| Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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| Code: | ARCH71-134 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Society and Design |
| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
In Urban Futures + Parametric Cities, students will investigate design speculations for master planning strategies for urban built form utilising digital platforms with a focus on social, cultural and environmental outcomes. A comparative analysis with an emphasis on density, form, scale, public space, access, climate, history, typology and geographical determinants of a particular global city will be undertaken to inform creative speculations. Lectures and presentations will expose students to a range of cities, comparing and contrasting their design characteristics. Algorithmic tools will be used to examine and evaluate different variables to understand their implications for city design.
Students will work individually and in teams through workshops and exercises to develop content awareness and application.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Analyse urban form and morphology, including the components, scale, and interactions that produce differences between urban conditions across diverse global contexts.
- Apply and evaluate urban design theory and research methods to complex urban design problems.
- Critically evaluate the social, cultural, historical, environmental, economic, and political contexts shaping cities under global urbanisation, and their implications for design.
- Apply parametric design methods to address complex urban design, and planning problems in people-focused cities.
- Present urban design proposals orally using graphic representations demonstrating learned digital and analog skills.
- Collaborate with peers to produce shared urban design deliverables under professional constraints.
Enrolment requirements
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Nil |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge. Assumed Prior Learning (or equivalent):
Assumes experience and familiarity in using Rhino software or equivalent |
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This subject is not available to
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Subject outlines
- May 2025 [Standard - Urban Futures and Parametric Cities]
- May 2024 [Standard - Urban Futures and Parametric Cities]
- May 2023 [Standard - Urban Futures and Parametric Cities]
- May 2022 [Standard - Urban Futures and Parametric Cities]
- May 2021 [Standard - Urban Futures and Parametric Cities]
- May 2020 [Standard - Urban Futures and Parametric Cities]