Area: | Department of Urban and Regional Planning |
Credits: | 50.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
Seminar: | 3 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Investigation of a current urban design issue on a individual or team basis. Appropriate methods and techniques are identified and employed for making urban design proposals to address the issue and to implement these proposals. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion the student will have the skills of analysis and research for urban contexts. Understand the factors that influence the formation and development of successful urban places. Have practical research skills specifically required for the formation of public spaces. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Duany, A. and Plater-Zyberk, E. (1991). Towns and Town Making Principles. Rizzoli. Gehl, J. (1987). Life Between Buildings. Van Nostrand Reinhold. Giradet, H. (1992). The Gaia Atlas of Cities. Gaia Books. Hughes, J. and Sandler, S. (2000). Non-Plan. Architectural Press. Jacobs, J. (1985). Cities and the Wealth of Nations - Principles of Economic Life. Random House. Jacobs, J. (1992). The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Vintages Books. Katz, P. (1994). The New Urbanism - Toward an Architecture of Community. McGraw Hill. Lynch, K. (1960). The Image of The City. MIT. Van Der Ryn, S. and Calthorpe, P (1991). Sustainable Communities - A New Design Syntheses for Cities, Suburbs and Towns. Sierra Club Books. |
Unit Texts: | Bentley, I. Alcock, A. Murrain, P. McGlynn, S. Smith, G. (1985). Responsive Environments - A Manual for Designers. Butterworth Heinemann Ltd, Oxford, England. Calthorpe, Peter. (1993). The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American Dream. Princeton Architectural Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Continuous Assessment 50%. Examination 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 40100 Architecture and Urban Environment (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Categorised | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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