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Kristina Knox is a Teaching Associate at The University of Queensland with over ten years of professional experience in architectural practice and a strong focus on contemporary design education. She coordinates and develops curriculum for a number of courses in architecture, building technology and design, and teaches across multiple disciplines in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Her teaching emphasises structural literacy, generative and computational design, and the development of clear, creative modes of architectural communication for emerging designers.

Kristina’s work spans architectural pedagogy, generative and parametric design, and interactive and responsive spatial environments. Her creative research includes projects such as in.bloom (UQ, 2019), an interactive robotic installation supported by a UQ Life Grant, and Urban Totems (Botanica Festival, 2022), funded by Brisbane City Council and the Museum of Brisbane. She is also the recipient of a UQ Strategic Library Grant supporting the development of a forthcoming textbook.

She has published widely and presented her work at numerous conferences, contributing to ongoing conversations around digital design methods and experimental practice. Kristina is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and is currently focused on advancing teaching innovation within architectural curriculum design and delivery.

Tim O’Rourke's research investigates past and present applications of cross-cultural design across different building types and settings. Such projects often require multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of architectural problems, informed by the histories of buildings and the people who use them. A Discovery Project on healthcare architecture combined different research methods to ask if design can improve the experience and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in hospitals and clinics.

Tim's current research focuses on the design and social histories of Indigenous housing from the 1950s assimilation era to the 2000s. These studies seek to answer questions about design intentions and the origins, development and evaluation of architectural methods that improved public housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. His PhD examined the history and use of Aboriginal building traditions in the Wet Tropics Region of Queensland. He has contributed to a range of research projects related to Indigenous housing, settlements and landscapes. Research topics include self-constructed dwellings and vernacular building technologies, cultural tourism, adaption to climate change and housing sustainability. Results from these studies have been published in technical reports, conference proceedings, journals and book chapters.

Tim is a registered architect, having worked in architectural practices in Brisbane and Sydney, and he maintains an interest in timber construction and joinery. As a sole practitioner, he has designed residential projects and worked on a range of building types for Aboriginal communities. He teaches architectural technology and design and has offered a range of research topics in the Master of Architecture program.

Memberships

Fellow Australian Institute of Architects

Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand

Environmental Design Research Association,