UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

UDI5501 Urban design studio 1A: Design actions

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

UDI5501 Urban design studio 1A: Design actions is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2025
Other periods
Indonesia
Assessment
No exam
1 task

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before UDI5501

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After UDI5501

No unit lists UDI5501 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

You must be enrolled in the Master of Urban Design (Indonesia) (F6006).

Overview

This unit introduces you to the essential tools and methods for addressing complex urban challenges through design. Focusing on 'Design Actions' - practical, creative tools that combine the sensitivity of place-based design with the analytical precision of systems thinking - you will learn to generate innovative approaches to multifaceted issues.

This studio centres on future urban life at the neighbourhood scale, examining how design actions shape spaces, places, forms, and the infrastructure that supports social life. You will focus on the unique needs of neighbourhoods while considering their interconnectedness with towns, cities, and regions.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
Monash Indonesia term 2IndonesiaOn campus

Assessment

  • Portfolio
    100%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Demonstrate the ability to use practical and creative design tools to address complex urban challenges at the neighbourhood scale;

  2. 2

    Critically assess how spaces, forms, and infrastructure interact to support social life in localised settings, while understanding their broader impacts on towns, cities, and regions;

  3. 3

    Generate and articulate innovative, credible solutions for complex, interconnected urban issues that resist simple definitions and require multifaceted approaches;

  4. 4

    Appreciate systems-thinking approaches to link localised neighbourhood design interventions to larger urban and regional scales;

  5. 5

    Effectively communicate design ideas and proposals through visual presentations, models, and reports, using clear and persuasive design language;

  6. 6

    Work collaboratively in a studio setting, incorporating feedback to refine and iterate design experiments toward a final proposal.

Workload and teaching

  • Studio activities36 hours
  • Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
  • Teaching approachField trips
  • Teaching approachResearch activities
  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachIndustry-based learning

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours. The remaining 9 hours are to be used for self and group learning activities.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Alyas Widita
Chief Examiners
Professor Diego Ramirez

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for UDI5501?

UDI5501 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is UDI5501 offered?

UDI5501 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.

Does UDI5501 have an exam?

No. UDI5501 has 1 assessment task and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Architecture
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2024202520262027