Leire Asensio Villoria and David Mah (Programme Heads) are senior lecturers in Architecture and Urban Design at the Melbourne School of Design and have taught at the AA, Harvard University (GSD) and Cornell University. They are active in creative practice and are authors and editors of Systems Upgrade: (Re)Fabricating Tectonic Prototypes, Lifestyled: Health and Places and the forthcoming book The Climate Imaginary.

The units are structured to help you build capabilities in different methodologies, techniques and mediums:
 

• Critical design thinking in the 21st century
• Theoretical and practical understanding of experience design
• Introduction to advanced use of digital technology
• Research and development of new architectural processes
• Multidisciplinary design approaches
• Interaction design
• Exhibition design
• Art and design

Please email leire.asensio@unimelb.edu.au for the cost and fees for this elective as it will be dependent on if it is assessed or not. This fee will include registration costs and fees related to assessed credits from the host institution, The University of Melbourne.
 

• For University of Melbourne students, please enroll directly via the University of Melbourne student portal.
• For Non-Australian University enrolled students, contact the AAVS Melbourne Programme Heads, Leire (leire.asensio@unimelb.edu.au) and David Mah (david.mah@unimelb.edu.au) for further information regarding the Community Access Program (CAP) and how you may choose to study in either assessed or non-assessed mode.
• For Australian University students (but not University of Melbourne students), please apply through Cross Institutional study programme at the University of Melbourne: https://students.unimelb.edu.au/your-course/cross-institutional-study
• Enrolment for University of Melbourne (UoM), Non-University of Melbourne, and Non-Australian University enrolled applicants will need the following subject codes to complete the application:
   

      – ABPL30063 _ AA Visiting School Undergraduate
      – ABPL90386 _ AA Visiting School Post Graduate
 

• Once you are enrolled with UoM, the Programme Heads will be in touch regarding online registration with the AA School.