UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

UDI5508 Urban design thesis

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

UDI5508 Urban design thesis is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. It isn't offered in 2025. It needs UDI5507 and UDI5605.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2025
Not offered
Assessment
No exam
1 task

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

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Requisites

Before UDI5508

Prohibitions

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

After UDI5508

No unit lists UDI5508 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

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

Equivalent units

The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.

Overview

This unit consolidates advanced concepts, knowledge, and skills to tackle complex urban design issues across scales - from neighbourhood to town, city, and region. Through critical research, analysis, and synthesis, this unit fosters innovative approaches and effective processes. It also emphasises building the skills needed to interact credibly with diverse stakeholders, ensuring that students can engage thoughtfully and responsively in real-world urban design contexts.

Offerings in 2025

The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for UDI5508.

Assessment

  • Portfolio
    100%

Learning outcomes

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

  1. 1

    Develop research inquiries and synthesise theoretical knowledge on complex, interconnected urban issues across scales and territories;

  2. 2

    Strategically respond to research inquiries through the integration of theoretical knowledge, methodologies and data to the future needs of urban life;

  3. 3

    Generate and articulate grounded insights into the physical, social, and environmental dynamics across scales and territories to inform and evaluate urban design interventions, processes and outcomes;

  4. 4

    Practice ethical approaches to contemporary urban design and research inquiries;

  5. 5

    Effectively communicate urban design inquiries and ways-of-knowing through visual presentations, models, analytical outputs and reports, using clear and persuasive design language.

Workload and teaching

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

24 hours per week including 6 contact hours plus 18 hours of independent study.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Alyas Widita
Chief Examiners
Professor Diego Ramirez

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for UDI5508?

You need UDI5507 and UDI5605 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is UDI5508 offered?

UDI5508 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.

Does UDI5508 have an exam?

No. UDI5508 has 1 assessment task and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Architecture
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
202520262027