What makes this course different?

Architecture is framed as a creative activity of cultural significance – the built environment reflects community values and aspirations.

The course is offered from within an art & design school environment, so that students will have access to a range of fine art and design electives, and will study alongside future industrial designers, interior architects and contemporary artists. This provides opportunities for exciting collaborative projects as well as allowing students to form contacts and networks that will last a lifetime.

Technology will be integrated into the design studios, in recognition of the inclusive nature of architectural design.

There will be an urban contexts semester, undertaken either at the University’s PratoCentre in Italy, or in the Melbourne CBD.

Students enrolled in higher research degrees will be encouraged to undertake research ‘in’ architecture, ‘by’ design, rather than just writing about architecture. This means exploring creative and innovative design on the cutting-edge, to improve the built environment, in harmony with the natural environment. This research philosophy will also achieve a close research-teaching nexus, where the experimental work of faculty members and other researchers is brought into the studio.

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