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DESP2002: Planning for the Built Environment (2015 - Semester 2)
| Unit: | DESP2002: Planning for the Built Environment (6 CP) |
| Mode: | Normal-Day |
| On Offer: | Yes |
| Level: | Senior |
| Faculty/School: | Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning |
| Unit Coordinator/s: |
Mr Payne, Martin
Mr Payne, Martin Mr Payne, Martin Mr Payne, Martin |
| Session options: | Semester 2 |
| Versions for this Unit: | |
| Site(s) for this Unit: |
http://learn-on-line.ce.usyd.edu.au |
| Campus: | Camperdown/Darlington |
| Pre-Requisites: | None. |
| Prohibitions: | DESP2204,DESP2202 |
| Brief Handbook Description: | Students will be able to: undertake background studies to inform designing for various elements of the public domain (streets and roads, open space and public places, car parking, pedestrian networks and centres); formulate and respond to complex planning problems; prepare and present simple proposals; use basic terms, concepts and methods in practical urban design and planning situations. On satisfactory completion of this unit each student will demonstrate capability: to prepare short documents, using photos, maps, drawings and other illustrations, with annotated comments and supporting text, to present planning studies and proposals; 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 site analyses and proposals; to apply a critical and reflective approach in understanding planning and design situations, and in preparing informative documents which move from planning studies to proposals with supporting arguments; to be able to prepare proposals for built form outcomes and related planning instruments, with supporting studies and arguments. |
| Assumed Knowledge: | None. |
| Timetable: | DESP2002 Timetable | |||||||||||||||
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| T&L Activities: | Lectures: Lectures 2 hrs/wk 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 |
| Develop research skills and information literacy by investigating issues and sourcing relevant data and writing reports based on urban planning and design related content | Information, literacy, learning and research skills (Level 2) |
| Prepare and present ideas for open discussions and formal critiques using appropriate modes of representation including drawings, models, maps, photographs, powerpoints | Documentation, techniques of representation and communication (Level 2) |
| Develop a considered design proposal that responds to the built environment | Problem-solving, design, and/or planning (Level 2) |
| Engage with a basic understanding of urban design principles and practices | Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement (Level 1) |
| Define and develop personal values systems and ethical positions | Professionalism: Social and environmental ethics (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 2)| Assessment Methods: |
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| Assessment Description: | Assessment and presentation (20%); final presentation (20%); workbook (60%) | ||||||||||||
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| 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: project, workbooks, assessment etc. Getting started with preparing planning studies and strategic analysis. |
| Week 2 | Other: Site visit |
| Week 3 | Lecture: Discussion of site visit. Preparing background studies etc. |
| Week 4 | Lecture: Policies, strategic planning, masterplans, statutory plans, design guidelines and development control. Role of masterplans. |
| Week 5 | Lecture: Preparing design proposal and related documentation, for preparation and presentation. |
| Week 6 | Lecture/Tutorial: Presentations of design proposals and tutorials. |
| Week 7 | Lecture/Tutorial: Presentations of literature reviews, followed by tutorials. |
| Week 8 | Lecture: Argumentation in Desing and Planning |
| Week 9 | Lecture: Methodology with formulating complex problems and coherent proposals. |
| Week 10 | Lecture/Tutorial: Revising and finalising proposals. Completing drawings with supporting text etc. |
| Assessment Due: Project | |
| Week 11 | Lecture/Tutorial: Recap and presentations |
| Week 12 | Presentations (continued) |
| Week 13 | Lecture: Closure |
Course Relations
The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.
| Course | Year(s) Offered |
Course Goals
This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:
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.
