At RIBA Part 2 (MArch) level, Professional Studies elements ensure that students have the opportunity to evidence how they have gained knowledge of the industries, organisations, regulations and procedures involved in translating design concepts into architecture.
Through a series of lectures by specialist staff and practising experts PS3 students gain a better understanding of the realities around the professional world and ‘business’ of architecture before demonstrating how they might apply that in their own journey.
Students revisit a previous studio project in the context of the ARB’s guidance on Fire & Life Safety, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability to demonstrate how, on reflection, they could improve it with their enhanced professional studies knowledge. They formed proto practices to showcase their business acumen, often reaching beyond the 'traditional;' model of practice. This year has largely focused on the small problem of saving the world whilst considering cost-of-living, student debt, circular economies in Malaysia, mycellium and the role of the AI in remote collaboration platforms.
