BLTENV 103 : Media for Spatial Practices

Creative Arts and Industries

2025 Semester One (1253) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Introduces media processes and methods for spatial practices and designed environments to support design studio practice, and an overview of the analytical and critical values of these techniques for design.

Course Overview

The Architectural and Spatial Media courses in the BAS/BUrbPlan work with the premise that spatial thinking and making requires expertise with media. This course is directed towards the development of spatial media practices that enable students to operate as critically engaged designers. The Architectural and Spatial Media courses are closely aligned to design studio practice. They introduce and develop types of representation in order to work on concepts, evaluate architectural thinking, and describe and refine design projects.
In Media for Spatial Practices, students develop skills in media for communication: working with scale, disciplinary drawings and representing urban form.

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 6: Communication

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Engage with a range of media techniques for spatial thinking and visualisation. (Capability 6.2)
  2. Demonstrate the application of media processes that support spatial thinking. (Capability 4.1)
  3. Understand and apply visual communication skills for disciplinary media practices in architecture and planning. (Capability 6.1)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Task 1 - recording spatial experience 40% Individual Coursework
Task 2 - mapping site context 50% Individual Coursework
Task 3 - communicating and presenting 10% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3
Task 1 - recording spatial experience
Task 2 - mapping site context
Task 3 - communicating and presenting

Next Offered

Semester 1 2026

Teaching & Learning Methods

The course is aligned with design studio pedagogies. The course will be delivered through a one hour lecture followed by a three hour tutorial. The lecture will give context to, and introduce, tutorial tasks. Tutorials will involve students undertaking these tasks, and receiving feedback on weekly work that has occurred. Hence, production will be continuous and iterative.

Exam Mode


  • There is no final exam for this course

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 10 hours of lectures, 36 hours tutorial, 14 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 90 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is required at scheduled activities including lectures and tutorials to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including tutorials/studios will not be available as recordings.
The course will include live events including group discussions/tutorials.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable delivery.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

There will be Talis reading list available and other online software resources on Canvas. 

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

All students are expected to have undertaken the Workshop induction tutorial required for access to this space.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

We undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions, the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. In the event of a disruption, the University and your course coordinators will make every effort to provide you with up to date information via Canvas and the University website.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 09/12/2024 08:56 a.m.