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Charity Edwards is a lecturer and urban researcher in the Department of Architecture at MADA, and a registered architect with over 15 years of experience ranging from small-scale domestic renovation and large civic projects to international urban design and planning for practices in Melbourne, regional Victoria, Brisbane and Darwin. She currently collaborates with other spatial practitioners to create interiors, buildings and landscapes.
Charity's research explores destructive, uneven, and 'more-than-human' impacts of urbanisation and climate change at the scale of the planet. She foregrounds long-disregarded spaces - such as the world ocean and outer space - in these processes in particular. Charity is currently developing a research project on 'Antarctic Geo-Imaginaries' that will investigate the increasing urbanisation of the Southern Ocean, and ask how and why this so often conflicts with our popular understanding of Antarctica as "like being on another planet".
At MADA, she teaches design studio, theory, and urban processes in both the Interior Architecture and Architecture programs. In 2016, Charity received the Early Career Teaching Award for leading cross-cultural learning and new teaching support initiatives in the faculty over the previous two years.
As part of Melbourne's wider culture of design discourse, she has partnered with visiting international practitioners on urban interventions; and continues to contribute to local, national, and international architecture and design media and events such as NGV's Art Book Fair public roundtable Architecture: What Matters? http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/program/architecture-what-matters/ Architect Victoria http://www.architecture.com.au/docs/defalut-source/vic-chapter-publications/summer.pdf?sfvrsn=0 Parlour http://archiparlour.org/why-working-for-free-is-not-ok and the peer-reviewed IDEA Journal http://idea-edu.com/journal/2014-idea-journal She also curated the Australian Institute of Architects' Victorian Architecture Awards exhibitions in 2005 and 2006. Charity has most recently been an active 're-writer' of notable Australian women architects into history as part of the international Women.Wikipedia.Design http://archiparlour.org/wikid-women-wikipedia-design initiative.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Environmental Science, Master of Environment (Distinction), University of Melbourne
Award Date: 1 Dec 2016
Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, RMIT University
Award Date: 31 Jul 2008
Architecture, Master of Architecture (Distinction), RMIT University
Award Date: 31 Jul 2008
Research area keywords
- planetary urbanisation
- urban theory
- architecture
- geography
- Climate Change
- ocean
- Water
- image
- Outer Space
- Technology
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 7 Finished
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Decarbonising Buildings in Asia
Graham, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Permanasari, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Crow, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Edwards, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bunster, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Maxwell, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bragge, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sharp, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Raven, R. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Global Buildings Performance Network
17/06/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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The Warracknabeal Court House Orrery Project: Prototyping Mass-Customized Structures for Regional Accommodation
Morgan, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Crow, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bird, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Edwards, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Yarriambiack Shire Council, Monash University – Internal Department Contribution
1/06/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Single Point Incremental Forming of Structural Insulated Panel System for Monocoque Structures
Crow, J. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Edwards, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bird, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Morgan, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ness, P. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Fischer, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cassell, W. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Baker, J. (Partner Investigator (PI))
25/01/22 → 30/05/23
Project: Research
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The Wonder Cabinette Project
Crow, J. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Edwards, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bird, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Morgan, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hamacher, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cassell, W. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Ness, P. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Fischer, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Ferguson, M. (Project Manager) & Turnbull, R. (Project Manager)
30/06/21 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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WCC: Warracknabeal Creative Circuit
Edwards, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Richardson, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Crow, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Spasojevic, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Morgan, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bird, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Turnbull, R. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Ferguson, M. (Partner Investigator (PI))
2/01/20 → 30/05/22
Project: Research
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Tomorrow's More-Than-Human Miners of the Deep
Edwards, C. & Hine, A., 2024, Sharing Spaces: Technology, Mediation, and Human-Animal Relationships. Jorgensen, F. A. & Jorgensen, D. (eds.). Pittsburgy, USA: University of Pittsburgh Press, p. 150-167 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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You are gone and lost forever
Crow, J. (Architect), Edwards, C. (Architect) & Hine, A. (Architect), 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
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‘from the horror of us and our surroundings’: architectures of unbuilding in le dodici città ideali
Brown, A., Morgan, T. & Edwards, C., 2024, In: IDEA Journal. 21, 1, p. 9-25 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Abyssal Hyperreality
Hine, A. & Edwards, C., 2023, Society and Space Open Site 13 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Essay › Research
Open Access -
Incanting Twelve Ideal Cities
Brown, A. & Edwards, C., 2023, In: Scroope. 32, p. 27-56 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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Australian Interior Design Awards 2015 - Retail Design, Commendation
Bird, M. (Recipient), Edwards, C. (Recipient) & Evans, H. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Beazley Designs of the Year 2019 - Digital Category [shortlisted project]
Bennett, A. (Recipient), Edwards, C. (Recipient), Mannering, V. (Recipient) & Clarke, J. (Recipient), 11 Sept 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Victorian Architecture Awards - Interior Architecture, Shortlisted
Bird, M. (Recipient), Edwards, C. (Recipient) & Evans, H. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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The Planetary - guest lecture at University of Newcastle (NSW), Department of Architecture
Edwards, C. (Fellow)
4 Mar 2024Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research and teaching
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Kerb (Journal)
Edwards, C. (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2024 → 31 Dec 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Concrete Chromphobia - invited speaker at A!CAN event
Edwards, C. (Contributor) & Crow, J. (Contributor)
26 Mar 2024Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Unseen instruments of the urban ocean
Edwards, C. (Contributor)
23 Mar 2023 → 27 Mar 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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FINDING SPACE TO REMAKE: The Story of the Warracknabeal Creative Circuit
Edwards, C. (Contributor), Crow, J. (Contributor) & Moschonas, D. (Contributor)
23 Oct 2023 → 25 Oct 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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WARRACKNABEAL COURTHOUSE
Crow, J., Edwards, C., Bird, M. & Morgan, T.
21/08/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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STATE GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA: 'Warracknabeal’s historic courthouse reborn as arts hub'
Crow, J., Edwards, C., Bird, M., Morgan, T. & Richardson, M.
18/08/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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ABC RADIO: 'Warracknabeal Art Hotel'
Turnbull, R., Bird, M., Edwards, C., Morgan, T., Richardson, M. & Crow, J.
26/01/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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ABC WIMMERA: 'Warracknabeal Creative Circuit'
5/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER: 'Art hotels in Yarriambiack planning'
Edwards, C., Crow, J., Bird, M., Morgan, T. & Richardson, M.
11/11/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature