705-174 Designing the Local Urban Landscape

Formerly available as 705-274/374 Introduction to Urban and Landscape Design. Students who have completed 705-274/374 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

702-101 Architectural Design 1A and 702-120 Design Communications or 705-112 Skills for Urban Planning and Design

This studio-based subject addresses the design of local places such as a small urban neighbourhood, concentrating on the role of the local public domain including streets, open spaces etc. There will be evaluation of the surrounding built form and its relationship to that public domain and propositions about how that relationship should develop in the future. Basic texts in architecture, urban design, planning and environment and landscape architecture are introduced and discussed relative to the site under investigation. The processes and products of the design process from site observation and survey through analysis to design and communication (graphic, oral and written) will be introduced and applied.

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of the various stages of the design process.

• Demonstrate the ability to relate theoretical constructs to proposals for spatial change at a selected site.

• Succinctly communicate and defend the above relationship, through graphic, oral and written means.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:

• Reading and interpreting plans.

• Production of accurate plans, sections and elevations.

• Use of sketches and diagrams to analyse, design and communicate.

• Selective use of media such as pencils, markers, photos etc. to a specified end (such as analysis, design, test or communication).

• Ability to apply and test creative ideas.

• Creative thinking capacities.

• Critical thinking and analysis.

• Ability to seek out, evaluate and retrieve information from multiple sources.

• Ability to comprehend complex concepts and express them lucidly in graphic and oral forms

Progressive assessment of project work and written work to the equivalent of not more than 5000 words. Fieldwork and practicals will form part of the assessment.