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Biography
Nikhila is an architect, researcher and educator. Her research-based practice, foregrounds decolonising and participatory design methods for the built environment. Nikhila’s work has been supported by various recognitions, enabling her to gain diverse knowledge(s) on the confluence of Country, disasters and place. She is currently a research fellow within Fire to Flourish.
In 2020-21, Nikhila was the Monash Innovation Fellow within the Department of Architecture. Her research and teaching through this role, focused on rethinking community-led recovery of built environments in the regional Victorian context, following the 2019-20 bushfires in East Gippsland / Gunaikurnai-Bidawel Country. Nikhila has subsequently become a research fellow within Fire to Flourish, a five-year transdisciplinary program led by Monash, where she will continue to explore these themes concurrent to practice, from 2022.
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
Global Development & Disaster Managment, Master of Disaster, Design & Development, Understanding the socio-spatial needs of people in rapidly gentrifying Heidelberg West, RMIT University
1 Jul 2017 → 30 Jun 2019
Award Date: 1 Oct 2019
Architecture, Master of Architecture, Deakin University
1 Mar 2007 → 31 Oct 2008
Award Date: 1 Dec 2008
Design & Construction Management, Bachelor of Design & Bachelor of Construction Management (Double Degree), Deakin University
1 Mar 2003 → 31 Oct 2006
Award Date: 1 Dec 2006
Research area keywords
- Decoloniality
- Participatory Design
- Humanitarianism
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- International Development
- Community Development
- Spatial Justice
- Spatial Equity
- Co-Creation
- Gentrification
- Migration
- Public Housing
- Urbanism
- Design Thinking
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Post-Disaster Recovery
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Exploring the role of architecture as a catalyst for post-disaster community development responses.
1/07/17 → 1/07/19
Project: Research
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Wangun Amphitheatre
Madabhushi, N. & Lees, R., 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
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Whose voice counts?
Madabhushi, N., 2023, Architect Victoria, 3, p. 32-34 3 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Other
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Convergence of design: Aboriginal knowledge and emergency management-a new interdisciplinary paradigm?
Kaur, J. & Madabhushi, N., 2022, In: Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 37, 1, p. 22-23 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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2024 ArchiTeam Awards, ArchiTeam Medal: 'Wangun Amphitheatre'
Madabhushi, Nikhila (Recipient) & Lees, Robert (Recipient), Nov 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2024 ArchiTeam Awards, Commercial, Community & Public Award: 'Wangun Amphitheatre'
Madabhushi, Nikhila (Recipient) & Lees, Robert (Recipient), Nov 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2024 Lightweight Structures Association Australasia Design Awards, Small Structures Category - Citation of Merit: 'Wangun Amphitheatre'
Madabhushi, Nikhila (Recipient) & Lees, Robert (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship
Madabhushi, Nikhila (Recipient), 31 May 2017
Prize: National/international honour
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Melbourne Design Awards; Winner — Installation Design
Madabhushi, Nikhila (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Doing Right, Doing Good: a purposeful pathway to impact
Nikhila Madabhushi (Contributor)
21 Mar 2024Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Participation in Action
Nikhila Madabhushi (Contributor), Mel Dodd (Contributor), Robert Lees (Host), Kathy Waghorn (Contributor), Nina Patel (Contributor) & Heather MacRae (Contributor)
24 May 2024Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Participation in Action
Nikhila Madabhushi (Producer), Mel Dodd (Contributor), Robert Lees (Producer), Kathy Waghorn (Contributor), Nina Patel (Contributor) & Heather MacRae (Contributor)
24 May 2024 → 2 Jun 2024Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
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Placemaking as a catalyst for building resilience—using arts, culture and creative practices to co-design new social and spatial infrastructure for high-risk communities
Nikhila Madabhushi (Host), Mel Dodd (Contributor), Pamela Denise (Contributor), Cara MacLeod (Contributor) & Roxanne Smith (Contributor)
4 Sept 2024Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Intersectional Gender Equity in Practice
Nikhila Madabhushi (Contributor), Jocelyn Chiew (Host), Dr Derlie Mateo-Babiano (Contributor), Teneille Summers (Contributor) & Ella Gauci-Seddon (Contributor)
19 May 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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ARCHITECTUREAU: 'Wangun Amphitheatre by Equity Office'
20/02/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review
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LAKES POST: 'Wangun Amphitheatre – a new hub for culture and community'
Nikhila Madabhushi & Robert Lees
3/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Master of Architecture Design Studios, Monash Architecture
Nikhila Madabhushi, Mel Dodd, Robert Lees, Kerry O'Neill, Andrew Gregory, William Cupido, Lilli James, Athiqah Ummi Salma, Ash Ho, Hayden Brown, Chantelle Lappin, Huei Sze Yeap, Jessica Hordern, Yee Wen Chuah, Jason Lee, Daniel Mersin, Mohanapriya JAWAHAR, Yi-Ju Yang, John Momis, Samuel Granger, Yuk Chun Kwong & Kiana Nabighods
13/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review
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Immersing in post-bushfire recovery in East Gippsland
18/07/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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ABC GIPPSLAND – OUTSIDE BROADCAST WITH MIM COOK
Nikhila Madabhushi & Robert Lees
3/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Profile/Interview