: 09/02/2024