Master of Architectural Science (High Performance Buildings) (Sustainable Design)
Program Overview
This specialized program in High-Performance Buildings and Sustainable Design equips professionals with the knowledge and skills to design, manage, and operate sustainable buildings. Led by research-leading lecturers, students gain hands-on experience through industry internships and site visits. The program offers two streams: High Performance Buildings, integrating architectural and building services with sustainability principles, and Sustainable Design, emphasizing critical thinking and adaptation to changing environmental needs.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This unique program focuses on the emerging area of high-performance buildings with a specialisation in sustainable design. You will acquire an evidence-based education on the design, service provision and operation of buildings with a deep knowledge of sustainability principles. This program is tailored for design and related built-environment professionals who wish to extend their expertise in sustainable design, and for graduates of the Bachelor of Architecture and Environments and Bachelor of Design in Architecture.
Teaching:
Your research-leading lecturers take you on site visits and expose you to a range of international collaborators. You can use a wide range of electives to pursue your interests in the application of sustainable design theories and methods in architecture, planning, urban design, building services and facilities management.
Careers:
You will graduate prepared for a range of career pathways including:
- architecture,
- property development,
- construction or urban planning,
- corporate real estate,
- and building services.
Other:
- Primary Stream: High Performance Buildings
- Integrates the various components of the built environment, namely Architectural and Building Services (design and operations), passive and active Sustainability, strategic and operational Facility Management and Property Economics (highlighting return on investment principles).
- You will have the opportunity to not only learn but also actively participate in research as part of your studies.
- Secondary Stream: Sustainable Design
- Emphasises the knowledge and critical thinking skills that will enable students to adapt to—and lead—future changes in our built environment.
- The University of Sydney is one of the world's top 20 universities . We've attracted world-renowned teachers and researchers, so you'll be learning the latest practices from leaders in the field. Our building houses the only indoor environmental quality (IEQ) laboratory in the southern hemisphere, an extensive research lighting laboratory and outstanding audio and acoustics facilities, including an anechoic chamber and recording studio.
- Opportunities for industry internships and international travel will further broaden your thinking as a design professional. You'll have opportunities to attend workshops run by international scholars and display your work in our Tin Sheds Gallery.
