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Message from the Dean
A message from Professor Helen Lochhead, Dean of Built Environment.
Luminocity 2020 | Virtual Exhibition
Be sure to check out the incredible work of our undergraduate students from across all the programs. Watch and hear from students sharing their design process and project observations.
Student develops specialised weeding tool to improve bushfire management
Industrial Design student, Sabrina Piro, designed this tool in response to the catastrophic Australian bushfire season for bush regenerators. Meet Sabrina and learn more about her project in the virtual Luminocity exhibition.
Architecture: the fine line between inspired and copied
A/Professor Melonie Bayl-Smith says debates about what is inspired and copied in architecture cut to the heart of the worst aspects of the drive for originality.
More women needed in Built Environment leadership roles
Watch leading women of the built environment discuss workplace practices, gender equity share professional insights and candid career advice.
Parametric design: style and substance?
Computational design is not ‘wacky’ form-finding. It’s about finding design solutions for some of the biggest challenges of our time. Hear from A/Professor M. Hank Haeusler, UNSW Computational Design Program Director, on parametricism.
What ruin photography reveals about urban decay and renewal
Dr Cathy Smith, Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture, warns against glamourising of modern ruins. She highlights opportunities for long-term temporary use of abandoned spaces.
Eye on Alumni
Indigenous architecture of Craig Kerslake
Craig has more than 17 years’ experience spanning residential construction to commercial buildings. But he is perhaps best known for incorporating his understanding of Indigenous traditions into design practice.
#YourBEStories: Bernard Fehon
Meet Industrial Design alum, Bernard Fehon, who has taken on many roles in his career across various sectors. He is the most passionate about CEO Sleepout, a successful charity initiative which he established in 2006 to help raise money for Vinnies.
What's on?
Master of Architecture info session for Interior Architecture and Civil Engineering students
Considering pathways into a postgraduate degree in Architecture? Then this session is for you. Meet A/Professor Philip Oldfield, UNSW Architecture Program Director, to learn about the Master of Architecture degree and its unique features. There will be an opportunity to ask your questions
Where: Microsoft Teams
Master of Architecture session for 3rd year Bachelor of Architectural Studies students
Considering options for your postgraduate degree in Architecture? Be sure to join this session to learn everything you need to know about the Master of Architecture program at UNSW.
Where: Microsoft Teams
Bachelor of Computational Design one-year degree option
Are you interested in gaining computational design skills alongside your current undergraduate degree to future proof your career? Don't miss this session. Meet A/Professor Hank Haeusler, Program Director, who will share details about the program, entry requirements and answer your questions.
Where: Microsoft Teams event
Climate Change and Disaster Management | three conferences, one challenge
Register your interest for the event that aims to explore technology and resilience by bringing together three conferences: Geographic Information for Disaster Management, Urban Resilience Asia Pacific 2 and NSW Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) one-day event. The event organisers are accepting short papers until the end of August.
Where: UNSW Sydney
Videos
Dr Natalie Galea | Engaging Women in BE
Dr Natalie Galea, Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW, shares her career reflections since last speaking at the event in 2016.
Scientia A/Professor Hazel Easthope | Engaging Women in BE
Scientia Associate Professor Hazel Easthope, City Futures Research Centre at UNSW shares her career achievements and insights over the last five years.
