The Master of Architecture (RIBA/ARB Part 2) at Arts University Bournemouth is your essential next step towards becoming a registered architect, building upon foundational knowledge with a distinctively collaborative, making, and ecological approach. This postgraduate degree is designed for ambitious students eager to critically engage with inhabitation and spatial relationships, transforming thoughtful propositions into tangible architectural realities. You will explore how to mediate between the individual, the world, and society through design, informed by influences across scales from micro-studio modifications to macro-urban proposals, all within a studio-based arts university context that champions making.
You will study this Master of Architecture full-time on campus over two years, immersing yourself in a studio culture that is both professional and exploratory. Your learning experience will be grounded in making and thinking, supported by practitioner lectures, seminars, and reviews, with a strong emphasis on drawing, models, and texts. In your final year, you will undertake a student-led Thesis Design project, integrating research, theory, and professional practice, and considering ecological contexts and procurement. You will graduate with innovative and progressive approaches, prepared for architectural practice and equipped to make a creative contribution to the built environment.