Events

On 2–4 December 2024, UQ will co-host the 40th annual Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) conference in Brisbane.

We welcome you to join us at our Graduate Exhibition, make shift, hosted by the School of Architecture, Design and Planning.

'Forest to Fibre' presents cutting edge research into sustainable timber processing and design alongside local stories, artworks and histories.

Francesco is a Hanoi-based architect having graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland, 2016). ThinkPlaygrounds believes that qualitative public space built with the community is fundamental to achieve social equity and increase quality of life for urban citizens, as well as providing a playful childhood to children living in Vietnam.

In this workshop with the EAIT employability team and Dr Charlotte Kessler, we will discuss ways in which students can get started with understanding the landscape of interdisciplinary design jobs.

This workshop will introduce services provided to students including UQ online tools to build your employability, employability and industry events, employability advisor services, and the EAIT industry mentoring program.

Karl Langer was the first architect in our region to advocate for landscape; for the extension of living spaces from inside to outside, for affordable houses tuned to climate, and consideration of “the whole allotment as a unified living area.”

Kim Baber, Paola Leardini and Dan Luo will be presenting overviews of the projects they are leading in the ARC Advance Timber Hub, in the fields of Design for Extended Building Life; Manufacturing Innovation; and Value Chain Innovation

Climate change is being driven by emissions from buildings and we are now moving to the next age of design where the solution to keeping people thermally safe in buildings relies not on machines but on the quality of the climatic design of the building itself.

With the collapse of Spain's South American dominions and Brazil's independence in 1822, the continent beckoned European entrepreneurs, speculators and adventurers.
Pedro's lecture focuses on the British and other foreign engineers and manufacturers who came to the new emancipated republics seeking to market goods and services, promising to bring the fruits of the industrial revolution and propel the continent into the nineteenth century.

This event is an opportunity to visit Purpose Built: Architecture for a better tomorrow and connect with other likeminded professionals whilst getting to hear from the researchers about their projects on display. The Planning Institute of Australia, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and Australian Institute of Architects members are invited to join us for this event

Hear from London projects tackling affordable housing.

Hear from Melbourne projects tackling affordable housing.

Hear from local Brisbane projects tackling affordable housing.

How do leading architectural experts continue to innovate and explore new approaches that are sustainable, responsive, and useful to our city? Are they getting it right?

The School of Architecture, Design and Planning, in partnership with State Library of Queensland, are showcasing five research projects together with State Library Collection content in an exhibition that examines the future of our built environment.

This session will explore the research, need identification, design process, and drivers of technology and innovation that went into creating a project that will make meaningful change for future ICU patients.

We invite you to join us to celebrate the achievements of the School of Architecture’s 2022 Bachelor of Architectural Design and Master of Architecture graduating cohorts.

How can new techniques in the digital humanities help us manage our cultural heritage?
The Australian Cultural Data Engine in collaboration with the Digital Archive of Queensland Architecture (DAQA) and Curtin University Library presents a collaborative workshop on storing, analysing and visualising the history of the built environment.

With COP27 underway and increasingly urgent warnings being regularly issued by the IPCC and other scientific organisations, there is increasing pressure on built environment professionals to produce ‘low carbon’, ‘net zero’ or even ‘net positive’ buildings. In this seminar Dr Paul Matthew will present some very general models of the environmental impact of residential buildings in Australia.

Join Dr Liz Brogden and Dr Kavita Gonsalves as they present the findings of the Climate Literacy and Action in Architecture Education project and seek feedback about how this project can support existing research and teaching in the School of Architecture at UQ.

Brief histories of two national parks reveal a range of design challenges in managing tourism experience and protecting biodiversity. We consider how designs for walking shape visitor experience of landscapes that are threatened by hiking shoes, climate and Instagram.

Water performance analysis provides an in-depth understanding of the impact of urban design on the urban water cycle and could inform the designing of water-sensitive buildings, precincts, and cities. This presentation gives an overview of the theoretical framework and methods used for collaborative water performance analysis. It also gives examples of multidisciplinary decisions to explore densification-water performance tradeoffs.