Urban and Regional Design - BENV7727

Faculty: Built Environment

School: Planning and Urban Development

Course Outline: Built Environment

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Excluded: BENV2937

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

A critical examination of urban and regional design in practice with particular reference to Sydney. The emphases will be on evaluating practical designs and spaces with some project work. The course reviews principles of urban design and teaching is through “inquiry by design” whereby lectures, case studies and site visits invite engagement through design projects of varying scales and contexts. Particular skills reviewed are site analysis, spatial understanding, design responses, and control mechanisms.