Urban Design Studio
PostgraduateCUR-MAA5202025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Urban Design Studio
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- using appropriate research methods, identify, analyse and compare data on controlling planning, development and design principles of urban contexts and projects from local and international sources to create sustainable urban propositions
- application of creative imagination, and evaluation and synthesise design options, employing three-dimensional and other modelling processes, values of physical, environmental, ecological and cultural contexts to develop an urban design project in response to regulatory requirements and international standards
- evaluate, synthesise and communicate the values embedded within the broader and regional context and respond through an architectural schematic design project considering scale, place users and the regulatory framework.
- 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
Students will engage with research to understand urban design theories and methods to stimulate thinking about urban possibilities in the context of the climate crisis and a decarbonising agenda focused on sustainable cities and communities. Students will be asked to consider urban histories and strategies incorporating multiple cultural perspectives, knowledge, practices, ecology and context to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. 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 unit 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.
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- Conceptual Urban Design Presentation (50%)
- Urban and Architectural Design Presentation (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-MAA-MAS-2025 - Master of Architecture
Elective
- CUR-FAST-MAS-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study (Postgraduate)
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio video equipment required.
- Software requirements - Access to the Internet.
- Other requirements - Admission to degree may be required.
Study load
- 0.25 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 20 to 24 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-MAA-MAS
Fast track your Curtin on campus study (Postgraduate)
PostgraduateCUR-FAST-MAS