Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Jacqui Alexander is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Program Director of the Bachelor of Architecture. Jacqui is an interdisciplinary practitioner working across architecture, spatial practice and media. She is a director of Alexander Sheridan Architecture, a freelance writer and editor.
Jacqui is founding editor of Melbourne and Paris-based independent architecture journal POST Magazine, which won the 2009 Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media (VIC). POST Magazine has toured globally as part of the Archizines exhibition, having been shown at leading design venues including The Vitra Design Museum at Weil Am Rhein, The Victoria and Albert Museum London, GTA Exhibitions at the ETH Zurich, the RMIT Design Hub, and The National Gallery of Victoria. In 2014, POST Magazine was invited to develop a new experimental media project for the London Festival of Architecture, produced in collaboration with Monash Art Projects and exhibited at The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Jacqui's current research investigates the architectural and urban implications of the sharing economy. Recent works include the Supershared installation in collaboration with Sibling Architecture for RMIT Design Hub's Occupied exhibition (2016).
Prior to her engagement at MADA, Jacqui Alexander worked for Kerstin Thompson Architects on several award winning projects, including MUMA and House and Hanging Rock, which won the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture in 2014.
Education/Academic qualification
Architecture, Bachelor of Architectural Design, RMIT University
Architecture, Masters of Architecture, RMIT University
Research area keywords
- Sharing Economy
- Italian Radical Design
- Platform Urbanism
- Disruptive Housing
- Architecture and Media
- Architecture and Capitalism
- Digital Disruption
- Shared Space
- Shared Housing
Network
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Research Output
Ethnographic Documentary as a Translator of Architecture and Urban Research: Perspectives on an Australian-Italian Intercultural Experience
Rose, C., Alexander, J. & Grassi, S., 2 Jan 2020, In : The Design Journal. 23, 1, p. 113-131 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
'Domesticity On-Demand: The Architectural and Urban Implications of Airbnb in Melbourne, Australia' - SM - 'Sharing Cities Shaping Cities'
Alexander, J., 2019, Sharing Cities Shaping Cities. Salvia, G., Morello, E. & Arcidiacono, A. (eds.). Basel, Switzerland: MDPI AG, p. 6-15 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Shared space in contemporary housing: Design research experiments towards a more resilient Melbourne
Khor, L-A., Alexander, J. & Bertram, N., 2019, p. 7. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Speculations on the architecture of a commons-based economy
Alexander, J., 2019, p. 64-65. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Domesticity On-Demand: The Architectural and Urban Implications of Airbnb in Melbourne, Australia
Alexander, J., 12 Sep 2018, In : Urban Science. 2, 88, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
2012 Houses Awards - New House over 200m2
Kerstin Thompson (Recipient), Lynn Chew (Recipient), Laurence Dragomir (Recipient), Julian Patterson (Recipient), Sophie Herel (Recipient), Michael Artemenko (Recipient), Gemma Hohnen (Recipient) & Alexander, Jacqui (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2012 National Architecture Awards - Residential Architecture - Houses - National Commendation
Kerstin Thompson (Recipient), Lynn Chew (Recipient), LAURANCE DRAGAMIR (Recipient), Julian Patterson (Recipient), Sophie Herel (Recipient), Michael Artemenko (Recipient), Gemma Hohnen (Recipient) & Alexander, Jacqui (Recipient), 2012
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2018 Winner: Horbury Hunt Award for Residential Architecture, Kerstin Thompson Architects
Kerstin Thompson (Recipient), Lynn Chew (Recipient), Kelley Mackay (Recipient), Alexander, Jacqui (Recipient), Ben Pakulsky (Recipient) & Julian Patterson (Recipient), Aug 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
AIA Award for Public Architecture Carrum Downs Police Station, Kerstin Thompson Architects
Thompson, Kerstin (Recipient), Kelley Mackay (Recipient), Scott Diener (Recipient), Michael McLeod (Recipient), Alexander, Jacqui (Recipient) & Laurence Dragomir (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
AIA Marion Mahoney Award for Interior Architecture MUMA Gallery, Kerstin Thompson Architects
Thompson, Kerstin (Recipient), Sophie Herel (Recipient), Scott Diener (Recipient), Lynn Chew (Recipient), Alexander, Jacqui (Recipient) & Laurence Dragomir (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
ABC Top 5 Arts Residencies: Australia Council for the Arts / ABC / University of Melbourne
Jacqui Alexander (Visiting researcher)
Nov 2020 → Dec 2020
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Artist in residency
University of Technology Sydney
Jacqui Alexander (Visiting researcher)
20 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Supertight floor talks
Jacqui Alexander (Contributor)
14 Aug 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Sharing Cities, Shaping Cities
Jacqui Alexander (Invited speaker)
5 Mar 2018 → 6 Mar 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Speaker: GLITCH, PHOTOGRAPHY, CRITICAL IMAGE-MAKING, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL IMAGE
Jacqui Alexander (Contributor)
22 Mar 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
3CR CITY LIMITS: 'Airbnb & housing equality'
20/11/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
ARCHITECTUREAU: 'Shifting the status quo: 2018 Housing Futures'
14/08/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
ARCHITECTURE AUSTRALIA: 'Disruptive Domesticity: Housing Futures and the Sharing Economy'
1/05/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
Future Forum with Jacqui Alexander at the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art
9/08/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities