Overview
Background
Dr Andrew Wilson is a registered architect, architectural educator, and researcher with a Master of Architecture (Research by Design) from RMIT University (2001) and practice experience Victoria, Queensland and Germany. Andrew has teaching experience in the areas of ‘Technology and Science’ and ‘History and Theory’, as well as running architectural and urban design studios. He is committed to architectural culture, critical approaches to design learning and an open international cultural exchange with a focus on the Asia Pacific.
Andrew Wilson's research is focused on Research by Design; architecture as a open question, urban and social space, architecture’s relationship with the city, and scales of regional operation. His work has been published in leading journals including Casabella and Architecture Australia.
Wilson has contributed as a Chief Investigator to a competitive external research grant, lead by Professor John Macarthur from the Australian Research Council, a Linkage Grant for ‘Architectural Practice in Post-war Queensland (1945-1975): Building and Interpreting an Oral History Archive’. He has presented invited lectures and peer-reviewed conference papers in Japan, New Zealand and Australia. He was a JSPS Invitation Visiting Fellow at the University of Tsukuba (2011), and Visiting Foreign Research Fellow in 2012 and 2013. He has been invited as Visiting Scholar to KU Leuven, Belgium in the second half of 2014. He has curated architectural exhibitions and his own architectural work and collaborations have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale (2008) and in Australia. He regularly contributes as a critic to Architectural Review (London), Japan Architect, Architecture Australia and Architectural Review Australia.
Availability
- Dr Andrew Wilson is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), University of Melbourne
- Masters (Coursework) of Architecture, RMIT University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Fellow, Australian Institute of Architects, Australian Institute of Architects
- Member, EAAE European Association for Architectural Education, EAAE European Association for Architectural Education
Research interests
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Research by Design
Andrew runs parallel modes of Research by Design including collaborative projects.
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Architectural Practice in Post-war Queensland
Andrew has been involved in research looking at various aspects of the work of specific architects and contributions to a collaborative team that has resulted in exhibitions, public fora, publication and website outcomes.
Research impacts
The ARC Linkage grant ‘Architectural Practice in Post-war Queensland (1945-1975): Building and Interpreting an Oral History Archive,’ has as research outcomes the exhibition Hot Modernism to be hosted by the State Library of Queensland and publication of the same title. Andrew Wilson is Invited Research Fellow, KU Leuven, for the second half of 2014.
Works
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2024
Other Outputs
Unsettling Queenstown:: Architecture for Recovering Country: Open Archive
Wilson, Andrew, Toki, Ayano and Omura, Yohei (2024). Unsettling Queenstown:: Architecture for Recovering Country: Open Archive.
2024
Journal Article
Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence
Wilson, Andrew (2024). Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence. ArchitectureAU.
2023
Conference Publication
Centenary Estates: private development and Brisbane’s post-war expansion west
Wilson, Andrew (2023). Centenary Estates: private development and Brisbane’s post-war expansion west. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 25-27 November 2022. Auckland, New Zealand: SAHANZ. doi: 10.55939/a3709cvfen
2023
Other Outputs
Medium hybrid-ness: Meeanjin’s curfew boundary
Wilson, Andrew, Toki, Ayano and Omura, Yohei (2023). Medium hybrid-ness: Meeanjin’s curfew boundary.
2023
Book Chapter
Bligh, Arthur William (1905-1998)
Wilson, Andrew (2023). Bligh, Arthur William (1905-1998). Australian Dictionary of Biography. (pp. 1-2) Canberra, ACT, Australia: The Australian National University.
2022
Journal Article
James Birrell: The Gift of Significant Collective Form
Wilson, Andrew (2022). James Birrell: The Gift of Significant Collective Form. Sunnie Magazine (3), 86-91.
2022
Book Chapter
A league of his own: Karl Langer's Landscape Australia
Saniga, Andrew and Wilson, Andrew (2022). A league of his own: Karl Langer's Landscape Australia. Karl Langer: modern architect and migrant in the Australian tropics. (pp. 232-257) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781350068131.ch-009
2022
Book Chapter
Vienna: Karl and Gertrude
Goad, Philip, McNamara, Andrew and Wilson, Andrew (2022). Vienna: Karl and Gertrude. Karl Langer: modern architect and migrant in the Australian tropics. (pp. 14-47) edited by Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781350068131.ch-002
2022
Book Chapter
Bridging continents: Karl Langer's contributions to housing
Wilson, Andrew (2022). Bridging continents: Karl Langer's contributions to housing. Karl Langer: modern architect and migrant in the Tropics. (pp. 143-169) edited by John Macarthur and Deborah van der Plaat. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. doi: 10.5040/9781350068131.ch-006
2021
Conference Publication
A City Transformed by War: Brisbane’s City Plan and World War Two
Wilson, Andrew (2021). A City Transformed by War: Brisbane’s City Plan and World War Two. Histories of Urban Design: Global Trajectories and Local Realities, Zürich, Switzerland, 15-17 November 2021.
2021
Journal Article
"Design"
Sully, Nicole, O'Rourke, Timothy and Wilson, Andrew (2021). "Design". M/C Journal, 24 (4). doi: 10.5204/mcj.2848
2021
Book
Transformer eighteen projects for the Richmond Power Station
Gordon Macindoe, Sarah Manderson and Andrew Wilson eds. (2021). Transformer eighteen projects for the Richmond Power Station. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Opposite Editions.
2021
Book Chapter
After war: the St Lucia homes of Edwin Hayes and Campbell Scott
Wilson, Andrew (2021). After war: the St Lucia homes of Edwin Hayes and Campbell Scott. Activism at home: architects dwelling between politics, aesthetics and resistance. (pp. 60-71) edited by Isabelle Doucet and Janina Gosseye . Berlin, Germany: Jovis.
2019
Conference Publication
Cities in the Sun Fundamentals of Australian Tropical Architecture
Wilson, Andrew Charles (2019). Cities in the Sun Fundamentals of Australian Tropical Architecture. Urban Tropicality, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, 5-8 December 2019.
2018
Other Outputs
Recollecting Home, curated by Deborah van der Plaat, Nicole Sully and Andrew Wilson. In Home: A Suburban Obsession, curated by Chenoa Pettrup and Adam Jefford
van der Plaat, Deborah, Sully, Nicole, Wilson, Andrew, Pettrup, Chenoa and Jefford, Adam (2018). Recollecting Home, curated by Deborah van der Plaat, Nicole Sully and Andrew Wilson. In Home: A Suburban Obsession, curated by Chenoa Pettrup and Adam Jefford. Brisbane, Australia: State Library of Queensland.
2017
Conference Publication
Cultural exchange: production of architectural knowledge between Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom
Wilson, Andrew (2017). Cultural exchange: production of architectural knowledge between Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. Architecture Connects. Association of Architectural Educators 4th International Peer Reviewed Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 6–9 September 2017. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford Brookes University.
2016
Conference Publication
Gold on the sand, gold on the door: E.J. Hayes, you know where
Leach, Andrew and Wilson, Andrew (2016). Gold on the sand, gold on the door: E.J. Hayes, you know where. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 6-9 July 2016. Melbourne, Australia: SAHANZ.
2016
Book Chapter
The Education of Geoffrey Pestorius, Queensland Architect
Wilson, Andrew (2016). The Education of Geoffrey Pestorius, Queensland Architect. G.W. Pestorius: Eblin Drive and Beyond. (pp. 72-83) edited by Leni Hoffmann and David Pestorius. Vienna, Austria: Verlag Für Moderne Kunst.
2015
Other Outputs
The houses of Hayes and Scott (1946-1984)
Wilson, Andrew Charles (2015). The houses of Hayes and Scott (1946-1984). PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.711
2015
Book Chapter
International influences in post-war Queensland: protagonists, destinations and models
Micheli, Silvia and Wilson, Andrew C. (2015). International influences in post-war Queensland: protagonists, destinations and models. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 117-133) edited by John P. Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Andrew Wilson is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Architectural Strategies for Regional Centres
Preliminary research has been conducted with a focus on regions in Australia and Japan, the impact of aging populations and role agriculture, aquaculture, forestry and tourism might play to frame innovative architectural, landscape and infrastructural strategies.
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Urban Space Networks for Regional Centres: Research by Project
Exploration of innovative approaches to social and civic space networks for Regional Centres.
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Architectural Practice in Post-war Queensland (1945-1975)
This research will aim to consolidate understanding of the architectural culture of this period, building on research conducted over the past decade. Topics could involve investigation of architects whose work has been overlooked, or broader investigations of the local architectural culture.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Mapping Burialscapes: Delineating death from prehistory to the present as an alternative ontological origin for architecture
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nicole Sully
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Doctor Philosophy
Climate, resource and culturally responsive strategies for tropical buildings: Comparative study of educational buildings in post-war West Africa within the global context.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn, Associate Professor Antony Moulis
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Doctor Philosophy
Climate, resource and culturally responsive strategies for tropical buildings: Comparative study of educational buildings in post-war West Africa within the global context.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn, Associate Professor Antony Moulis
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Master Philosophy
An assessment of the social significance of public buildings to understand past heritage management decisions, and inform future heritage management.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn
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Master Philosophy
An assessment of the social significance of public buildings to understand past heritage management decisions, and inform future heritage management.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Midlife Crisis: reducing life cycle energy use in Brisbane's older apartment towers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Paola Leardini
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2015
Master Philosophy
A Cyclone-Proof Community Centre for Atherton: Tropical Monumentality to Enable Resilience in Far North Queensland Communities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Antony Moulis, Emeritus Professor Sandra Kaji-O'Grady
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