Urban Design: Urban Futures (UDAD7006)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2020
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Architecture School
Units
4
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
External
Class hours
1L6U
Incompatible
ARCH7006
Restricted
MArch and MUrbDevDes students only. Study Abroad students must seek Head of School permission to enrol.
Assessment methods
Research; Schematic Project; Detailed Resolution and Presentation
Course enquiries
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
Students in this course speculate on future scenarios for urban habitation and develop responses to global challenges such as climate change, population increase, automation, waste, conflict, regime change and diminishing resources. The impetus for positing alternatives to the present is explored through critical review of prospective architecture and urban design. This research grounds the formulation of future scenarios and alternative visions for future settlements. The course emphasizes the agency of architecture and urban design in effecting change and the role of visualisation and persuasive argumentation in developing urban design propositions.
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) | Brisbane City | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) | External | External | Course Profile |