Undergraduate - UnitARC3401 - Architecture and the City

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational Unit	Department of Architecture
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day) Prato Second semester 2015 (Day) Prato Trimester 3 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Ari Seligmann

Synopsis

This unit introduces the history and theory of contemporary urbanism. The subject will also develop methods for the written, spoken and visual analysis of urban settings and their associated architecture including site visits, analytical case studies and other forms of analysis. In addition to the theoretical and historical contexts of the urban settings and associated architecture the subject will investigate their contribution to architectural design knowledge.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will have developed:

Knowledge of the history and theory of contemporary urbanism.
Knowledge of the socio economic, political and cultural contexts of selected contemporary cities.
The ability to demonstrate the techniques applicable to the visual analysis of urban settings and their associated architecture.
An understanding of the selected urban settings and their associated architecture's contribution to architectural design in an urban context.
Understand and be able to apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.