ProjectReportinstructions

Context

When an area is to be developed, or redeveloped, it goes through a design process leading to a Structure Plan. A StructurePlanis a document containing text and maps, which indicates broad land use options for the development and subdivision of an area and provides a policy framework for future subdivision or development.

The Structure Plan for the Project site should be considered as a draft for the purposes of this exercise. You may be guided by the content but can also propose alternatives that you think improve the sustainability outcomes for the site.

I have included a land-use yield in the Project resources and provided a spreadsheet to calculate resource demands (Unit resource demands.xlsx). Determining and quantifying land use is the first part of a structure plan.

The second part is the policy framework, which is the focus of the Project in this unit. You are a consultant hired by the local government to produce a report that outlines the sustainability approach to be taken in redeveloping the project site in respect of the topic you have been allocated. Although your report is for local government, the audience is wider, i.e. the WA Planning Commission, Utilities, Developers and the community.

Overview

Your project report involves the preparation of one component of a sustainability strategy for an urban precinct. A sustainability strategy is conventionally prepared as part of a Structure Plan for a new urban precinct or one to be re-developed. Your Groups topic will determine the nature and scope of your individual Project Report:

• SmartCityPlan(SmartCitiesgroupmembers)

Someresourcesareprovidedasgeneralguidanceforallgroups.

GreenStarCommunities

The core guidance for these reports is the Green Star Communities v1.1 Submission Guidelines. This document provides extensive guidance on each topic and references to other sources of information. The Green Star Communities scorecard is also provided illustrates how each project element is scored. Students are reminded that this document is copyright and has been made available by the Green Building Council of Australia strictly for educational purposes. Students may not use the document for any other purpose.

WesternAustraliapolicydocuments

State Planning Policy 7.2 Precinct Design (and associated Precinct Design Guidelines) is the Western Australian Planning Commissions (WAPC) primary policy for the design and assessment of precinct structure plans for new urban (predominantly residential) areas in throughout Western Australia.

Yieldandresourcedemands

An Excel spreadsheet is provided that sets out the yield of the structure plan area and contains information necessary to facilitate basic resource demand calculations, e.g. energy, water and waste demand per person or m2.

SmartCitiesGroupmembers

• a discussion paper on "smart precincts"

Reports

General guidance on preparing a report is set out in Appendix A to this document. A basic template for each plan is included as Appendix B to this document. Each student will prepare a report (no greater than 5,000 words) containing their plan in two parts:

PartAofthereport(~1500words)-Assessment3

In Part A of your report, you are just setting the scene by describing to your broader audience (who you should assume know nothing about the project):

• Introduction

• descriptionofstructureplanarea(seetheprojectinformationprovided)
• purposeofdocument(developmentofaplanforthesiterelevanttoyourtopic)
• relationshiptootherPlans(howthisplancombineswithotherstoformanoverall sustainabilityplanforthedevelopment)
• structureofdocument(aparagraphortwoexplainwhatisineachsectionofyourPartA report)
  • Literaturereview(asummary-likeyourannotatedbibliographies-oftheliteratureyouhave researchedinpreparationforyourstudy)
  • Bestpracticecasestudies(alistandbriefsummaryonlyofcasestudiesyouhaveidentified fromanywhere).[Rememberyouwillbeworkingwithyourgroupmemberstoproducea presentationofcasestudiesforAssessment]

AppendixA

GeneralguidanceontheProjectReport

AppendixC-STRUCTURE Rubrics

PartA

Introduction - The Introduction section contains the required content and comprehensively, clearly and succinctly establishes the context, purpose, scope and report structure

Literature review - The literature review indicates a very high level of engagement with the subject, greatly exceeds expectations in its scope, and analysis is original and highly reflective of the study objectives.

Case studies - The identified case studies represent contemporary best practice, are appropriate to the topic and highly relevant to preparation of the Part B report

Reportstructure-Thestructureofdocumentisverywell-organized;sectionsarelogicalandwell sequenced.Sectionheadingsandsub-headingsclearlyestablishthehierarchicalrelationshipofideas andallowthereadertoscanandreadselectively.

Formatting - Formatting of the document is highly professional throughout. Figures and tables are of high resolution and clearly readable at 100% zoom, have appropriate captions, are appropriately contextualised and referenced in the text.

Grammar, spelling and punctuation - The text flows well, is very well written with smooth logical connections among ideas, and has no incorrect word choices, errors in grammar, punctuation or spelling

Documentation and references - All sources are correctly documented and all citations and bibliography are in strict accordance with the Chicago Author Date style

Word count - Where the submitted report is outside the word range, a penalty of 1% of the total mark allocated for the report applies for each 1% that the submission deviates from the word range.