Course

Urban Design - PLAN2032

Faculty: Built Environment

School: Planning and Urban Development

Course Outline: Built Environment

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: PLAN1011

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

View course information for previous years.

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.
Planning

Study Levels

UNSW Quick Links