GEPL302 Architecture and Urban Design

Updated: 31 October 2011

Unit Information
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Credit Points

Offering

Responsible Campus	Teaching Period	Mode of Study
Armidale	Trimester 2	Off Campus
Armidale	Trimester 2	On Campus

Intensive School(s)

None

Supervised Exam

There is no UNE Supervised Examination.

Pre-requisites

12cp or candidature in a postgraduate award

Co-requisites

None

Restrictions

GEPL202 or GEPL402 or GEPL502

Notes

None

Combined Units

GEPL502 - Architecture and Urban Design

Coordinator(s)

Stephen Wood (stephen.wood@une.edu.au)

Unit Description

This unit is designed to open your eyes to the worlds of architecture and urban design, and to enhance your enjoyment and understanding of your surroundings. It provides an introduction to key ideas, theories and methods that are used to read and interpret built-form. With respect to the architecture, the unit considers architectural history, different architectural styles, architectural aesthetics and appraisal, along with contemporary debates in architecture and the work of prominent international architects. With respect to urban design, the unit examines how places are physically or formally structured, the importance of the public realm, perceptions of place, uses of space in everyday life, and ways in which power, conflict and difference play out through built-form. No previous knowledge of architecture or urban design is assumed.

Materials

Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.

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Assessment

Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

recognise and name common architectural styles;
recognise the name, and some of the work, of a number of well known architects;
observe town centre streets and public places with a heightened awareness of design issues;
discuss architectural issues with some understanding of the professional world in which architects operate.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Students are taught content relating to the disciplines of architecture and urban design, including ways in which they relate to the discipline of urban and regional planning. This is assessed through all assessment tasks.
2	Communication Skills Written and graphical communication skills are assessed through the various assignments. Lectures and required readings provide instruction concerning different ways of conveying ideas about built-form. This is assessed through all assessment tasks.
3	Global Perspectives Globalisation and global trends are important forces that shape urban design and architecture. Throughout the unit students will develop an understanding of urban design and architecture as international disciplines, in which debates and discussion involving practitioners and theorists from a range of nations have shaped their objects of study and worldview. This is an assessed component of the unit.
4	Information Literacy Students will develop an awareness and appreciation of: core theories and concepts in architecture and urban design; major contributors to the disciplines; and their key texts. In addition, students will develop skills in: critical interpretation of built-form; different methods used to analyse built-form; and critical engagement with key texts and ideas. This is assessed through all the assessment tasks.
5	Life-Long Learning Students will develop a critical appreciation of the theories and methods that architects and urban designers use to shape and understand the built environment. This knowledge can be drawn upon by students in their professional and/or academic careers.
6	Problem Solving Students will develop a critical understanding of the theoretical and methodological practices employed by architects and urban designers, and the ways they shed light on core problems confronting built environment professions. This is an assessed component of the unit.
7	Social Responsibility Most of the topics covered in this unit develop understanding amongst students of the social consequences of built-form. Assessment tasks (including Field Observation Tasks) and tutorial discussions encourage students to engage with debates concerning the ways in which built-form interacts with broader social processes. This is an assessed component of the unit.
8	Team Work Lectures and required readings introduce students to some of the many other disciplines, beyond urban and regional planning, that play a key role in shaping built environments, thus facilitating appreciation of the value of multi-disciplinary endeavours. Tutorial discussions are developed to encourage students to draw on one another's insights and develop responses to some of the key concerns in architecture and urban design.

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