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Dean's Message
 
Dear alumni and friends of the faculty,

Semester one has concluded and it’s been an amazing start for me. Getting to know alumni, current students, staff and industry partners has helped me to settle in quickly. I thank you all for making me feel so welcome.

One of the stand-out components of studying with us is the opportunity to gain global real world experience. Students from our Architecture, Interior Architecture and Landscape Architecture courses went to Venice last November to explore ideas and come up with solutions to redevelop unused land as part of the Seidler Design Studio. This one was called Venice Re-interpreted and was rich with history, culture, honing skills and making new friends. Hear from some of the students who travelled to Venice in this issue.

We are excited to announce Australia's first Landscape Architecture scholarship for Indigenous students. Many thanks to Arcadia Landscape Architecture for helping us to address the under representation of Indigenous practitioners in the Australian landscape architecture industry. In my experience working with Indigenous practitioners on design projects brings a different sensibility and perspective, increasing the integrity of a design response. Going forward, if Australian landscape architecture studios are to be engaged globally, it will be crucial for Indigenous practitioners to have a central role in the industry, as they do in other countries, such as New Zealand.

Congratulations to our recent graduates on all your hard work and commitment, welcome to UNSW Built Environment's alumni community.

Thank you again for helping me to feel so welcome and I look forward to seeing you at one of our many upcoming events, especially our Utzon lectures.

Best regards,

Professor Helen Lochhead,
Dean, UNSW Built Environment

Students


Students re-interpret Venice at Seidler International Studio


UNSW Built Environment students collaborate with Università IUAV di Venezia in Venice. 
For the second year in a row Venice has served as the backdrop to UNSW Built Environment’s Seidler International Studio which is an interdisciplinary summer studio where 25 students from UNSW’s Architecture, Interior Architecture and Landscape Architecture degrees spend two weeks working with 15 Master of Architecture students from the Università IUAV di Venezia. 

Read more here 

Landscape looks bright for award winning student




UNSW Landscape Architect student, Allison Sainty, won the Landscape Architect Australia (LAA) National Prize recently for her final year project called Forgotten Industry, Future Form which researched how landscape and heritage intersect at the Glebe Island silos.

Read more here. 

Congratulations!


UNSW Built Environment congratulates all of our recent graduates, your hard work, commitment and dedication has come to fruition!
We wish you all the best in your future endeavours and hope to hear from you regarding your every success.

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Lectures

2016 Utzon Lecture Series
 

On June 8 in our Utzon lecture 'Footprints', world renowned architect Kerry Hill AO, gave an inspiring lecture about how tradition informs his work in a contemporary context, including some beautiful imagery from many of his projects in Australia and Asia. 

 â€œOur most unifying strategy of our work is the plan”
Kerry Hill (AO)

If you missed this lecture please see video below.
Utzon Lecture - Re-imagining the Harbour City

Research News

International Award for Innovation in Education and Training



A productive cross-disciplinary collaboration between Associate Professor Sidney Newton and Russell Lowe from the UNSW Built Environment has led to the development of a radically new approach to the teaching and assessment of practice-ready skills in the construction industry, namely: The Situation Engine.

Developed with funding support provided by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, The Situation Engine has already been keenly adopted by universities and construction contractors in Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

Read more here.

Scholarships


Australia’s first Landscape Architecture scholarship for Indigenous students
 


Arcadia Landscape Architecture has funded a new scholarship to address the under representation of Indigenous practitioners in the Australian landscape architecture industry. The UNSW Built Environment Arcadia Landscape Architecture Award for Indigenous Students is the first scholarship in Australia that is open to Indigenous Year 12 students who apply to study for a bachelor in Landscape Architecture at UNSW Built Environment.

Read more here. 
 

Postgraduate Studies

Further your studies with UNSW Built Environment


Applications for mid-year entry are closing soon.

UNSW Built Environment offers a comprehensive range of specialised built environment degrees. Specialise, advance or change your career with one of our postgraduate coursework or research programs:

:: Architecture
:: City Planning
:: Construction Project Management
:: Property and Development
:: Sustainable Built Environment
:: Urban Development and Design
:: Urban Policy and Strategy
:: Urban Renewal and Housing 
:: Research Degrees
Apply Now

Free online course - Starts 5 September

Re-Enchanting the City: Designing the Human Habitat

After the huge success of our first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) we are launching it a second time around.

It's a free six week course and online classes commence on 5 September 2016.

It's open to high school students, current students, alumni, people wanting a career change or people who want to experience what it would be like to study at UNSW Built Environment. 

You'll be taught by the same leading academics and research staff who teach our students on campus.
Register Here

Upcoming Events

Parent & Student Information Night

Information evening for:

- High School Students and their families
- Students who have completed their HSC prior to 2016
- Students currently studying at TAFEs, other institutions and universities
- Students currently in a bridging or language course
- Students who have taken a gap year and are willing to commence their studies
- Students who have joined the workforce and are willing to commence their studies


Date: Thursday 28 July 2016
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Keith Burrows Theatre, UNSW Kensington (Map ref: J14)
Register Here

Register for the next Utzon lecture


Our next Utzon lecture will be on July 27 and our guest speaker will be Associate Professor Oya Demirbilek. Oya is currently the Associate Dean Education at the Built Environment, and Associate Professor in the Industrial Design Program at UNSW. 

This lecture titled 'Colliding Worlds: Health, Wellbeing, Design and Built Environments' will illustrate how the physical world is now colliding with the new digital world, and that design is gaining ever more importance. This lecture will give you a glimpse of what is to come in the future, with the latest technological advances.

Supported by Scott Carver Architects.




Date: Wednesday 27 July 2016
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Ainsworth Theatre G03, UNSW Kensington (Map ref: J17)
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