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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
Call for Architecture Studio Proposals
Are you interested in teaching Architecture at Monash University? We are currently doing a call for studio and studies unit proposals to fill slots for Semester 1, 2019.
Small Homes Service: Victorian post-war architect-designed homes: Do you have a story?
We are looking for anyone who think they may have grown up living in a Small Homes Service (SHS) House from the 1940s to the early 1970s.
Design Thinking Masterclass for Secondary School Design and Technology teachers
In partnership with DATTA, Monash University’s Faculty of Art Design and Architecture is offering 10 Secondary School Design and Technology teachers the opportunity to have an exclusive Masterclass in Design Thinking.
PhD scholarship available in Design - deadline extended
Interesting in working on a project about challenges to the safety of women in public transport places? We have a PhD scholarship available for international applicants.
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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Monash University Head of Architecture Prof Naomi Stead and architecture students were interviewed by ABC News on the Small Homes Service reserach project they are currently investigating. "We are looking for anyone who thinks they may have grown up living in a Small Homes Service (SHS) House from the 1940s to the early 1970s to contribute to the research in any way" said Prof Stead. Established in 1947 by the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects and via Melbourne’s MYER department store, for just £5 you could pick out a house from a range of architect-designed plans, including ones designed by some of the most influential architects in Victoria’s history, including Robin Boyd. Monash Uni Architecture students are researching how design played an important role in shaping the future of Australian homes. If you or someone you know is happy to contribute to this project or you're interested in finding out more read the full story here: https://www.monash.edu/mada/news/articles/2018/small-homes-service Video courtesty of ABC News Australia
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Monash University Art Design & Architecture was a HUGE HIT at Hong Kong's BODW Business of Design Week 設計營商周 The impressive stand was full of visitors engaging with displays and short film showcasing Monash's work on the Bionic Eye and RISE (Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments) projects. The stand also showed work by our Art Design and Architecture students and researchers. Monash Uni was part of a big Architecture and Design contingent from Melbourne located in Creative Victoria Melbourne Pavilion showcasing all that makes our city such a great Design destination.
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A Big Congratulation to Dr Nicholas Mangan from Monash University's Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture who won the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research for Early Career Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences' (HASS) category. The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards recognise excellence in teaching and research performance by Monash staff. Pictured: (L-R) Professor Margaret Gardner AO, President and Vice-Chancellor Monash, Dr Nicholas Mangan and Professor Matthew Gillespie, Vice-Provost (Faculty and Graduate Affairs).
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Monash University's Dr Nicole Kalms spoke with BBC World Service TV News on the positive impact that the Gender Equality Mapping project is having for local communities in Australian cities. “We synthesize all the mapping data and look for hotspots, tendancies and themes. We communicate this information carefully to planners, communities and council to help them prioritise budgets and influence policy. It helps them think about how those things can shape a more positive community.” Dr Nicole Kalms Watch the full conversation with Dr Kalms and BBC journalist Lucy Hocking below The Gender Equality Mapping is a project in partnership with CrowdSpot, Monash University, MADA Monash University Art Design & Architecture and it's research XYXLab City of Melton and Darebin City Council. Video courtesy of BBC World News.
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Great work by Monash Ui Interior Architecture graduate Sophie Kebbel. Her final year graduate project showcased by international design magazine ARTS THREAD
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The first @Health_Collab Symposium: Design for Health - Asia Pacific has started @monash_uni @monashada with a full house. #design #research
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@monash_uni’s Dr Nicole Kalms speaks with BBC WORLD NEWS on positive impact of #genderequalitymap research Full video on Facebook.com/monashada #Repost @xyxlab ・・・ @niki_kalms in BBC World News interview with the amazing Lucy Hockings about the #genderequalitymap is now on #linkedin - just connect with Nicole Kalms to view. A project in partnership with @crowdspot @monash_uni @monashada @xyxlab @cityofmeltonofficial @darebincouncil @teneille_s Video courtesy BBC world news
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shout out to the awesome #’monash #interiorarchitecture #honours students and their grad work #planetaryinteriors #sogood #Repost @charityedwards ・・・ the year is almost over & #MADANOW exhibition is coming down so it seems like a good time to once again congratulate my amazing @monashinterior #interior architecture honours students on their #planetaryinteriors final projects and wish them the very best as they go out and explore all still possible worlds - I couldn’t be more excited by their critical #spatial investigations into more-than-human agency in the age of the (whatever you want to call it) #Anthropocene (& super proud to see them continue the good work of all these younger generations who are rightly scaring politicians & shock jock commentators) //// massive applause to @h.zh.x for his radical #EchoEcho dolphin cultural relativism critique project, incredible winner of @artichoke_magazine prize for representational amazingness //// huge shower of sparkly confetti (what else?) to @taniayasmin.archi, winner of the 2018 @monash_uni @monashada IAR speculative project prize for her set of blooming underground #coral art/science research facilities in the desert //// and not to forget, spectacular kudos to @bb.intarch for his reconfiguring of soon-to-be #NorthSea decommissioned #oilrigs as an #oceanspace cultural exchange & #Inuit community resilience building program, @sylvyong’s exuberant fish breeding & #urbanagriculture installation amongst the restaurant signage of Melbourne’s Chinatown, and @margotlap’s nuanced #LakeTyrrell nighttime saline environment experience //// well done, kids - hope you always stay not boring! ✨😻✨
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There’s always amazing events happening at our campus in Prato Italy. Study Art Design or Architecture at Monash & you could be studying in Italy from a few weeks to a semester. ——- #Repost @monash_italy ・・・ "Design scenarios for the Imagined Museum" Now at @centropecci #Culturescape #monashprato @monashada
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RT @edenjaq: Getting gamified with initiate.collaborate during #healthcollab ‘funshop’ @goodhealthdesn @Lab4Living @monashada @daphflynn ht…
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The first @Health_Collab Symposium: Design for Health - Asia Pacific has started @monash_uni @monashada with a full house. #design #research
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#designtranslations opens this afternoon following the @health_collab symposium
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This model is so good by #monash #architecture student @matwestphal.design The water rises to show the affects of a rising tide #Repost @matwestphal.design ・・・ Exhibition model - Rising Tide Interpretive centre #heronisland #monashada #architecture #architecturemodel #tide #3dprinting #monasharchitecture #exhibition
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Great insights and review from @visuals___________ #repost Lasts days to see #MADANOW #graduateexhibition open till 30 Nov Caulfield Campus ・・・ This is by far the most #interesting of all the #FineArt students.. Not bc it is trashed but it actually makes me #examine closer to the content since I hv to bend, duck, snook, lift and sway to see them. I would volunteer to tear things apart and trash a place for the sake of #artisticfreedom This #interaction with the #viewers is important.. Because people these days have very low #attentionspan.. You tend not to #remember an art work but this one made me work..
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@hazmat_99 - we agree. The exhibition is awesome in any weather 😁😉 Thanks for sharing the good word. #MADANOW #graduateexhibition Open till 30 Nov Caulfield Campus ・・・ Gloomy weather didn’t take away from the awesome #madanow2018 grad show, go check it out if you can, it’s pretty snazzy #monashcaulfield
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Great work from graduating #fineart student @maria_radun and all the amazing #artists See their works at #MADANOW #graduateexhibition 16-30 Nov Caulfield Campus ・・・ Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us last night! The grad show was awesome and all the artwork amazing! The exhibition is open for two weeks so come check it out! Lots to see. #gradshow#artist#artschool#painter#artexhibition#exhibition#art#notastudentanymore#graduating#madanow#monashada
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Great work by #industrialdesign graduating student Leo Pan 👏🏻👏🏻 See industrial design and over 600 original works at #MADANOW #graduateexhibition 16-30 Nov Caulfield Campus #Repost @monash_mobility_design ・・・ Lexus Hikari by Leo Pan (Honours & Designer at Toyota) Inspired by the unique Human centred approach of Japanese Architecture. Leo used this as a base to develop his project and in turn create a unique new Lexus branding experience in the age of full Autonomy. Visually seamless the vehicle interacts with its environment and it’s users to give privacy and focus when needed with it’s moving belt line. This project was a brilliant example of design execution and proportion, all perfectly presented in a high quality model. Leo obsessed over this refinement process during the year and it was embodied in this final design. #Monash #Monashada #mada #monashmobility #monashindustrial #industrialdesign #transportationdesign #cardesigner #cardesign #carsketch #mobilitydesign #monashuni #autonomous #ai #office #sharedsociety #sketch #sketching #lexus #toyota #lexusdesign #rendering