Dr Catherine Keys
Dr

Catherine Keys

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Background

Dr Cathy Keys completed her doctoral studies in the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre in 1999. Her doctoral thesis ‘The Architectural Implications of Warlpiri jilimi’ was concerned with the People Environment relations of Aboriginal women living in Central Australia. She is committed to exploring the social and cultural properties of architectural space. Cathy has taught in Aboriginal Environments and architectural research and design making subjects in the School of Architecture, The University of Queensland.

Availability

Dr Catherine Keys is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Design Studies, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Architecture, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Transfer of architectural knowledge on Northern Australia's settlement frontiers

    This research is concerned with exploring the transfer of architectural knowledge from First Nations people to migrant settlers to Australia - focusing on vernacular architectures in Queensland. This research is concerned with locating Indigenous architecture more centrally within existing architectural histories.

  • Cultural Histories of the Queensland House

    The primary focus of this research is to diversify existing architectural histories of the Queensland House through the study of issues of culture, gender and race.

Research impacts

The findings of my research into the culturally-specific needs of users involves applied research outcomes aimed at informing architects and policy writers designing and providing dwellings and institutional architecture intended for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. This research includes techniques such as participatory design processes and post occupancy evaluations. To date this research has resulted in the development of culturally sensitive design briefs and design criteria that informed architectural housing and aged care projects in remote parts of Central Australia.

Search Professor Catherine Keys’s works on UQ eSpace

43 works between 1993 and 2025
All (43) Book (1) Journal Article (24) Other Outputs (11) Conference Publication (4) Book Chapter (3)

41 - 43 of 43 works

1997

Journal Article

Unearthing ethno-architectural types - categories of societies, meanings and properties of Yunta(windbreaks) of Warlpiri single women's camps

Keys, Cathy (1997). Unearthing ethno-architectural types - categories of societies, meanings and properties of Yunta(windbreaks) of Warlpiri single women's camps. Transition (54-55), 20-29.

Unearthing ethno-architectural types - categories of societies, meanings and properties of Yunta(windbreaks) of Warlpiri single women's camps

1996

Journal Article

Defining single Aboriginal women's housing needs in central Australia: dealing with issues of culture, gender and environment

Keys, Cathy (1996). Defining single Aboriginal women's housing needs in central Australia: dealing with issues of culture, gender and environment. Architectural Theory Review, 1 (1), 69-77. doi: 10.1080/13264829609478263

Defining single Aboriginal women's housing needs in central Australia: dealing with issues of culture, gender and environment

1993

Other Outputs

Aboriginal women's birthing and architectural implications in central Australia

Keys, Catherine (1993). Aboriginal women's birthing and architectural implications in central Australia. Honours Thesis, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.397

Aboriginal women's birthing and architectural implications in central Australia

Availability

Dr Catherine Keys is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring Scandinavian influences on Queensland architecture: An investigation of cultural and environmental adaptations in the Queenslander house

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Silvia Micheli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards More Inclusive Government Assets Management: A Gender Responsive Design Framework for Government Office Buildings in Indonesia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sonia Roitman

Completed supervision

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