Course overview
This course aims to equip learners with knowledge and skills to design for diversity and inclusion in the built environment. Building upon foundational human environment design, this course addresses the social and cultural contexts, Australian legal requirements and professional design processes, and contemporary built environment design for spatial justice. Through critical interpretation and knowledge translation, learners will develop appraisal and design integration skills required for future inclusive built environment design. This course aligns with the program’s intent to understand connections between people and real-world settings and prepares learners to enact ethical leadership and positive change for diverse built environment users.
- Think
- Include
- Design
Course learning outcomes
- Using relevant interpretive frameworks critically analyse the context of diversity and inclusion in the Australian built environment, to identify social and/or cultural factors contributing to spatial justice for diverse users, and translate this knowledge to new design
- Demonstrate broad knowledge of Australian Government legislation, case law, and professional practice guidelines relevant to diversity and inclusion in built environment design.
- Critically interpret diversity and inclusion in existing Australian built environment designs and design practice to identify its contribution to spatial justice for diverse users and translate this knowledge to new design.
- Resolve a complex diversity and inclusion design problem to demonstrate spatial justice for diverse built environment users through critically integrating contextual knowledge and contemporary creative design skills and knowledge, within current legal and operational contexts of Australian design practice.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus West
Group 1
Class number 53181
Section TU01
Size 70
Available 61
Class number 58793
Section LE01
Size 70
Available 61
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