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Dr Andrew Wilson
Dr

Andrew Wilson

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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

  • Research by Design

    Andrew runs parallel modes of Research by Design including collaborative projects.

  • 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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66 works between 1997 and 2024

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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.

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.

Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

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

Centenary Estates: private development and Brisbane’s post-war expansion west

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.

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.

Bligh, Arthur William (1905-1998)

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.

James Birrell: The Gift of Significant Collective Form

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

Bridging continents: Karl Langer's contributions to housing

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

A league of his own: Karl Langer's Landscape Australia

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

Vienna: Karl and Gertrude

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.

A City Transformed by War: Brisbane’s City Plan and World War Two

2021

Journal Article

"Design"

Sully, Nicole, O'Rourke, Timothy and Wilson, Andrew (2021). "Design". M/C Journal, 24 (4). doi: 10.5204/mcj.2848

"Design"

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.

Transformer eighteen projects for the Richmond Power Station

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.

After war: the St Lucia homes of Edwin Hayes and Campbell Scott

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.

Cities in the Sun Fundamentals of Australian Tropical Architecture

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.

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

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.

Cultural exchange: production of architectural knowledge between Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom

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.

The Education of Geoffrey Pestorius, Queensland Architect

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.

Gold on the sand, gold on the door: E.J. Hayes, you know where

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

The houses of Hayes and Scott (1946-1984)

2015

Book Chapter

Twentieth-century (sub) tropical housing: framing climate, culture and civilisation in post-war Queensland

van der Plaat, Deborah, Wilson, Andrew C. and Musgrave, Elizabeth (2015). Twentieth-century (sub) tropical housing: framing climate, culture and civilisation in post-war Queensland. Hot modernism: Queensland architecture 1945-1975. (pp. 75-99) edited by John P. Macarthur, Deborah van der Plaat, Janina Gosseye and Andrew Wilson. London, United Kingdom: Artifice.

Twentieth-century (sub) tropical housing: framing climate, culture and civilisation in post-war Queensland

Funding

Past funding

  • 2014 - 2015
    Oshika Peninsular recover, innovative approaches to aquaculture, agriculture, forestry and tourism: Tasmania as a case study
    Australia-Japan Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Architectural Practice in Postwar Queensland (1945-1975): Building and Interpreting an Oral History Archive.
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    An investigation of the influence of Californian architecture and landscape architecture on mid-twentieth century Queensland architecture
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2008
    Empowerment as a strategy for wellbeing in Indigenous settings: developing tools to systematically evaluate outcomes
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Andrew Wilson is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • 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.

  • Urban Space Networks for Regional Centres: Research by Project

    Exploration of innovative approaches to social and civic space networks for Regional Centres.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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