Sustainability is a central principle of modern design and cuts across all three schools within the faculty.
Design, Architecture and Built Environment
Professor Leena Thomas
“I think Architects of the future have a number of challenges. To not just mitigate the impacts of sustainability but to actually create environments that are comfortable and offer delight for the people that use them. For example at UTS we offered a studio around the impact of mining on a small town in Queensland and there, the students are not just being challenged to think outside of what may be a traditional domain of a city but also think about how development decisions and architect decisions might become catalysts for sustainability. Thinking about the legacy to the town, the legacy people leave behind as architects and so on.
Rosie Peppit:
“What UTS is good at, sort of pushing us to think about, is not so much ticking boxes but how can we adapt to these ever changing rules and regulations or conditions, which the government or environment are going to throw at us. Which is a really good way of thinking, a problem solving attitude, as opposed to a ticking the box sort of attitude.”
Design - incorporating animation, industrial design, fashion and textiles, interior design and photography. Subjects include Design Futures: Sustainable Lifestyles, Ecodesign Practice and Sustainability and Design.
Key sustainability staff include:
- Dr Susan Stewart who teaches sustainable design and social innovation
Architecture - sustainability is integrated into most areas with specialised subjects including Designing with Landscape Elements, Environmental Design and Architecture and Landscape Thinking.
Key sustainability staff include:
- Professor Leena Thomas who teaches sustainable architecture, thermal design and environmental performance
- Professor Gerard Reinmuth is a practicing architect with a research interest in sustainability and procurement practices
Built environment - includes urban planning, property development and construction, with subjects including Sustainable Building Technology, Sustainable Construction and Development Management, and Sustainable Urban Development.
Key sustainability staff include:
- Associate Professor Grace Ding who teaches sustainability in construction
- Associate Professor Sumita Ghosh who’s research areas include local food production and sustainable communities
- Professor Sara Wilkinson who has written extensively on sustainability in office buildings
- Dr Pernille Christensen who lectures in sustainable urban design and development
For more information contact the faculty or phone general enquiries 1300 275 887.