Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 42)
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Credit points: 12.5
Level offered: First Year and above
Coordinator: Mario Gutjahr.
Contact: Two lectures and one tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students should be able to demonstrate that they have acquired a knowledge and understanding of the history of urban planning and design of pre-industrial cities, an awareness of the historical dimension inherent in all planning and design activity as well as in students' own thoughts and actions, the ability to critically evaluate the effects of changing western (European) attitudes on the design of urban form in history, an introduction to the process of urbanisation and the spatial organisation of the 19th century industrial cities, a better understanding of our present-day, built environment, and of appropriate solutions to its planning and design problems.
Content:
Assumes the human (urban) environment stems from an historic process reflecting culture, economic, political and social frameworks and interrelationships. A cultural and historical study of cities and urban design from pre-historic times to the 19th Century. Examines the social, economic, political and environmental determinants of urban form, structure and growth in history and includes critical analyses of cities and towns representative of major cultural periods. Covers pre-industrial (European) settlements and examines rapid industrialisation and urbanisation and its effects on 19th century cities. Considers the (sub)urbanisation of Melbourne.
Assessment:
Written assignments (sketchbook, model, project essay or class paper), as set throughout the semester, equivalent to 4,000 words, and a 3-hour examination (which may take the form of a class test). (Details, including the weighting of assessment, to be made available within the first two weeks of semester. )
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 42)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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