This project explores the strategic planning for a High-Speed Rail (HSR) connection between Sydney and Melbourne to reduce travel times and reshape urban landscapes. It involves mapping potential routes and stops, assessing impacts on locations such as metropolitan CBDs and regional cities, and developing a detailed plan for one station. Proposed stops include Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Gosford, Glenfield, Canberra, and Wagga Wagga.

This studio challenges students to design a gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, focusing on an artist or performance-based artwork, with options for a museum, theatre, gallery, or concert hall. Through rigorous research, students explore how architectural design can integrate across scales and media, creating a cohesive aesthetic language that reflects the chosen individual's work. Projects delve into foundational elements of the artist’s discipline and work, pushing the boundaries of architecture as a medium and its relationship with contemporary art and other disciplines.

The Art, Instruments, Communication and Public Space studio explores the intersection of art, architecture, and public space in Auburn, Western Sydney. Through a two-part project, students design art interventions as "instruments" to enhance community engagement and empathy, first at a small public site near Auburn station and then at the larger Auburn Shopping Village. The studio emphasizes interdisciplinary methods, drawing and storytelling to create spaces that reveal histories and encourage a sense of belonging.

This project, involving Youth Justice NSW and several key agencies, aims to enhance communication with young people involved in court cases, focusing on clarity and inclusion while respecting legal constraints. It addresses procedural justice by developing both printed and digital concepts to improve comprehension and engagement, with particular attention to First Nations youth who are over-represented in the justice system. Design efforts focus on overcoming challenges such as language barriers, learning disabilities, and mental health issues.

In the culminating studio of the MIDEA program, students collaborate with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to explore the concept of launching a digital-first radio station. This project aims to enhance user engagement through innovative digital platform interfaces and address challenges such as user apathy and competition with existing audio apps. The brief encourages students to deliver advanced design documentation and presentations, while fostering a safe and engaging digital environment.

In the capstone studio of the MIDEA program, students collaborate with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to enhance ABC Education's reach and user engagement among lifelong learners. This involves broadening the platform's educational offerings beyond primary and secondary education to cater to a wider audience, utilizing ABC's extensive resources. Students are tasked with developing solutions that effectively deliver and personalize content, strengthening their professional design skills in the process.

Design students are tasked with creating an embassy building in Nusantara, Indonesia's future capital. The embassy will include a chancellery and ambassador's residence, blending public and private spaces for diplomatic activities. Projects will explore how architecture can represent national identity while adapting to a foreign context with sustainability and security in mind.

The MIDEA program's culminating studio partners students with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to develop innovative digital spaces that foster community engagement and storytelling. Students will integrate new media formats and interaction patterns to enhance local news coverage while ensuring user safety, consent, and a positive experience. The studio emphasizes skills in research-led design, presentation, and critical self-reflection to prepare students for the design industry.

This capstone project offers students the opportunity to collaborate with the Gamay Rangers at La Perouse, focusing on the development of a proposal for the new Gamay Rangers Station at Yarra Bay. It involves cultural and environmental resource management and integrates themes of relationality and connectedness with the Dharawal Language and culture. Students will engage in marine mammal protection and cultural awareness initiatives within Botany Bay.

This studio focuses on water as a scientific and symbolic element, inviting students to rethink water resources through an architectural lens. By applying Metabolism concepts to Cockatoo Island, students design a Museum of Water that embodies ecological and imaginative futures. The course highlights the intersection of Indigenous knowledge, environmental urgency, and architectural innovation.

This project focuses on designing regenerative spaces within the Redfern North Eveleigh Precinct to support mental health and healing, specifically for Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. Students are tasked with creating innovative spaces for youth mental health services, emphasizing speculative and experimental designs that foster wellness and connections to self, community, and the environment. The project integrates considerations of built heritage and user experience to transform mental health spaces.

This project focuses on designing regenerative spaces that promote healing, specifically for a Headspace youth mental health service. Located at Tramsheds, Glebe Foreshore Parks, it explores how architectural transformation can influence mental wellbeing, with an emphasis on user experience and journey. The initiative blends practical considerations with speculative elements to challenge traditional concepts of mental and physical spaces.

The MIDEA Grad Studio partners with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to explore design strategies that address unhealthy digital habits by promoting mindful and balanced content consumption. Students work on enhancing design skills through research-led documentation, evidence-based presentations, and reflective practices. The project aims to ensure content accessibility, relevance, and engagement in a way that reflects ABC's commitment to informing, educating, and entertaining Australians.

This project focuses on designing and implementing Digital Health applications, particularly using virtual and augmented reality, to enhance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) and mental health. It aims to create culturally meaningful solutions that support self-determination and account for the holistic relationships and connections significant to SEWB, while addressing the historical impacts of colonization. The project seeks innovative approaches within health, education, and cultural institutions to improve SEWB outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This project invites students to design and prototype a novel solution aligned with one or more of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Focusing on sharp insights and potentially minimal technology, students will employ various design approaches, including user interaction, 3D modeling, and front-end web development, to address these global challenges.

This project, in collaboration with Twofold Aboriginal Corporation and the Monaro and Yuin People, explores how architects can authentically partner with Indigenous communities to honor ancient wisdom through co-design. By conceptualizing catalytic cultural hubs on the far South NSW Coast, the initiative aims to create spaces for education, creativity, and community dialogue, advancing regenerative and transformative architectural practices.

This studio challenges students to design a 21st-century mixed-use urban eco-settlement in Waterloo, Sydney, as a playful heterotopia that addresses social fragmentation and environmental issues. Drawing inspiration from 'New Babylon' and the Situationists' ideas, students will explore the creative potential of play as a means to create sustainable, connected, and empowering living environments. The project encourages the use of new technologies to develop a playful urban space that moves beyond the traditional capitalist focus on efficiency and productivity.

This project challenges students to innovate in Australia's public healthcare system by addressing issues such as overcrowded emergency rooms and mental health service gaps while working in a regulated, resource-limited environment. Through intersectional approaches and community engagement, students aim to design solutions that foster people-centered care and equip healthcare workers to improve patient experiences and service delivery. The client, an ethically led design studio, encourages projects that stimulate societal change and cohesiveness, seeking ideas that are ethical, promote change, and exemplify innovative techniques.

The Urban Report and Planning Report are substantial semester-long projects focused on developing research skills within urban research and planning contexts, respectively. The Urban Report involves producing a 5,000 to 10,000-word written and illustrated document in response to a consultancy brief, exploring practical or theoretical urbanism topics. The Planning Report, a 10,000 to 12,000-word discussion, allows students to critically address urban and regional planning issues, often in collaboration with local councils, advancing real-world planning knowledge.

This studio explores contemporary climate change strategies and challenges neo-extractivist approaches through spatial speculation, focusing on the 'Lithium Triangle' in South America. Students investigate the potential of lithium in energy transitions and its environmental impact, questioning which ecosystems and lives are prioritized in preservation efforts. Projects aim to creatively redefine the life-death boundaries, crucial for shaping sustainable futures.

This studio challenges students to integrate structural elements as a fundamental part of their architectural designs, enhancing expression and meaning. Participants will design a standalone pavilion for Australia at the upcoming Osaka World Expo, using expressed structures to embody innovative solutions and reflect Australia's vision for a future society.

This project, in collaboration with Surf Life Saving Research, aims to create innovative infrastructure and technology to communicate risks and educate the public on staying safe at unpatrolled coastal locations. The initiative addresses the high incidence of drowning deaths at unpatrolled sites, supporting Surf Life Saving Australia's mission to enhance coastal safety and community engagement.

Inspired by Aldo Rossi's Teatro del Mundo, the Sydney Harbour Drama House project invites students to design a 250-seat theatre on Sydney Harbour. Emphasizing topographical and environmental sensitivity, students select a site on the water, incorporating elements like transportation and environmental conditions into the theatre experience. The project encourages innovation, from thematic focus to audience interaction, transforming the surrounding area with its presence.

This brief tasks students with designing an inclusive temporary cultural venue in Taman Fatahillah, Jakarta's historic center. The project explores how temporary architecture can highlight social issues and serve as a form of civil expression, while bridging the city's past and present collective memories. The goal is to invigorate the area amidst Jakarta’s rapid urban changes.

This project positions Message Stick as a thought leader in the future of corporate communications and infrastructure. As an Indigenous-owned ICT services provider, Message Stick supports evolving workplace needs with advanced communication systems and strategic partnerships. Teams will develop strategies and innovations to reinforce Message Stick's role in guiding clients through ICT transformations.

This design studio explores sustainable design concepts to create versatile community facilities that empower and support disadvantaged groups. Students will develop a community centre with multi-purpose spaces, external areas, and co-living arrangements, all centered around food production and fostering collaboration and sustainable living. The project emphasizes participatory design, material sufficiency, and biodiversity, considering the environmental and social impacts of material choices.

At the culmination of their formal education in architecture, students of the Praxis studio were invited to contemplate how the next generation of architects should be taught. Each student designed a small school of architecture on Cockatoo Island (Wareamah) informed by a unique praxis and pedagogy addressing contemporary concerns, such as the climate crisis or AI.

The culminating studio of the Master of Interaction Design and Electronic Arts program collaborates with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to promote music discovery among young Australians. Students aim to creatively integrate ABC's Unearthed music catalogue into its product suite, enhancing user experience while preserving the distinct identity of the Unearthed site. The project focuses on showcasing local Australian artists and facilitating innovative music discovery solutions.

This studio focuses on designing an educational and civic center for water advocacy along Sydney's contaminated Alexandra Canal, exploring the relationship between humans and the environment through water conservation. It aims to raise public awareness about the historical and cultural significance of water and the role of architecture in promoting water conservation and urban space revitalization.

This studio invites students to develop personal design briefs within four thematic research clusters: Decolonised Places, Architectures of Care, Housing Crises, and Circular Economies. Building on a Winter Intensive that critiques real-world architectural briefs, students create projects that are deeply personal and significant, fostering a collaborative and enthusiastic environment for research-based design exploration.