A trans-Tasman survey running until December is seeking to gauge how architecture practitioners in Australia and New Zealand think and feel about architectural education.
The survey is part of a broader research study being conducted on architectural education in the region, titled Architectural Education and the Profession in Australia and New Zealand, which is being led by the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA).
The study was commissioned to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of Michael Ostwald and Anthony Williams’ 2008 study into architectural teaching, Understanding Architectural Education in Australasia.
The follow-up is led by research director Alex Maroya, with researchers Gill Mathewson and Louise Wallis on the project team. Other components of the study include a literature review, focus groups, and a separate survey of architecture academics. The full results will be published in 2019.
The survey is open to both registered and non-registered practitioners from Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
A participant information sheet says the survey solicits “views on architectural curriculum, graduate pathways, the relationship between universities and the architectural profession and priorities for the future.”
Administered by the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia, the study is being jointly funded by the AACA, the Australia Institute of Architects, the Association of Architecture Schools of Australia, the Australian Deans of Built Environment and Design and New Zealand architectural stakeholder organizations.
The survey closes on 14 December and can be found here.
