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Urban Design - PLAN2032
 Planning

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PLAN1011
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

The role of urban design is to reunite the partnership between planning and design to help improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment. This course provides an introduction to, and basic understanding of, urban design methodologies in relation to current planning practice. Starting from an appreciation of the fundamentals of design, topics include site investigations, defining urban structure, enhancing the public realm, understanding building typologies, and controlling built form. The course is structured around lectures, methodological instruction, discussions, case studies, site visits, and design projects. Assessments are based on individual and group projects. Students submit projects in written reports and oral presentations, supported by drawings, sketches and images.

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