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We're a connected community of creative thinkers, makers and professional practitioners.
Why study at MADA?
Creativity will become one of the top three skills workers will need in the future. At MADA you’ll be guided by industry practitioners to develop the skills valued by employers such as critical and reflective thinking, problem solving and mental agility.
Undergraduate
Turn ideas into reality. There’s nothing like the feeling of seeing your vision come to life. Explore new concepts and develop key technical skills. Our undergraduate courses provide the foundation for any creative career.
Postgraduate
Take the next step. Amplify your creative potential with a masters by coursework. You'll develop new skills, enrich your expertise and enhance your career options.
Fine Art
Fine Art provokes thought, inspires action, and responds to the important challenges of our time. We find meaning in a complex field of visual information and experiences, igniting discussion and creating unique perspectives on the complex problems of society.
Design
Design is the means to navigate complex business, environmental and social problems, and stay on the leading edge of change. Designers are concerned with the expanded practice of making human-centred solutions that are both tangible and intangible. Designers make the future possible.
Architecture
Architecture at Monash focuses on the bigger picture. We see architecture, urban design, and urban planning as an integrated whole. We understand buildings within their larger urban or regional environment, and consider cities in the context of a changing planet. Architects imagine the new environments of the future.
Research
At MADA, we provide a lively and supportive environment for individual and collaborative research projects to be realised.
Student work
Be amazed by a kaleidoscope of projects. Experience diverse views of the world through the eyes of our students and staff.
Latest news from MADA
PhD scholarships available in Architecture and Design
MADA currently has three PhD scholarships available – submit EOI’s by 15 July 2018.
To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories
The rape and murder of aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon in an inner-city Melbourne park – while deeply shocking – is part of an avalanche of gendered violence perpetrated against women in cities every day.
Professor Arthur de Bono inducted into the Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame
We’re immensely proud to announce that Professor Arthur de Bono is to be inducted into the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) Hall of Fame for his work as an industrial designer and design educator.
Damiano Bertoli selected to be artist-in-residence at Italy’s Monash Prato Centre
We are delighted to announce that Damiano Bertoli has been selected to be the Monash University Prato Centre (MUPC) Visual Resident Artist for 2018.
Image (Why study at MADA?): Tegan Bell, 2009-2016 (installation view), 2016
Image (Postgraduate): Samantha Barry, Sean Malikides, Din Hearth, and MADA students, THRIVE, 2016
Image (Research): Peter Wang, An Autonomous Driverless Public Transport
Image (Student work): Rosina Prestia, I Adjust to Orange (detail), 2016
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What would you think if you stumbled upon a giant crater in the middle of an art gallery? ABC Arts and #EveryonesACritic visits Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art Australia for a look at Monash University / MADA Professor Callum Morton’s 2003 work “Monument #28: Vortex” – and more: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/everyones-a-critic/series/1/video/AC1707H004S00
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“Surprisingly little is made of the complex relationship between cities and the sea and those who inhabit each, or how urban processes are increasingly extending far into the ocean.” – MADA Lecturer Charity Edwards writes for Foreground : https://www.foreground.com.au/cities/urban-oceans-cities-radically-transforming-marine-environment/
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We’re pleased to announce Dr Brian Martin has been named MADA Monash University Art Design & Architecture’s inaugural Associate Dean, Indigenous. Brian is a practicing artist and a descendant of the Muruwari, Bundjalung and Kamilaroi peoples. Congratulations, Brian – so great to be able to share this as #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC2018 gets under way!
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Congratulations, Matthew, Charity, and Tom – and, of course, Working Heritage!
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What would you think if you stumbled upon a giant crater in the middle of an art gallery? @abc_arts and #EveryonesACritic visits Sydney’s @mca_australia for a look at @monash_uni / MADA Professor Callum Morton’s 2003 work “Monument #28: Vortex” – and more. Search ABC iView for “Everyone's a Critic” or visit https://iview.abc.net.au/show/everyones-a-critic/series/1/video/AC1707H004S00
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What would you think if you stumbled upon a giant crater in the middle of an art gallery? @ABCArts and… https://t.co/wfJefh3bmw
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RT @_timothymoore: Can the building of a pool can be part of a larger project of building new civic institutions? I share some thoughts at…
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“Surprisingly little is made of the complex relationship between cities and the sea and those who inhabit each, or… https://t.co/tjXHzMe70F
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#Repost @tunastic ・・・ Hand-sawing each of these steel tubes from 3m ones was good exercise. Racing to get this interactive installation project done at Sensilab. #industrialdesign #design #artinstallation #installation #interactive #workshop #sawing #metal #steel #handmade #metalwork #studio #workinprogress #monashindustrial #monashada #sensilab
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RT @_timothymoore: What do we want this future to be when we won’t be able to cash in on our house for retirement? I had a yarn with @breet…
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#Repost @mmv_interiors ・・・ Lesson learnt from placement this week: make sure you back up your USB daily as there is a chance it will corrupt at 5pm on a Tuesday during your final week of full time work. Also learnt I'm great in a crisis and come Wednesday 5pm I am back on track producing documentation for 5 levels of bathrooms. #monashinterior #monashada #ibl #placement #gaa #bathroomdesign #renders #documentation #nomoreprocessrecords #learningthehardway
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#Repost @kerrie.oj ・・・ I could watch time lapses of artist’s work for days ☺️ here’s a small one of mine
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#Repost @drrobbienapper ・・・ This week we’ve run a mobility design masterclass. My thanks go out to GM, Ford and Toyota design studios for their support sending their talent down during the week to teach our students. Today we rounded out the masterclass with clay. #monashindustrial #monashada #cardesign
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#Repost @minch.doodles ・・・ 🏡 Little paper town #graphicdesign #crafts #artsandcrafts #crafty #lookwhatwemade #monashada #monashcommdes #lasercutting #paperhouses #diy #diyhomedecor
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#Repost @naznikou ・・・ Group project #monashada #monashinterior #monasharchitecture #monashmada
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RT @MonashUni: We want to help make #MonashOpenDay relevant to you. Use our Online Planner to filter events by campus location and interest…
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#Repost @monashmasterplan ・・・ --------------------------------------------------- We’re thrilled that @glaslandscape will host tours of MADA East and West Courtyards as part of the ‘Monash Precinct’ for Open House Melbourne Weekend . Director, Mark Gillingham, will commence tours at 1pm and 2pm from MADA West Courtyard adjacent Building G. Aligned with the Masterplan vision for Caulfield, the courtyards are considered an extension of adjoining learning, teaching and research spaces, and have been designed to enable working models to be wheeled out for further development and/or display . These ‘working courtyards’ complement adjoining workshops located within Buildings D, E and G; and build on the material and design language of the Ian Potter Sculpture Court and nearby Campus Green. The landscapes are flexible and adaptable, incorporating native grasses and trees, and water sensitive urban design . Join us on Saturday 28 July for a very special event, with unique insights from the staff and students whose work is enabled by our award-winning campus environments, and the Architects and Landscape Architects who envisaged and delivered them #designmatters #MonashOpenHouse --------------------------------------------------- It’s part of our #monashmasterplan --------------------------------------------------- Project: MADA West Courtyard Date: 2018 Landscape Architect: @glaslandscape Contractor: @acecontractors Photo: @lloydphoto . #monashuni #monashcaulfield #caulfield #landscape #landscapearchitecture #landscapedesign #architectureau #campus #campuslife #design #university #openhouse #OHMWeekend #architecturehunter #nativeplants #stonesteps #stone #landscapelovers #landscapehunter #landscapeau
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#Repost @niki_kalms ・・・ Let the graffiti begin! Spotted by #nigelbertram on Nicholson street @xyxlab @monash_uni @monashada
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#Repost @icl_field ・・・ There we are, in the National Newspaper! We are really pleased that our participation in Project Survival Pacific, a project working towards a more sustainable Pacific region, has been recognised and acknowledged by Fiji Times (Nationwide Newspaper). #iclxfield #Suva #monasharchitecture #monash #monashada #informalsettlements #climateactionnetwork #projectsurvivalpacific #climatechange #mangrove #mangroveplanting🌱 #sustainability