UnitLevel 4Postgraduate

UPD4001 Planning project 1: Compact city

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

UPD4001 Planning project 1: Compact city is a level 4, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2025
Semester 1
Caulfield
Assessment
No exam
2 tasks

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

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Requisites

Before UPD4001

Corequisites

Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.

After UPD4001

No unit lists UPD4001 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

You must be enrolled in the Master of Urban Planning and Design (F6004) or Master of Architecture (F6001).

Overview

This project unit explores the complexities and implications of the intensification of cities across multiple scales and how to actively engage in their transformation. Through real world, place-based projects, this foundational studio helps you to develop research foundations, analytical and spatial methods in strategic planning and design.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • Project 1Project
    40%
  • Project 2Project
    60%

Learning outcomes

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

  1. 1

    Demonstrate foundational knowledge of the fundamental principles and components of the strategic planning process for the intensification of cities, through an understanding of how a combination of factors like Indigenous ways of knowing, diversity, density, amenity and accessibility, can create inclusive, climate resilient and quality places;

  2. 2

    Apply strategic and design thinking to address complex issues related to various scales of planning, demonstrating the ability to formulate place-based, equitable and sustainable processes into real-world scenarios;

  3. 3

    Integrate and synthesise data for strategic planning purposes, demonstrating the capacity to analyse, interpret, spatialise and incorporate diverse sources of information into strategies and scenarios;

  4. 4

    Engage in meaningful and empathetic interactions with team members and stakeholders, while conveying planning ideas through written, spatial, visual, design, graphic and verbal communication;

  5. 5

    Develop an awareness of the ethical and local/global dimensions of the governance of cities such as how decision making impacts communities, stakeholders and ecologies;

  6. 6

    Adapt to evolving urban challenges in the field of strategic planning by seeking new knowledge and approaches.

Workload and teaching

  • Studio activities72 hours

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

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Ms Katherine Sundermann
Chief Examiners
Ms Katherine Sundermann

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for UPD4001?

None, but you must take OHS1000 before or alongside it.

When is UPD4001 offered?

In 2025, UPD4001 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.

Does UPD4001 have an exam?

No. UPD4001 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
4
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