Travelling Studio A

This subject is not offered in 2011.

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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In 2011 this travelling studio will be held in Japan

Travelling Studios are working laboratories for design thought and production and involve the exploration of complex, real life issues. They expose students to unfamiliar cultures, places and people and stimulate their ability to think creatively and solve problems. This subject is a cross-disciplinary design-based investigation located in a Japanese urban setting. Pre-trip briefings or seminars will precede the travel component of the studio. The studio will incur travel costs, in addition to tuition fees. Faculty subsidies will, however, be available.

The objectives of this subject are:

• To encourage students to identify and engage critically with issues of social/cultural difference in an international setting.
• To stimulate creative thinking and problem-solving through the experience of how local issues govern planning and design processes in a particular location.

• Class participation 10%.
• Seminar presentation equivalent to 3000 words 30%.
• Design proposals, projects and workshop exercises equivalent to at least 7000 words 60%.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Interdisciplinary teamwork.
• Understanding and navigating social and cultural difference.
• Knowledge transfer.
• Organizational collaboration.
• Managing risk.