Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Linda Kelly
Contact via email
Donna Houston
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to BPlan and 39cp including ENVG370 or GEOP370
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides an opportunity for final year planning students to consolidate, integrate and synthesise prior knowledge and learning across the multiple subjects of the program. The assessment focus of the unit culminates in the development of a site master plan for a local council. The workshop format of the unit combines group and individual work and provides an opportunity to advance specific skills necessary for strategic and site master planning and how this relates to urban planning at a local to regional scale. Attendance at six full-day workshops on campus is compulsory and active participation is required. There is no final examination.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assessment tasks are designed to ensure you are getting something out of the unit. You have a lot to gain from completing each task well – both as a student and a soon-to-be professional planner. Please let the unit convenor know if you need clarification about the expectations for each task. Some general information:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Planning in the media | 20% | Week 4 |
Planning for Health | 30% | Week 8 |
Site planning and design | 40% | Week 13 |
Attendance and participation | 10% | ongoing |
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 20%
You are to keep a journal/portfolio of media relating to planning and design throughout the first few weeks of the unit. Your attention should focus on planning and urban design issues and material should come from a variety of sources. How you present the material is up to you, it could be paper based such as a scrap book, or electronic such as a powerpoint presentation. You need to organise your material according to categories and a key marking criteria will include your choice of categories.
Your journal/portfolio will include:
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 30%
You are to undertake an evaluation of the Bay Walk, a recreational path that goes around Iron Cove between Drummoyne and Lilyfield. You should do the 7 kilometre walk at least twice – once clockwise and once anticlockwise. This task entails some observational research with you as a participant. In evaluating the Walk you need to:
Your paper should be presented with evidential material supporting your evaluation, such as photos, maps or sketches from your walk, observational material such as sounds, sights, amenity during the walk. You could chose to do the walk as a pedestrian, cyclist, runner, pushing a stroller, walking alone or in a group. All these variables will create a different result.
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%
Planning for redevelopment – this task centres around the potential redevelopment of a site. You need to develop a site specific plan to guide redevelopment. Parts to this task include:
Due: ongoing
Weighting: 10%
Attendance is compulsory and non-attendance at workshops will require documentation in the form of a doctor's note, etc. Please refer to Macquarie University's 'Disruption to Studies' policy for appropriate forms of documentation. The unit is being taught involving you in active learning which will require you to participate in activities each session. The activities are designed to provide you with essential skills for working as a planner. In order to achieve maximum marks for this assessment it will not be sufficient to simply turn up, you will need to demonstrate engagement and participation. Attendance will be recorded at each workshop. Therefore failure to attend the workshops may impact upon other assessments and could lead to a fail result for the unit. A mark of 10% has been assigned to participation and attendance and this will be recorded on the basis of attendance and active participation in class discussions.
GEOP463: Planning and Design Project is the capstone for the Bachelor of Planning and is valued at 3 credit points. The goal of this unit is to provide an opportunity in the final year to consolidate, integrate and synthesise prior knowledge and learning across the multiple subjects of the program.
The workshop format of the unit combines group and individual work and provides an opportunity to advance specific skills necessary for a planner in the workplace. The assessment tasks are individual, however, the workshop activities will include working on your own, in pairs and in groups. This will reinforce skills of working independently as well as working co-operatively and collaboratively.
GEOP463 is taught in block mode using seven three - four hour workshops over the course of the semester. Each session will include the following components:
Recommended readings:
Gehl, J (2011) Life Between Buildings, Using Public Space, Island Press, Washington DC
Leichhardt Council (2013) Development Control Plan 2013 (accessed 22 August 2015) http://www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au/Planning---Development/Planning-Controls--DCPs--LEPs--s149--VPAs-etc-/DCPs/DCPs
Low, S (1996) “Spatialising Cultutre: the Social Production and Social Construction of Public Space in Costa Rica” America Ethnologist 23 (4): 861-879
Madanipour, A (ed) (2010) Whose Public Space? International case studies in urban design and development, Routledge, Oxon
NSW Heritage Office and Royal Australian Institute of Architects (2005) Design in Context: Guidelines for Infill Development in the Historic Environment http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/heritagebranch/heritage/DesignInContext.pdf Accessed 22 August 2015
Urban Design Advisory Service (1998) Neighbourhood Character: An urban design approach for identifying neighbourhood character, Sydney, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (in MQ Library)
Whyte, W (1980) The social life of small urban spaces,The Conservation Foundation, Washington DC
You will need to read widely to prepare for your assessment tasks. Additional resources will be posted on iLearn as appropriate. You are expected to undertake your own research to identify appropriate materials and readings to inform your submissions.
As attendance at workshops is compulsory and there are only seven scheduled for the semester, the lectures will not be recorded. Any slides presented during the workshop will be posted in iLearn.
9am - 1pm Thursdays in Room C5A 307
Week #, date and time |
Workshop Topic |
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Student Presentation |
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Week 1 4 August 9am - 11am |
Introduction to unit and assessment tasks |
Community Profile of a local area |
Introductions |
Week 4 25 August 9am – 1pm
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Planning for the public domain
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Fieldwork: Pedestrian mobility exercise |
Individual presentation of research data: Your local community profile |
Week 5 1 September 9am - 1pm |
Planning for development
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Fieldwork: identifying neighbourhood character |
Pairs presentation of field research: pedestrian mobility |
Week 7 15 September 9am - 1pm |
Assessing Design
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Shadow diagrams |
Group presentation of fieldwork: neighbourhood character |
Mid semester break 19 - 30 September |
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Week 8 6 October 9am - 1pm |
Planning for centres and precincts |
DA assessment |
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Week 10 20 October 9am - 1pm |
Communicating the planning message & customer service
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Writing for different audiences Codes SEPP |
Assessment 3 progress |
Week 12 3 November 9am - 10.30am |
Putting it all together - life after uni
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Reflection on unit |
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Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
New Assessment Policy in effect from Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html. For more information visit http://students.mq.edu.au/events/2016/07/19/new_assessment_policy_in_place_from_session_2/
Assessment Policy prior to Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy prior to Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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