Joshua Christian

Master of Architecture & Urban Design

My name is Joshua Christian, and I have completed a Master of Architecture course at the Swinburne University of Technology in November 2021. I am passionate about gaining experience and knowledge in architecture and its practices. Before applying for the Master's Degree in Swinburne, I have spent two non-academic years working as an Assistant Architect in the local Melbourne Practice. During the two years, I gained knowledge and experience that I never received in the academic world.

Growing up in an environment with no architecture background, I sparked my first dream to become an architect in high school, creating my first perspective drawing. Since then, I have been searching for the meaning of architecture and being an architect. I have been passionate about researching what makes architecture successful. Until now, I still yearn to question what makes architecture and architecture, how people can relate with buildings, and how architecture contributes to society. Personally, this is a lifetime of learning.

At the moment, I am keen to explore more the relationship of technological advancement in construction and architecture, particularly with digital fabrication and workshops. My ambition is to explore more of this construction process and how the technology is applied. I want to explore how it challenges the conventions of architectural construction.

Finishing the Master's Degree is a milestone in my pathway to being an architect. I am looking forward to the opportunities and exciting challenges that await me as an aspiring architect.

Studio D1 - Section Drawing

Studio A - Section Details and Detail Axonometric

Studio B - Axonometric, Plan and Section Drawings

Studio C - Poster and Renders

Studio D - Axonometric Section and Renders

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.