PLAN40160 Planning Studio: Plan Making

Academic Year 2022/2023

The aims of this module are to provide students with a real-world experience in exploring the social, economic and environmental facets and processes which produce spatial changes and create places (settlements, villages, towns, districts or regions) and to enable them to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired in other modules with professional techniques for plan making. The students are introduced to these techniques and to methods appropriate to the chosen planning-related tasks or issues by both the academic coordinator and the relevant practitioners. It is a specific objective of this module for the students undertake site analysis and research, to engage with local authorities and relevant stakeholders to formulate inputs to the making of a spatial plan. The location and scale of the plan addressed, and the details of the project are tailored to suit the size of the student group on an annual basis. The project may involve a comparative study of different statutory plans. This module is studio-based with specialist lectures, tutored group work and field work in the selected area.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the practice studio, students should be able to:
(1) Analyse, evaluate and describe the policy context for preparing land use and/or other spatial plans;
(2) Demonstrate an understanding of the methods and techniques applied in spatial planning and the plan making process;
(3) Identify key stakeholders in the plan making process and appreciate the importance of community involvement;
(4) Demonstrate the ability to (a) contribute to spatial analyses discussion and (b) devise solutions to spatial planning issues in tutored group work; and
(5) demonstrate oral, written, illustrative (e.g. maps, plans, graphics, diagrams) and presentational skills.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

6
Seminar (or Webinar)

4
Studio

40
Field Trip/External Visits

10
Autonomous Student Learning

140
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This is a lab course, in which lectures, studio work and case-based learning are followed by a more collaborative planning studio where student presentations are discussed with colleagues, instructors and with professionals and experts at least during a mid-term and final presentation of the team project. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Planning Studio: Plan Making (PEP40690)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Group Project: Stage 2 Research and Analysis
Theme Report, (Marks will be allocated for team work and individual work).		 Week 7 n/a Graded No

40
Assignment: Stage 1 Issues paper Week 3 n/a Graded No

20
Group Project: Stage 3 Planning strategy
Draft Plan, (Marks will be allocated for team work and individual work).		 Week 12 n/a Graded No

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

During Stages 1 - 3 individual and group feedback will be provided in class. After Stage 1 individual feedback will be provided. After Stage 2 and 3 Individual and group feedback will be provided. Students will also have the opportunity to peer review other students work at the end of each stage

Name Role
Ms Terry Prendergast Tutor
Mr Michael Wall Tutor