Graduation Studio (Landscape) (9982.2)

Students will undertake a major design research project in this studio that explores current issues and challenges that are faced in urban and suburban Australia. The project requirements include the establishment of defendable design solutions to suit environmental, social, political, and other issues. Assessment of design solutions are assisted by a professional jury.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate strong research skills;

2. Employ appropriate and creative methods to analyse, interpret, and represent space and place;
3. Demonstrate an understanding of design and planning issues and opportunities in Australian cities;
4. Generate innovative and practical designs at the conceptual level, and develop those designs to a professional level; and
5. Demonstrate professional oral, written and visual communication skills.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

8273 Landscape Systems OR 9978 Design Studio 5

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

8962 Landscape Research Studio 2

Equivalent units

8962 Landscape Research Studio 2

Assumed knowledge

None.