Urban Design Studio

• • City of Experience
  • The Urban Text
  • City of Figures
  • City of Forms
  • The Delirious City
  • The Speculative City
  • Panoramic City
  • Void and Order
  • Housing Complex and Typology
  • Communication
  • Research in Practice: An exercise in generative urban massing
  • Reviews/Examples

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-MAA-MAS-2023

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Audio video equipment required.
• Software requirements - Access to the Internet.
• Other requirements - Admission to degree may be required.

Students will engage with research to understand theories and methods of urban design to stimulate thinking about urban possibilities in the context of the climate crisis and a decarbonising agenda. Students will be asked to consider urban histories and strategies that incorporate multiple cultural perspectives, knowledges, practices and cultural context. They will also be involved in the exploration, development and demonstration of design skills for urban projects, incorporating: the analysis of urban contexts, understanding the role that urban design projects play in shaping the public domain and the practice of making speculative urban propositions. Work Integrated Learning will be incorporated throughout the subject by using a mode of teaching where design activity takes place in workshop situations / on sites / simulation of the real world project / interaction with community and industry. 

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

• Conceptual Urban Design Presentation (50%)
• Urban and Architectural Design Presentation (50%)

For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).