Unitec students work on real-world brief
05 September 2019
- Henderson
- News
At the beginning of the year our Henderson team sat down with lecturers from the Unitec School of Architecture to help them design a real-world brief for students to respond to as part of their curriculum.
The brief was based on a couple of sites earmarked for housing, both of which were close to the train station.
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From the brief the students researched and looked at overseas examples before coming up with their own concepts for the sites.
Unitec’s Academic Programme Manager, Yusef Patel, says a really important part of the project was the review process which involved those with industry experience.
“Design critique was the most important for the students because that’s where they got a lot a good feedback. That feedback was then acted upon by the students,” he said.
Working on a brief like this means that the students get a much better handle on how these projects work in the real world. This makes them better equipped to contribute to the industry when they graduate.
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