The University of Sydney - Architecture, Design and Planning

Unit:	DAAE2002: Architecture, Place and Society (6 CP)
Mode:	Normal-Day
On Offer:	Yes
Level:	Senior
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Unit Coordinator/s:	Dr Weir, Simon
Session options:	Semester 1
Versions for this Unit:	2015 - Semester 1 2014 - Semester 1 2013 - Semester 1 2012 - Semester 1 2010 - Semester 1 2009 - Semester 1 Go

Campus:	Camperdown/Darlington
Pre-Requisites:	None.
Prohibitions:	DESA2211.
Brief Handbook Description:	This unit aims to investigate the relationship between architecture, place and society and to explore the meaning of cultural and social sustainability in architectural design. The unit assumes that designers will increasingly work in places where cultures are unfamiliar at home or in a global context, and that an ability to understand, and interpret, diverse cultures, and the way design occurs in diverse locations, is an important area of knowledge for designers. A key aspect of social sustainability is the practice of social responsibility, and the unit explores how this may occur, including involving people in the design process. On completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate: an ability to better understand the connections between architecture place and society, and the social, cultural, political and economic factors affecting sustainable environments; skills and knowledge in participatory processes necessary for effective communication about environmental design issues; increased critical awareness about social responsibility in relation to the practice of architecture and the design of the built environment, and an ability to exercise this awareness. This unit will provide architecture students with knowledge of the relationship between culture and architecture, as well as practical knowledge of the social aspects of design practice. It is intended that students from other disciplines will develop a critical awareness of the built environment as a form of cultural production, and the possibilities for their participation in its production.
Assumed Knowledge:	None.

Timetable:	DAAE2002 Timetable
Time Commitment:	# Activity Name Hours per Week Sessions per Week Weeks per Semester 1 Lecture 2.00 13 2 Tutorial 1.00 13 3 Class Presentation of Research and Documentation 6.00 2
T&L Activities:	Lectures: Lecture and tutorial contact, plus self-directed preparation and assignments, for a minimum total student commitment averaging 9 hours per week. Practical Work:

Attributes listed here represent the key course goals (see Course Map tab) designated for this unit. The list below describes how these attributes are developed through practice in the unit. See Learning Outcomes and Assessment tabs for details of how these attributes are assessed.

Attribute Development Method	Attribute Developed
Students will research the relationship between architecture and society through reading,writing and field research.	Information, literacy, learning and research skills
Social engagement with different cultures in design practice and theory.	Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement
Explore and make critical judgements about design and social sustainability.	Professionalism: Social and environmental ethics (Level 2)

For explanation of attributes and levels see Architecture Contextualized Graduate Attributes. .

Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. They are listed according to the course goal supported by each. See Assessment Tab for details how each outcome is assessed.

Information, literacy, learning and research skills
Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement
Professionalism: Social and environmental ethics (Level 2)

Assessment Methods:	# Name Group Weight Due Week Outcomes 1 Class participation and presentation Yes 15.00 Multiple Weeks 1, 4, 5, 2 Research proposal No 15.00 Week 7 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3 Essay No 25.00 Week 13 1, 5, 4 Research project Yes 45.00 Post-Semester 3, 4, 5,
Assessment Description:	Graphic and Written Pressentation on Research (40%); Final Research Essay (60%)
Grading:	Grade Type Description Standards Based Assessment Final grades in this unit are awarded at levels of HD for High Distinction, DI (previously D) for Distinction, CR for Credit, PS (previously P) for Pass and FA (previously F) for Fail as defined by University of Sydney Assessment Policy. Details of the Assessment Policy are available on the Policies website at http://sydney.edu.au/policies . Standards for grades in individual assessment tasks and the summative method for obtaining a final mark in the unit will be set out in a marking guide supplied by the unit coordinator.
Policies & Procedures:	www.arch.usyd.edu.au/CS/forms.shtml

Recommended Reference/s:

Note: References are provided for guidance purposes only. Students are advised to consult these books in the university library. Purchase is not required. Architecture Place and Society Readings 2010 Title: Architecture Place and Society Readings 2010 Author/s: Collected reading Note: Coursepack will be available in week 2. Required reading

Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Week	Description
Week 1	Lecture: Overview of course
Week 2	Lecture: Networks, Processes and Boundaries
Week 3	Lecture/Tutorial: Cultural Topologies
Week 4	Lecture/Tutorial: The Lure of the Placeless
Week 5	Other: No Class
Week 6	Lecture/Tutorial: Guest Lecture TBA
Week 7	Lecture/Tutorial: Guest Lecture TBA
	Assessment Due: Research proposal
Week 8	Lecture/Tutorial: Translocalities and Ethnoscapes
Week 9	Lecture/Tutorial: The Subjects of Time
Week 10	Lecture/Tutorial: Publics and Poetics
Week 11	Lecture/Tutorial: Migrations
Week 12	Other: Independent Research and Assignment Preparation
Week 13	Assessment Due: Final Class Presentations
	Other:
	Assessment Due: Essay
Post-Semester	Assessment Due: All day presentations
	Assessment Due: Research project

Course Relations

The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.

Course	Year(s) Offered
Bachelor of Project Management (Built Environment)	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2017
Bachelor of Project Management (Built Environment) Mid-Year	2016, 2018, 2017
Bachelor of Design in Architecture	2012, 2013, 2015, 2010, 2011
Bachelor of Project Management (Civil Engineering Science)	2018, 2016, 2017
Bachelor of Project Management (Software)	2018, 2016, 2017
Bachelor of Project Management (Civil Engineering Science) Mid-Year	2016, 2017, 2018
Bachelor of Project Management (Software) Mid-Year	2016, 2017, 2018

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Course Goals

This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:

Attribute	Practiced	Assessed
Information, literacy, learning and research skills	Yes	47.75%
Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement	Yes	19.5%
Professionalism: Social and environmental ethics (Level 2)	Yes	32.75%
Professionalism: Collaboration and practice	No	0%

These goals are selected from Architecture Contextualized Graduate Attributes. which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Architecture Contextualized Graduate Attributes. for details of the attributes and levels to be developed in the course as a whole. Percentage figures alongside each course goal provide a rough indication of their relative weighting in assessment for this unit. Note that not all goals are necessarily part of assessment. Some may be more about practice activity. See Learning outcomes for details of what is assessed in relation to each goal and Assessment for details of how the outcome is assessed. See Attributes for details of practice provided for each goal.