The continuing development of multi-dimensional computer software has seen many international firms regard the employment of well-trained architectural computing specialists as a necessity. Graduates of the BArchComp will be leaders in the thoughtful and creative application of computer and digital technologies in the design disciplines.

The Degree

The Bachelor of Architectural Computing is essentially a design-based and idea-driven degree: students are not simply skilled up in the use of computers, but are educated to become technology innovators who are able to tackle complex issues by drawing on their integrated expertise across the full range of available digital technologies.

A key emphasis of the degree is to educate students to be able to move freely between an emerging set of technologies, strategically manipulating complex data and ideas in order to optimise processes and facilitate the highest quality resolution of design problems in the built environment. Students will learn to take the developing and semi-formed ideas of our industry, then explore and actualise them in both realistic and abstract ways through the creative use of leading edge representation technologies, the digital exploration of ideas, the application of the latest tools for performance measurement and strategic support for multidisciplinary design collaboration.

The program places particular emphasis on creative problem solving and communication within a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment. The suite of courses that make up the degree empower graduates with a range of capabilities: computing-centric courses build discipline knowledge and learning skills; the Architecture courses in design, technology, history and theory build context, ethics, information literacy; the studio components then enhance all these things to further creative problem solving, reflective learning, communication, analysis and collaboration capability.

Research projects and industry linkage round out an education geared at leading a range of industries and processes into the future. These research projects encourage a close working relationship with a real client to develop skills that are closely related to the demands of the work-place, while allowing the students to further explore and expand their theoretical knowledge.

Who should study Architectural Computing at UNSW Built Environment

• Computer-aided Design and Digital Modeling & Visualisation
• Building Information Modeling & Management
• Virtual Architecture and Real-time interactive environments
• Web and Multimedia