University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

15111 Planning Project Analysis

6cp
Postgraduate

The planning project is centred on a site which is sufficiently large and complex to raise questions of ownership, infrastructure, urban transport, environmental impact, social impact, heritage, regional implications, land use, built form, plan preparation, and development control. The four subjects which make up the project are intended to give students an experiential education in the process of planning, enabling concepts and information from knowledge areas to be integrated at each stage. Students work in groups of between four and eight, emulating planning practice where knowledge and ideas are put into practice, where experience is gained in the techniques and methods of planning, and where the skills of spatial analysis, problem-solving, design, organisation and communication are enhanced.

This first planning project subject requires the analysis of the chosen site, through the documentation of its physical characteristics and its social and environmental context. Students are required to perceive, identify, record, analyse and manipulate patterns and relationships. In addition, they provide a preliminary definition of planning problems, design a project brief and prepare consultancy contracts.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,370.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

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