The University of Sydney - Architecture, Design and Planning

Unit:	DESP1001: Introductory Urban Design and Planning (6 CP)
Mode:	Normal-Day
On Offer:	Yes
Level:	Junior
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Unit Coordinator/s:
Session options:	Semester 2
Versions for this Unit:	2015 - Semester 2 2014 - Semester 2 2013 - Semester 2 2012 - Semester 2 2011 - Semester 2 2010 - Semester 2 2009 - Semester 2 Go
Site(s) for this Unit:	http://learn-on-line.ce.usyd.edu.au

Campus:	Camperdown/Darlington
Pre-Requisites:	None.
Prohibitions:	DESP1201.
Brief Handbook Description:	Students will develop knowledge of key planning ideas, and be able appreciate the context relevant to designing the built environment. They will be able to prepare strategic analyses of basic planning situations, and to prepare design proposals with supporting arguments. On successful completion of this unit, each student will be able to demonstrate their ability: to prepare short documents, using photos, maps, drawings and other illustrations, with annotated comments and supporting text, to present site analyses; to use basic ideas (such as: vistas, viewing and over-viewing, connectivity, legibility, enclosure, uses, activities, environs, links, built form, interest, amenity networks, nodes) in reviewing design situations and preparing simple site analyses; to apply a critical and reflective approach in understanding design situations, and in preparing informative reports. This is an elective unit, which introduces the Urban Design and Planning stream in the Bachelor of Design in Architecture. Elective in other programs. It is relevant to all architectural design students; it teaches students how to prepare planning studies and basic site plans as preparatory phases of designing buildings and places.
Assumed Knowledge:	None.

Lecturer/s:	Mr Payne, Martin
Timetable:	DESP1001 Timetable
Time Commitment:	# Activity Name Hours per Week Sessions per Week Weeks per Semester 1 Lecture 2.00 1 13 2 Site Visit 2.00 1 2
T&L Activities:	Lectures: Lecture 2 hrs/wk; tutorial 6 hrs/semester 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
Basic research into urban contexts and analyzing urban form.	Information, literacy, learning and research skills (Level 1)
Preparing Report	Documentation, techniques of representation and communication (Level 1)
Analyses may take the form of basic design proposals for urban contexts.	Problem-solving, design, and/or planning (Level 1)
Preliminary concepts of urban design theory and investigation methods.	Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement (Level 1)

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 (Level 1)
Documentation, techniques of representation and communication (Level 1)
Problem-solving, design, and/or planning (Level 1)
Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement (Level 1)

Assessment Methods:	# Name Group Weight Due Week Outcomes 1 Portfolio No 100.00 Exam Period 1, 2, 3, 4,
Assessment Description:	Assessment is based on a workbook, which will present background studies, a strategic analysis and a reasoned proposal in response to a planning and design problem, besides a review of literature. Literature review (40%); background studies (20%); strategic analysis (20%); proposal (20%).
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

Online Course Content:

http://learn-on-line.ce.usyd.edu.au

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: Introduction: overview, pedagogy, workbooks, assessement etc. Site visit.
Week 2	Lecture: Strategic analysis. planning and design. Structure of governance: strategic planning, development control and the built environment. Discussion of site visit.
Week 3	Lecture: Reviewing: literature, planning instruments, design proposals etc.
Week 4	Lecture: Evolution of concepts about the environment. ,Emergence of environmental issues and planning responses.
Week 5	Lecture: Conceptual frameworks about substantive issues, processes, discourses etc and their roles in inquiry.
Week 6	Lecture/Tutorial: Presentations followed by tutorials- literature reviews
Week 7	Lecture/Tutorial: Presentations followed by tutorials - prelimany proposals
Week 8	Lecture/Tutorial: Workshop: revising proposals and preparing documentaion
Week 9	Lecture: Complex problems, reflective inquiry and argumentation
Week 10	Other: Site visit
Week 11	Lecture: Discussion of site visit. Lessons learnt etc
Week 12	Lecture/Tutorial: Preparing final designs; completing workbooks
Week 13	Lecture: Closure
Exam Period	Assessment Due: Portfolio

Course Relations

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

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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 (Level 1)	Yes	20%
Documentation, techniques of representation and communication (Level 1)	Yes	10%
Problem-solving, design, and/or planning (Level 1)	Yes	35%
Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement (Level 1)	Yes	35%

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.