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Urban design projects are often designed insertions into cities with a catalytic purpose, and thus studying
implemented projects can be an instructive way to understand how urban design theories and principles
operate in a practical and constrained setting. Yet there is an inherent tension in urban design between
general principles and specific urban conditions of particular cities and sites, with the former often arising
from an analysis of the latter, but then generalised into other contexts. Nonetheless, every urban design
must to some degree proceed from an understanding of its location and by connecting to its properties and
contexts, even while it applies general principles to achieve the desired urban outcome. Drawing on all the
material in the course presented during the semester, this assessment task provides students with the
opportunity to explore this tension in urban design practice and theory, by looking in-depth at a particular
urban design precedent, and testing the limits of how urban design principles can be applied. Selection of
precedents and principles will be discussed and agreed during consultations sessions in Weeks 10-11.
The assessment is individual work.
The assessment comprises three components, which should also structure the resulting report document:
1. Urban Design Precedent Analysis
On the basis of the student’s interests (and in negotiation with the course coordinator) students
will identify and anlayse a particular urban design precedent that interests them, that
demonstrates the contextual application of urban design principles that may have broader
relevance. Analysis should focus on articulating the urban design principles informing the design
and how they operate contextually.
2. Urban Design Principle
Extrapolating from the precedent, student’s are then to abstract their analysis to articulate the
urban design principle/s at play, showing with annotated diagrams how the principle operates in
relation to a larger urban territory/system, resulting spatial features and place qualities; and
contextualizing the principle in relation to urban design theory and the historical development of
the field. This section of the report should use diagrams that analyse the urban design principle at
different scales, to inform how aspects of the principle could be applied in other contexts.
3. Between Precedent and Principle: Propositions and Evaluations (1500-2500 words)
Since this task concerns the relationship between the particularity of precedents and the
generalizable nature of principles, this section of the report asks you to critically reflect on the “fit”
between them in urban design theory and practice. In this section you can reflect on the
applicability of the urban design principles you have been discussing to other contexts and what
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factors would influence successful application (climate, social or cultural factors, political or
economic factors). It may discuss the limitations of the principles in the same way. It may also
include specific examples and evaluations of where the principle has been applied in other contexts
and discussion of how the principle is advanced through new applications or has been superceded
by new thinking. You might choose to test the principle by applying it other specific setting/s.
Finally, you might reflect on the status of precedents and principles as tools in urban design theory
and practice in relation to other theoretical accounts of the discipline that we have looked at in the
course (for example by Shane).
Submission Requirements:
A report comprised of the sections above, and including preliminaries like a cover and table of contents and
end matter including references. The document must be a colour PDF in A3 landscape format with a
maximum of 20 pages and should include the following:
• Text (maximum 3000 words total)
• Precedent images (credited)
• Diagrams explaining the precedent and principle/s.
• Additional supporting material (timelines, diagrams, annotated plans, images, diagrams).
Assessment Criteria:
The following are the assessment criteria for this assessment task:
1. Research: Undertake research to inform an understanding of urban design precedents and
principles and their role in shaping the discipline. (10%)
2. Critical Analysis and Application: Undertake critical analysis of an urban design principle, its
limitations and applicability for future practice. (20%)
3. Written Communication: Communicate analysis, propositions and evaluations following the
conventions of a professional report. (5%)
4. Visual Communication: Use visual material and graphic layout to support overall communication. (5%)

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