Information for students

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building is located on City campus, Broadway, in the Peter Johnson Building (Building 6) on Harris Street.

The Building 6 Student Centre provides information and assistance to coursework students who have inquiries and concerns about student and course administration. The student centre coordinates a wide range of activities including enrolment, production and distribution of class timetables, identification of potential graduands, the processing of student leave applications, special consideration and variation of programs. The centre also assists with interpretation of University rules and regulations, and provides various forms for students.

The research degrees administrator provides similar assistance to postgraduate research students.

Location, contacts and inquiries

The Building 6 Student Centre is located on level 4 of the Peter Johnson Building (Building 6). It is responsible for a broad range of activities including admission, enrolment, graduation, timetabling, course information and promotion, and student progression matters.

Hours: 9am–5pm Monday to Friday (except Wednesday); 12pm–5pm Wednesday

These hours are extended during the first weeks of each semester.

Postal address

Faculty structure

The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building administers UTS: Design, Architecture and Building courses. The faculty consists of three schools that manage both undergraduate and postgraduate coursework degrees: the School of Design; the School of Architecture; and the School of the Built Environment.

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building has a research culture that respects distinct intellectual areas while encouraging internal and external research partnerships.

Teaching strategies

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building is committed to the creation of a learning environment where:

• students are motivated to want to learn
• students learn both in groups and independently
• students learn using a combination of theoretical and practical applications
• students adopt a scholarly approach to their studies
• students emulate practice
• students engage with the community
• students learn from feedback on exams, assignments and general performance, and
• research and writing skills are promoted.

Students learn from highly accomplished and motivated staff, student readers, workbooks and texts where appropriate.

Facilities

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building has state-of-the-art facilities including:

• a digital architecture studio and lab exclusively for Master of Advanced Architecture students
• an interactivation studio to research the interaction between people and technology
• the creative image laboratory used for teaching, workshops and general access for third- and fourth-year visual communications students
• the Design Resource Centre library of materials, which is a valuable resource for interior, industrial and furniture design students
• fashion workshops and studios created for the design and construction of garments
• a moving image production video studio
• a fabrication workshop for metalworking, woodworking, general use, plastics, welding, spray painting, materials storage, tool storage and a 3D printer
• a photography studio for small, medium and large formats; black and white, and colour film processing and printing; lighting; backdrops; and darkrooms
• state-of-the-art computing lab, featuring a render farm and 21 dual-processor G5 Macs (these facilities are comprehensively upgraded every three years)
• the textile print workshop, which consists of a dye lab, a print area with two large print tables, transfer press and heat setter, a screen exposure room, a screen wash area and a drying area, and a coating area
• a digital workshop that holds 3D printers, a laser cutter and a 3D scanner
• a motion capture laboratory that has a Vicon optical system to capture human movement by a series of cameras and then encoded as digital data — these data allow animators to produce characters with life-like movement — and a 3D scanner
• DAB lab research gallery, which provides managerial assistance for academic staff and postgraduate student case studies and research projects
• UTS Gallery, which is a dedicated public gallery, presenting a rich and varied program of high quality exhibitions, educational activities and special events that make a significant contribution to the cultural life of UTS and the wider community of Sydney.

Centres

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building is home to several research centres.

International exchange

Being an exchange student provides the opportunity to study and travel overseas, to experience and learn from the perspectives of other cultures, and to develop alternative ways of thinking and a new approach to learning.

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building has exchange agreements with the following universities:

• Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Kyushu Institute of Design (Japan)
• Fachhochschule Vorarlberg GmBH (Austria)
• Fachhochschule Hannover; Fachhochschule Wiesbaden (Germany)
• Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London; Mackintosh School of Architecture; University of Brighton (UK)
• Ryerson Polytechnic University (Canada).

Cross-faculty courses

The Master of Animation (C04212) is a cross-faculty course incorporating the teaching strengths of the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building; the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; and the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. The Bachelor of Photography and Situated Media (C10265) shares subjects with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences's Bachelor of Sound and Music Design (C10269).