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Biography

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 exhibitionspublications, 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 relationship between architecture, media and technology, contemporary culture and politics. Jacqui is a 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, The National Gallery of Victoria and the V&A Museum in London. Jacqui's PhD research explores the impacts of emerging platform technologies and digital cultures on the 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. 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):

  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Education/Academic qualification

Architecture, Bachelor of Architectural Design, RMIT University

Architecture, Masters of Architecture, RMIT University

Research area keywords

  • Sharing Economy
  • Platform Technology
  • Platform Urbanism
  • Disruptive Housing
  • Architecture and Media
  • Architecture and Capitalism
  • Digital Disruption
  • Shared Space
  • Shared Housing
  • Italian Radical Design
  • Spatial Technology

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