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Endriana Audisho
Architecture Design Studio 4 introduces the first complex housing typology in the UTS Architecture degree: Student Housing. With a layered history shaped by educational ideologies, shifting social values, and systemic inequities, student housing has long been tied to questions of inclusion, identity, and community. In recent years, private development and market-driven models have further influenced the typology, often prioritising efficiency and profit over design quality and social value. Against this backdrop, Studio 4 positions architectural design as both a critical and creative practice. Students are challenged to rethink the typology and explore how architecture can question established conventions to propose more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable futures. The design brief centres on the adaptive reuse of UTS Building 15, reimagining it as student housing. Through the lens of contemporary housing models, students engage with issues of co-living, collectivity, and belonging, prioritising social interaction, inclusivity, and environmental responsibility across multiple scales, from the individual unit to the urban context. Ultimately, this studio asks: What does it mean to truly ‘house’ a student today?
