Thursday 27 November - Invitation only
Friday 28 November to Sunday 30 November - Open to general public, 10am to 5pm
Boiler House
White Bay Power Station
Robert St, Rozelle
Discover the brightest minds in architecture, urban planning, industrial design and more at the 2025 UNSW Built Environment Grad Exhibition.
Following the success of its 2024 debut at White Bay Power Station, the UNSW Built Environment Graduation Exhibition is returning for its second year.
Join us in celebrating the creativity, dedication, and ambition that define the next generation of designers, planners, and innovators. The University of New South Wales Built Environment Exhibition is a moment to come together — to recognise the countless hours of exploration, collaboration, and passion that have shaped this year’s graduating projects.
Across four inspiring days, the exhibition will showcase over 400 works from students spanning seven disciplines:
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Architecture
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Interior Architecture
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Landscape Architecture
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Urban Planning
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Construction Project Management
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Industrial Design
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Computational Design.
Each project is a testament to the commitment and growth of the students as they challenge boundaries and reimagine the spaces we live, work, and connect within. This exhibition will also include bold reimaginings of White Bay Power Station itself - a site that has served as a brief for final year projects in the Interior Architecture Program for over a decade.
A series of insightful panel talks will also take place on Saturday 29 November.
PANEL 1 | AI x Architectural Education: Towards digital literacy in Built Environment studios and courses
11:00am-12:30pm, Saturday, 29 November 2025
Architecture, design, and built environment education are entering a transformative era — one defined by artificial intelligence. As AI reshapes the way we design, make, and think, the question is no longer if education must adapt, but how. Join us for a panel discussion exploring how UNSW Built Environment is effectively engaging with this challenge. The session will showcase best-practice examples of understanding, tracking, and implementing AI across our programs, featuring case studies that illustrate how AI is being embedded in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Moderator: Dr Farnaz Fattahi, CPD Lead at Arch_Manu, UNSW
Panellists:
Associate Prof Catherine Evans, Associate Professor and Deputy of Head of School, Learning and Teaching, in the School of Built Environment at UNSW.
Dr Christopher Bamborough, Post Doctoral Research Fellow at UNSW
Daniel Yu, Deputy Discipline Director and Lecturer in Computational Design at UNSW
Benjamin Allen is a registered Architect and Lecturer in Architecture at UNSW
PANEL 2 | The Future of Adaptive Reuse: Carbon, Culture and Housing
1:30pm-3:00pm, Saturday, 29 November 2025
Globally, buildings account for 30-35% of greenhouse gas emissions and 40% of total annual energy consumption. Retrofitting reduces embodied carbon and improves energy efficiency. Existing buildings reflect history and culture through response to place, community, climate and technology thereby enriching shared narratives, identity and belonging. In Australia, office buildings account for 49% of all existing building stock and by some estimates 50% are uneconomic yet the provision of affordable, comfortable and energy efficient housing cannot keep up with demand. Adaptive reuse sits at the intersection of the most pressing urban challenges facing us today – climate change, identity politics and intergenerational equity.
Moderator: Dr Jonathan Fox, Senior Lecturer, Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
Panellists:
Annie Tennant, Director, Design and Place at NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Alan Croker, Director and Principal Architect, Design 5 - Architects
Ben Dircks, General Manager, FDC Construction & Fitout
PANEL 3 | Designing the Future: Industrial Designers and the Power of Good Design
3:30pm-5:00pm, Saturday, 29 November 2025
All of these award-winning innovations began life as a capstone project in the UNSW Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) program, where bold ideas were first nurtured into prototypes, and later into successful products celebrated by the Australian Good Design Awards.
From Hullbot’s autonomous marine-cleaning robot tackling biofouling and sustainability, to Forcite’s smart helmet redefining motorcycle safety, SOOZE’s modular device empowering keratoconus patients, and HALO’s inclusive kitchen system enhancing independence for people with disabilities. Each exemplifies how UNSW Industrial Design transforms student projects into real-world impact.
Hosted by Dr Brandon Gien, this session explores how design education, innovation, and entrepreneurship intersect to shape the future of the built environment, from sustainable technologies and assistive devices to intelligent products that improve life on Earth.
Moderator: Dr Brandon Gien, Chair, Good Design Australia, Adjunct Professor of Industrial Design, UNSW
Panellists:
Tom Loefler, Hullbot, 2025 Australian Good Design Award of the Year and Best in Class, Commercial & Industrial Products
Alfred Boyadgis, Forcite, 2022 Good Design Award Best in Class, Automotive and Transport Products
Liam Lo Cascio, HALO, 2024 Good Design Award Best in Class, Next Gen
Maoxin Yuan, SOOZE, 2025 Good Design Award Best in Class, Next Gen