ARPL3012_2015 ReStructured

Dear all
- The planning programme staff met yesterday afternoon to consider how best to proceed in the short term, given the difficulties of the current moment and the concerns students and staff have about the academic programme.
-  This afternoon there was still considerable uncertainty on timeframes, but late this evening we have heard the University will open and the academic programme will resume from Wed 28th Oct 2015.
- The University has confirmed the exam period will be shifted further into Nov (i.e. will not start next week as originally planned).  We await clarity on the precise dates of the rescheduled exam period.
-   For current/ forthcoming course assignment deadlines in the 3rd year specialisms, we suggest a 2-week extension (a principle to be proposed for other courses for the Planning programme).  This means the deadlines for submission of assignments due this week are all shifted to the week of the 9th of November. Students preferring to submit earlier (and to move on) are of course more than welcome to submit before that week.
-       In some cases an assignment is proposed to fall away, and the % originally allocated to it be re-assigned across the rest of the assignments.
-          Face to face consultations can resume as soon as the University is open. In the meantime students are welcome to communicate and consult with their lecturer via email.

Below was the remainder of what the rest of the semester was meant to take shape.

4th Teaching Block Week 38—44
Week 38	September 13-19 TUE THU	Hand out               Consult	Task_3.4 Site Perceptions XYZ
Week 39	Sept 20-26 TUE 22	Crit/ Pin up
Week 40	Sept 27-Oct 03 TUE 29 THU 01	Hand in Crit/ Pin up Hand out Consultation	Task_3.3 Open Space 1st edit Task_4+5 Place Perceptions + A_Visual Narrative Place Perceptions	10%
Week 41	Oct 04-10 TUE 06 FRI 09*	Hand in Crit/ Pin up Consult Studio/ Crit Crit/ Pin up	Task_3.4 EdgeCon_Concept 2nd edit EdgeCon_Proposal UDF_Revised	10%
Week 42	Oct 11-17 TUE 13 THU15*	Hand in Consultation	Task_4 Place Perceptions UDF	15%
Week 43	Oct 18-24 TUE 20	Present	Visual Narrative
Week 44	Oct 25-31 TUE 27	Hand in	Task_5 UDF_ Recommendations	20%
Week 45 – 48	Nov 01 - 27 02 November 27 November	Exams	Oral Examination	10%

* Subject to change

As discussed in the planning meeting yesterday, this can shift by the 2 weeks and the oral to come at a later date determined by the school. 

Therefore, the new dates would be:

Week 46	Nov 08-14 MON 09	Hand in	Task_5 UDF_ Recommendations	20%
Week ?	Nov ?	Exams	Oral Examination	10%

Consultations may happen as deemed by the School.  Note that the date of examination has to be revisited and coordinated as well.  

Feedback from submitted Task_4 projects will be placed on the blog by Friday.

Take care

Solam

Preliminary Working Handin: 22 Sept 14.15

because of time, we will do the presentation in 4 groups.

2 from Joubert + 2 from End

may you organise yourselves to facilitate the above

i suggest we met at 14 to load presentations on the computer

goodluck

Task_ 3.3

use the time to continue to work on your project.  remember we have a review panel coming in to look at the work on tues 22 sept.  start drawing

arpl 3012_contemporary approaches to urban design

Task_ 3.3

10.9.2015

Process

Look carefully at what is there, now, and then ask for reasons why?

The task is to detect multiple causes for and behind the current status quo to then envision and implement possible future change: identify actors and agents, rules and (ir) regulations, borders and boundaries, programmes and people, control and exclusion, urban and economic morphologies, landscapes and languages, green space and toxic environments. 

The project looks at Joubert + End Street parks in context rather than an isolated entity and uses the precincts as exiting parcel sections from and within the inner city of Johannesburg.  The idea is to construct an intellectual urban argument on basis of rigorous visual analysis.  The Objective/ Outcome of the study should be to support the model project of developing End Street + Joubert Park and to support the development of new guidelines for better performing parks and public spaces, for a multitude of city inhabitants, through the identification of all necessary base line data and information. Thus you need to imagine . . .

3 imagining

- develop a multitude of visions for the open spaces + boundaries that respond to the idea of an inclusive city and successfully merges formal and informal components;

- envision mixed-use, mixed-income, non-gated (sub) urban neighborhoods to live, play and work with pedestrian access and green spaces in the given context;

- consider the development of a public space system that is based on the use of public transport for a maximum variety of city users;

- integrate sustainable urban elements, consider the future of the triangle + open space;

- critique the existing city proposal documents through your vision;

- Simply ask: what if…

Visions have to be communicated in a graphic format (visual narrative).

Preliminary Working Handin: 22 sept 14.15