QUTAS: QUT ARCHITECTURE SOCIETY

The QUT Architecture Society is a student-run community that fosters collaboration, development, and passion for architecture within design students and the wider QUT student body. Open to anyone interested,

QUTAS routinely hosts a wide variety of educational, social, and industry-based events. Aiming to make university as enjoyable as possible while also providing our members with a safe space to have fun and enjoy themselves while creating new friends and connections.

My role as President at QUTAS for 2022 comprises of managing the QUTAS executive committee of 12 executives, delegating amongst the graphics, social media, events, sponsorship, merchandise and finance team, and overseeing each teams’ activities as well as managing 18 QUTAS volunteers.

I have the responsibility and honour of recruiting QUT students and providing them with the opportunity to be a QUTAS executive or volunteer. With this responsibility, I strive to provide these opportunities to students who are POC (People Of Colour), being a POC myself, and international students.

Semester 1 of 2022 has been an amazing year for the team. We’ve received the highest memberships out of all the years QUTAS has been running and have set an academic program called Student Help Sessions which hopefully will continue in the future.

My Role In Qutas

QUTAS Executive Committee: Fiona-Maria Meier (VP), Joy Yovanovich Merit (Treasurer), Tulika Albuquerque (Secretary), Luthfia Ilmi Setyaningtyas (Graphics Coordinator), Athaya Zahra (Graphics Officer), Nidhi Kodate (Social Media Coordinator), Princess Avia (Social Media Officer, Ethan Clark (Marketing Coordinator), Anushka Shah (Events Coordinator), Soo-Hyun Lee (Sponsorship Coordinator) and Azzen Ramathan (Merch Coordinator)

Held in collaboration with Bickerton Masters, DWP, LAT27 and Vokes and Peters, QUTAS hosted our popular office tours. Aimed at providing our student members with a clear behind-the-scenes insight into Brisbane’s architectural industry while also supplying them with the ability to ask questions and understand how an architectural practice works.

Tours were hosted and guided by staff members, allowing for an engaging and educational event for students. Moreover, it provided QUTAS members with a collaborative and connective experience.