702-330 Housing Sustainability

Today's housing design, technology, planning and regulation is using up the Earth's environmental resources at an unsustainable rate. But solutions to this problem are readily available. This subject explores the problem of unsustainable housing and solutions at different scales. The subject proceeds from the scale of the 'sustainable house', to the design of neighbourhoods and 'green' or environmental development, to the 'sustainable city' and its regulatory system. Along the way we look at current issues and debates. In exploring sustainable housing, the subject also provides students with a basic understanding of the Australian system of housing provision and the production, consumption, exchange and management of housing in a market society.

Written assignments to the equivalent of 5000 words comprising tutorial exercises and a research essay.