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Re-Urbanise

In our current housing and environmental crisis how can we design our cities to be sustainable, healthy and affordable places to live?

In the next 20 years, Geelong is forecast to have a population increase of 37%. Most of this population growth will occur on Geelong's urban fringe, but is this truly the best way for our city to grow and for us to live?

Re-Urbanise explores the development of urbanism and urban design, investigating new possibilities and implications around densification, human centred design, "missing middle" housing, sustainability, governance and living. Students will holistically prototype an urban redevelopment and take ownership in the urbanised world they will inherit.

Industry Partners
Suitable for

Years 7-10 + VM

Duration

5x 50min lessons and 2x full days at GTS

Student outcomes

Students will:

  • Learn how Geelong has been developed and zoned.
  • Apply urban and Macroeconomic growth models.
  • Examine international case studies to quantify factors influencing urban form, sustainability, and affordability.
  • Understand the roles of architects, urban planners, urban designers, and regulators.
  • Analyse urban planning key concepts and goals.
  • Explore contemporary practices and near-future proposals to combat housing quality and affordability.
  • Experience instrumental architectural projects.
  • Design a human-centric sustainable densification model utilising digital tools and architectural model making.

Curriculum Focus

  • Technologies
  • Humanities
  • Mathematics
  • Sustainability
  • The Arts

Program Overview

How we live
Module 1
1 x 50 min
How others live
Module 2
1 x 50 min
How we’ve designed
Module 3
1 x 50 min
How we could design
Module 4
1 x 50 min
What you will design
Module 5
1 x 50 min
Urban skills
Module 6
Full Day
What you’ll make
Module 7
Full Day
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