Programme summary

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Courses & timetables

Admission requirements

[MArch]

9, 240 2.0
Full-time for 18 months (minimum) or part-time for two-and-a-half years (minimum)
Starts February
8 places
First round of interviews held November
CA2302
Mt Albert campus

NZ$ 5949

International fees

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Programme summary

Advance your architecture skills, and undertake your own architecture design project. Identify the unique qualities of your work and how to use these to forge new directions for your design practice.

Are you currently practising in the field of architecture? The Master of Architecture is a qualification for professional architects who want to advance their skills and explore an area of their interest. Advance your knowledge of current design techniques, and learn to present your work effectively to interdisciplinary audiences and in a digital format. Improve your understanding of how to look at architecture sites and briefs from different angles, and use techniques to construct interesting and unique responses.

Highlights

• Specifically developed to enable practising architects to study part-time, learn new techniques, sharpen their design skills and keep abreast of current theory.
• Focus on practical projects: the degree is “by project”, which means that you undertake a project based on an aspect of your architecture practice to date.
• No coursework.
• Strong contemporary theoretical framework.
• Collaborative approach: the Master of Architecture, together with the Master of Landscape Architecture, is part of a suite of design programmes at Unitec. Students in both programmes get together for theory seminars and workshops in order to foster collaboration, new ideas and new approaches to interdisciplinary practice.
• International academics and practitioners contribute to the diferent stages of the programme.
• Part-time study available.

Seminars and workshops

In Semester 1, you complete a seminar series that explores current architecture theory and practice, and helps you develop your research question and a draft research proposal. Then present your draft project proposal at a workshop where you receive feedback from your colleagues, tutors and invited expert guests. If your proposal is confirmed, you embark on a series of workshops at which you present your work in progress for critique and evaluation by invited international architects, landscape architects and designers. These regular workshops aim to stimulate you to move beyond current models, trends and preconceptions. There will also be sessions offered throughout the year to discuss your project.

 

Portfolio requirements

If you are invited for an interview, you will be asked to present a portfolio of your design work.

You should be ready to discuss your professional history, the ideas within your work, your interests and the area of research by design that you are considering.

You should have a significant portfolio of professional work that will enable you to reflect critically on your practice.

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