Advanced Architectural Design: Utopian Urbanism (ARCH7006)
Information valid for Summer Semester, 2019
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Architecture School
Units
4
Duration
Delivery mode
Internal
Class hours
1L6U
Prerequisite
Admission to the MArch.
Restricted
MArch students only. Study Abroad students must seek Head of School permission to enrol.
Assessment methods
Research; Schematic Project; Detailed Resolution and Presentation
Course enquiries
Summer Sem: Dr Manu P. Sobti (m.sobti@uq.edu.au) Sem 1: Dr Nicole Sully (n.sully@uq.edu.au) Sem 2: Dr Susan Holden (s.holden@uq.edu.au)
Course duration
This course runs over course, commencing in Summer Semester, 2019.
Course description
Students in this course speculate on future scenarios for the city and develop architectural responses to forecast global challenges, such as climate change, population increase, automation, waste, conflict, regime change and diminishing resources. The impetus for positing alternatives to the present is explored through critical review of the history of utopian proposals in architecture and urban design. This research grounds the formulation of future scenarios and is the basis for the design of alternative visions for future settlements. The course emphasizes the agency of architecture in effecting change.
