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About this course
Contact
Email: donald.bates@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Design
Currently enrolled students:
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Future students:
Further information: http://msd.unimelb.edu.au/
Email: http://msd.unimelb.edu.au
Coordinator
Prof. Donald Bates
Course structure
All students must completete:
- 137.5 points of core subjects (including the capstone subject: ABPL90169 Design Thesis).
- 37.5 points of architecture electives (at least 25 points from the same elective group).
- 25 points of multidisciplinary electives.
Stream 1: for students with a Bachelor of Environments (Architecture) or equivalent. This is the ongoing stream.
Stream 2: for students with a Bachelor of Planning and Design (Architecture) or a Bachelor of Architecture Studies completed at the University of Melbourne only.
Subject options
Stream 1: First Year Core Subjects (75 points)
Stream 1: for students with a Bachelor of Environments (Architecture) or equivalent. This is the ongoing stream.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90117 | Twenty-first Century Architecture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90118 | Applied Architectural Technology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90142 | Master of Architecture Studio C |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90143 | Master of Architecture Studio D |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Stream 1: Second Year Core Subjects (62.5 points)
Stream 1: for students with a Bachelor of Environments (Architecture) or equivalent. This is the ongoing stream.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90140 | Architectural Practice |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90169 | Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90115 | Master of Architecture Studio E |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Stream 2: First Year Core Subjects (75 points)
Stream 2: for students with a Bachelor of Planning and Design (Architecture) or a Bachelor of Architecture Studies completed at the University of Melbourne only.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90142 | Master of Architecture Studio C |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90143 | Master of Architecture Studio D |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Stream 2: Second Year Core Subjects (62.5 points)
Stream 2: for students with a Bachelor of Planning and Design (Architecture) or a Bachelor of Architecture Studies completed at the University of Melbourne only.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90047 | |||
| ABPL90169 | Design Thesis |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ABPL90115 | Master of Architecture Studio E |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Architecture electives (37.5 points)
Students must specialise in an Architecture elective area and must undertake at least 25 points in that area with the remaining 12.5 points undertaken from the same or another architecture elective area.
Architecture electives: Asia/Pacific Architecture (MC-ARCHELEAPARC)
Students wishing to specialise in Asia/Pacific Architecture must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the Asia/Pacific architecture elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90150 | |||
| ABPL90152 | Sustainable Tropical Housing | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Architecture electives: History and Conservation (MC-ARCHELEH&C)
Students wishing to specialise in History and Conservation must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the History and Conservation architecture elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90257 | |||
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90299 | |||
| ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90146 | Architectural Conservation in East Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90301 | Architectural Finishes | No longer available | |
| ABPL90300 | Conservation of Architectural Materials | No longer available | |
| ABPL90372 | |||
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Architecture electives: Production, Practice and Sustainability (MC-ARCHELEPP&S)
Students wishing to specialise in Production, Practice and Sustainability must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the Production, Practice and Sustainability architecture elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90120 | Building Sustainability | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerating Sustainability | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90264 | Professional Practice Investigation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90321 | Building the Brief: People Process Place | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90022 | Bushfire Urban Planning | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90023 | Building Behaviour in Bushfires | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90354 | Robin Boyd Studio | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90361 | Ex-Lab: Digital Furniture Fabrication |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90020 | Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90282 | Principles of Heritage and Conservation | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90355 | Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90373 | Digital: Craft, Design and Make | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90370 | Design Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90378 | Tectonic Grounds | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Sustainable Tropical Housing | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90222 | Timber Furniture Workshop (PG) | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90121 | Compositional Analysis | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90268 | Building Envelopes | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90301 | Architectural Finishes | No longer available | |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90377 | Design for Ageing | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Bushfire & Climate | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90322 | Human Environments Relations | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90336 | Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Speculative Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Architecture electives: Society and Culture (MC-ARCHELES&C)
Students wishing to specialise in Society and Culture must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the Society and Culture architecture elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90017 | Urban Design Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90089 | Australian Architecture (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90150 | |||
| ABPL90236 | Design Approaches and Methods (PG) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90151 | Popular Architecture and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90267 | |||
| ABPL90276 | Spatial& Political Architectures of Asia | No longer available | |
| ABPL90124 | The Architecture of Wishful Thinking | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| EDUC90728 | Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90368 | Architecture and Media | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90369 | Architecture as Spectacle | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90316 | The Shaping of Urban Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90357 | Forms and Politics in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90386 | AA Visiting School Graduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90305 | Design Research | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90241 | Representing and Remembering Place (PG) | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90372 | |||
| ABPL90371 | Design Activism | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Architecture electives: Digital Architecture (MC-ARCHELEDA)
Students wishing to specialise in Digital Architecture must undertake at least 25 points in this area with the remaining 12.5 points of architecture electives undertaken from the Digital Architecture, architecture elective group or another architecture elective group.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90123 | Digital Design Applications | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90149 | Contemporary Digital Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90304 | Flexible Urban Modelling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90361 | Ex-Lab: Digital Furniture Fabrication |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90147 | Speculative Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Multidisciplinary electives (25 points)
Students may choose any masters-level subjects including:
- Melbourne School of Design graduate subjects provided prerequisites are met.
- Any University of Melbourne graduate subject provided prerequisites are met and written approval from the home faculty plus the Master of Architecture course coordinator is submitted to the Environments and Design Student Centre.
Click below for a list of Melbourne School of Design Multidisciplinary elective subjects
Multidisciplinary elective subject list
To view a sample course plan go to:
http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/architecture-course-plans
Last updated: 30 January 2024