Overview
This unit provides a broad and coherent study of urban design with some depth in specialist areas. These studies will develop your creative skills and critical judgement of urban design issues that are essential in professional practice, thus necessary content in the Bachelor of Building Design course. Topics review and deepen your existing knowledge of sustainable communities, environmental issues and the movement of pedestrians and traffic in urban renewal. Specialist focus on heritage, diverse cultures, urban poverty, human behaviour and emergency management in urban locations will be introduced. These studies and assessment tasks will develop skills in the exercise of critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems. You will undertake group work to collaboratively and responsibly evaluate strategies in urban design.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: BLAR11045 and BLAR12036
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 3 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from "Have Your Say" Feedback
A very informative subject with practical experience using teamwork.
Learning how to work in a team will continue to be part of this unit.
Feedback from "Have Your Say" Feedback
Helpful feedback was provided on assessment work at draft and final submission stages, particularly in the live presentations.
Feedback will continue to be provided both at draft and final submission stages of the design.
- Analyse heritage and environmental issues in urban renewal
- Propose creative strategies to accommodate the diversity of human behaviour in the design of public urban spaces
- Compare and modify movement of pedestrians and traffic within urban design
- Adapt knowledge and skills to include diverse cultural needs and sustainable communities in urban design
- Participate effectively in collaborative team activities.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
The City Reader
6th edition (2016)
Authors: Le Gates, R. T., and Stout, F., Eds
Routledge
New York New York , USA
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Information for both the CQUni Bookshop and for students: The textbook for this unit was (and may still be) available in both paperback and e-book formats (although the availability of e-books does vary over time, ie; they are sometimes removed from the free lists)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.flowers@cqu.edu.au
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The evolution of cities - history and theory
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Urban design visions and reality - history and theory
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Perspectives on urban design in detailing - theory and practice, including; heritage, environment, behaviour and circulation
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Urban design and drawing - theory and practice, focussing on spatial relationships
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Urban design for Human Behaviour
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Community and culture issues in urban design
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Patterns of pedestrian and transport movement in urban design - theory and practice, focussing on design and drawings
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Review of urban design practice and application of regulations
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Residential and recreation issues in urban development - theory and practice
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Commercial and industrial issues in urban development - theory and practice, open debate
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Planning Regulations, Valuation and Marketing Considerations in Urban Development
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Exam Review
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EXAM
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1 Written Assessment
This assessment task comprises a report with plans. You will analyse a given city and one of the city’s suburbs in order to gain an understanding of the context of a development site from an urban perspective.
Full and detailed briefing for this assignment will be available in the Assessment Block in Moodle.
Week 3 Wednesday (21 Nov 2018) 11:55 pm AEST
Week 5 Thursday (13 Dec 2018)
The assessment criteria used are:
- Comprehensive analysis of heritage and environmental issues in urban renewal
- Propose creative strategies to accommodate the diversity of human behaviour in the design of public urban spaces
- Compare and modify movement of pedestrians and traffic within urban design in a way that is sensitive to the surrounding environment as well as the needs of the user
Marks will be allocated as specified in the assignment brief in the Assessment Block in Moodle.
- Analyse heritage and environmental issues in urban renewal
- Propose creative strategies to accommodate the diversity of human behaviour in the design of public urban spaces
- Compare and modify movement of pedestrians and traffic within urban design
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
This assessment task comprises a report with plans and has a team work component. You will choose a team and will design a development located in the suburb that was researched in the first assignment. A self and peer assessment survey will be conducted during the course of the assessment in which you will have the opportunity to review your own and the team's performance.
Full and detailed briefing for this assignment will be available in the Assessment Block in Moodle.
Week 11 Tuesday (29 Jan 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Submission of plans and report via Moodle on due date (29.01.2018) and team presentation via Zoom in Week 11 live session
Exam Week Wednesday (13 Feb 2019)
The assessment criteria used are:
- Comprehensive analysis of heritage and environmental issues in urban renewal
- Propose creative strategies to accommodate the diversity of human behaviour in the design of public urban spaces
- Compare and modify movement of pedestrians and traffic within urban design in a way that is sensitive to the surrounding environment as well as the needs of the user
- Convincingly adapt knowledge and skills to include diverse cultural needs and sustainable communities in urban design
- Participate effectively in collaborative team activities.
Marks will be allocated as specified in the assignment brief in the Assessment Block in Moodle.
- Analyse heritage and environmental issues in urban renewal
- Propose creative strategies to accommodate the diversity of human behaviour in the design of public urban spaces
- Compare and modify movement of pedestrians and traffic within urban design
- Adapt knowledge and skills to include diverse cultural needs and sustainable communities in urban design
- Participate effectively in collaborative team activities.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
