Bachelor of Architectural Design

The Bachelor of Architectural Design provides a comprehensive and design-orientated foundation, positioning architecture within the larger context of the contemporary challenges facing urban and regional environments across a changing planet. Our graduates develop future-facing skills through engaging with diverse perspectives and knowledge areas, enabling them to contribute to a sustainable and equitable society by putting architectural ideas to work in the world. The course embeds a focus on context - on the spoken and unspoken histories of place; on the social, economic and political systems that structure our built environment; and on the spatial practices, strategies and architectural solutions that frame our way forward. The program guides students to positions in industry, to further study and accreditation, as well as offering pathways into other spatial, social and urban disciplines.

Studios are the core of our architectural education and create a collaborative environment to explore design approaches through projects that respond to briefs, issues and different constraints. Studios model the way practitioners work with clients, teams, and stakeholders, engaging with a range of challenges across multiple scales from city to neighbourhood, from building to detail, imagining new environments of the future and shaping the way we live and interact with one another. The following studios represent a range of our approaches, addressing contemporary urban issues.

Course Director: Dr Tom Morgan