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Biography
Dr Jacqui Alexander is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture, and Director of Alexander & Sheridan Architecture.
Alexander & Sheridan Architecture adopts an expanded approach to architectural practice which includes the design and delivery of buildings, speculative design and research, teaching, and the dissemination of architectural ideas through exhibitions, publications, lectures, and public broadcasting. In 2021, Alexander & Sheridan Architecture was awarded the Emerging Architects' Prize at the Victorian Architecture Awards.
Jacqui's research explores the interrelationship between architecture, contemporary culture, technology and politics. Her practice-based PhD, entitled "Dwelling on the Platform: Housing Access and Equity in the Digital Society," explores the impacts of emerging platform technologies and economies on the financialisation of housing, and alternative applications for these tools towards a fairer and more sustainable built environment. Recent works include the Supershared installation in collaboration with Sibling Architecture for RMIT Design Hub's Occupied exhibition (2016) and Tenancy ≠ Title (2020) which was shortlisted in the 2021 ArchitectureAU Unbuilt Prize.
Jacqui has had a parallel career in architecture publishing, co-founding 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, The National Gallery of Victoria and the V&A Museum in London. In 2020 Jacqui was an inaugural recipient of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australia Council for the Arts Top 5 Arts Residency where she developed architectural content in her area of expertise for a range of ABC platforms.
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
Architecture, Doctor of Philosophy, Dwelling on the Platform: Housing Access and Equity in the Digital Society, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 11 Jul 2023
Architecture, Bachelor of Architectural Design, RMIT University
Architecture, Masters of Architecture, RMIT University
External positions
Heritage Committee Member, Royal Australian Institute of Architects (trading as Australian Institute of Architects)
1 Feb 2023 → …
Research area keywords
- Housing Speculation
- Platform Technology
- Platform Urbanism
- Rental Housing
- Shared Housing
- Sharing Economy
- Shared Space
- Architecture and Capitalism
- Italian Radical Design
- Architecture and Media
- Activist Practices
- Housing Inequality
- Collective Housing
- Tenure and Ownership
- Commons
- Contemporary Design Research
- Critical Theory
- Cultural Practice
- Architecture & Publishing
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Strategies for implementing alternative land tenure and use models in Australia to address the housing crisis
Alexander, J. & Murray, C.
Trustee for the Alastair Swayn Foundation
1/12/24 → 1/12/25
Project: Research
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Euroa House
Alexander, J. (Architect) & Sheridan, B. (Architect), 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
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NSW Pattern Book Design Competition entry
Neeson, R. (Architect), Neille, S. (Architect), Jones, T. (Architect), Taylor, E. (Architect), Newton, M. (Architect), Szumer, L. (Architect), Harding, R. (Architect), Foenander, E. (Architect), Young, W. (Architect), Shmith, W. (Architect), Cisek, J. (Architect), Gusheh, M. (Architect), Alexander, J. (Architect), Board, H. (Architect), Dodd, M. (Architect), Harper, L. (Architect), Morgan, T. (Architect), Murphy, C. (Architect), Roke, R. (Architect) & Wright, L. (Architect) & 3 others, , 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
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38 Albermarle Street
Alexander, J., 2023, Architecture Australia, 112, 4, p. 70-77 8 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Short Review › Other
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A Sc(ore) for Listening: Attuning to the Hidden Material Bodies of Queenstown
Alexander, J. (Architect), Mylecharane, P. (Designer) & Stanton, P. (Artist), 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
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Creative commoning: design experiments exploring ways for platform technology to democratise architectural practice and production
Alexander, J., 2023, In: The Journal of Architecture. 28, 1, p. 101-129 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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2012 Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media - National Award
Alexander, J. (Recipient), Salmon, D. (Recipient), Morgan, T. D. (Recipient), Nowiki, M. (Recipient) & Sheridan, B. (Recipient), Jul 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2012 Houses Awards - New House over 200m2
Thompson, Kerstin (Recipient), Chew, Lynn (Recipient), Dragomir, Laurence (Recipient), Patterson, Julian (Recipient), Herel, Sophie (Recipient), Artemenko, Michael (Recipient), Hohnen, Gemma (Recipient) & Alexander, Jacqui (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2012 National Architecture Awards - Residential Architecture - Houses - National Commendation
Thompson, Kerstin (Recipient), Chew, Lynn (Recipient), DRAGAMIR, LAURANCE (Recipient), Patterson, Julian (Recipient), Herel, Sophie (Recipient), Artemenko, Michael (Recipient), Hohnen, Gemma (Recipient) & Alexander, Jacqui (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2018 Winner: Horbury Hunt Award for Residential Architecture, Kerstin Thompson Architects
Thompson, K. (Recipient), Chew, L. (Recipient), Mackay, K. (Recipient), Alexander, J. (Recipient), Pakulsky, B. (Recipient) & Patterson, J. (Recipient), Aug 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work: Tenancy Does Not Equal Title - Shortlisted
Alexander, Jacqui (Recipient) & Sheridan, Ben (Recipient), 1 Oct 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Architecture Publishing Panel
Jacqui Alexander (Host), Katelin Butler (Contributor), James Bowman Fletcher (Contributor), Timothy Moore (Contributor) & Tom Morgan (Contributor)
13 Aug 2024Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Learning from Lacol: How to Cultivate a Cooperative Housing Culture with Carles Baiges Camprubí
Baiges Camprubí, C. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Hill, D. (Session chair), Robertson, H. (Invited speaker), Johar, I. (Invited speaker) & Alexander, J. (Speaker)
21 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Royal Australian Institute of Architects (trading as Australian Institute of Architects) (External organisation)
Jacqui Alexander (Member)
1 Feb 2023 → …Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Architecture as a Project and Practice in Common
Jacqui Alexander (Contributor)
25 Oct 2023 → 27 Oct 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Image of the City: Revisiting Radicality with 21st Century Tools and Tactics
Alexander, J. (Contributor), Brown, A. (Contributor), Taylor, W. (Contributor) & Wright, S. (Contributor)
11 Aug 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Emerging Architect Prize
Jacqui Alexander, Daniel Moore & Ben Sheridan
17/01/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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Melbourne’s top architects and their designs
Jacqui Alexander & Ben Sheridan
19/11/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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Disruptive domesticity: the spatial dynamics of the sharing economy
17/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview