Studios in the Master of Architecture emphasise professionalism, critical and rigorous design thinking, knowledge of contemporary and emergent theories, technologies and practices, and the development of skills for a diversity of future careers in architecture.

Professional Project is the final capstone studio in the Master of Architecture. It focuses on the synthesis of skills required of graduates from accredited architecture programs under the National Standard of Competency for Architects and the ability to position a design project in relation to specific social, cultural and ecological contexts and contemporary architecture theory and practice. It also develops skills in programming and managing a semester-long project.

Based on your interests and future career aspirations, you can select a studio from a number of offerings led by experts in different fields and contexts. Studios may be offered in partnership with visiting practitioners and/or other institutions including opportunities for intensive masterclasses, workshops and interstate or international travel. Each studio is framed by an overarching brief around a key thematic, which forms a common ground for the studio, from which you will develop a focused, individual design brief and project. As a professional studio, you are expected to demonstrate a high-degree of professionalism and capacity for self-directed learning through programming and managing a semester-long project. Drawing on detailed research encompassing historical, social, environmental and regulatory contexts and critical analysis of relevant precedents, you will apply intellectual discipline, judgement, selfawareness and criticism in the formulation of architectural design problems, concepts and strategies. You will develop a cohesive project from initial concept, through preliminary design, design development and preliminary constructional design stages. At the culmination of the unit you will present your project to a panel of experts and peers emphasising professional visual and verbal communication techniques and the ability to clearly articulate the rationale behind the sequence of decisions that led to the final design proposal.