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Dr Dan Nyandega
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Dan has a PhD in Architecture (water sensitive cities/design) from Monash University. As a CRCWSC PhD scholar, he worked under a multidisciplinary platform Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) working under MADA urban lab at Monash University. Upon completing his PhD, he became a post-doc research assistant for integrated urban and water planning under CRCWSC and MADA urban lab. He has a Master of Architecture from KU Leuven in Belgium, and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Hons) from Jomo Kenyatta University in Kenya. Before joining QUT in July 2020, Dan was a lecturer at Monash University Department of Architecture and at RMIT University Department of Landscape Architecture, where he taught design studios, architecture and the city, and water-related elective units, construction technology and materiality, at both undergraduate and masters level. Dan has also been an external examiner for master thesis for M.Arch: Human Settlement at KU Leuven University.Dan's research interests are driven by design-led research involving design speculation, experimentation and testing, and include:
- Water sensitive cities, urbanism, and design: architecture, infrastructures, and landscapes.
- Designing for flood (and drought) resilience, rising water levels/sea levels in low-lying coastal cities.
- Water and shoreline infrastructure futures.
- Public buildings and open spaces as decentralised water infrastructures.
- Design experimentation with emerging construction techniques, technologies, and materials for future territories at the intersection of water and land, and territories on water and underwater. These interests are also explored through computational design and digital fabrication.
- Incremental adaption of highly modified lowlands (reclaimed land and water) in coastal cities to effects of rising water/sea levels.
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
Water sensitive design, Flood and drought resilience, Shoreline infrastructures, Low-lying coastal cities, Sea level rise, Land making, Decentralised water infrastructure, Materials and construction techniques
Research field
Architecture
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Professional memberships and associations
2014 - present: Architectural Association of Kenya(AAK)
Teaching
Current Teaching :
- Materiality and Constructs
- Landform Technology and Techniques
- Landscape Design 6 Studio.
Previous Teaching Experience
2017-2020: Monash University Architecture, MADA
- Foundation Studio 01 and 02, Year 1, Bachelor of Architecture.
- Process Studio: Year 2, Bachelor of Architecture.
- Architecture and City Studio, year 3, Bachelor of Architecture.
- Architecture and City, History and Theory, Year 3 Bachelor of Architecture.
- Research Elective (Migrating Shorelines), Master of Architecture.
2019-2021: RMIT University, Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture and Urban Design.
Masters Design Studios:
-'The Other Creatures': Designing for Biodiversity and Co-existence in Melbourne's Lowlands (July-Nov 2020)
- 'Shifting Shore[lines]': Reimagining infrastructures on Shifting territories (March -July 2020).
Lower Pool Design Studios:
- 'Saturated Edges' (intensive summer studio) (Jan-Feb 2021).
- 'Repurpose': Design in and for Changing landscapes. Based on St. Kilda Beach and Jetty Ideas Competition(Intensive Summer Studio) (Jan-February 2020).
- 'Flux' - Continuous Change Between Water and Land (July -Nov 2019).
- Materiality and Constructs
- Landform Technology and Techniques
- Landscape Design 6 Studio.
Previous Teaching Experience
2017-2020: Monash University Architecture, MADA
- Foundation Studio 01 and 02, Year 1, Bachelor of Architecture.
- Process Studio: Year 2, Bachelor of Architecture.
- Architecture and City Studio, year 3, Bachelor of Architecture.
- Architecture and City, History and Theory, Year 3 Bachelor of Architecture.
- Research Elective (Migrating Shorelines), Master of Architecture.
2019-2021: RMIT University, Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture and Urban Design.
Masters Design Studios:
-'The Other Creatures': Designing for Biodiversity and Co-existence in Melbourne's Lowlands (July-Nov 2020)
- 'Shifting Shore[lines]': Reimagining infrastructures on Shifting territories (March -July 2020).
Lower Pool Design Studios:
- 'Saturated Edges' (intensive summer studio) (Jan-Feb 2021).
- 'Repurpose': Design in and for Changing landscapes. Based on St. Kilda Beach and Jetty Ideas Competition(Intensive Summer Studio) (Jan-February 2020).
- 'Flux' - Continuous Change Between Water and Land (July -Nov 2019).
Experience
2017-2020: Lecturer in Architecture, Department of Architecture at Monash University.
2019 -2020: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, MADA Urban Lab at Monash University. Research on Integrated urban and water Planning and Design, Under Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities.
2019-2020: Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, RMIT University School of Architecture and Urban Design.
2020-2021: eEXAM Supervisor, Monash University.
2018-2019: External Thesis Examiner for MArch: Human Settlement at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.
2016-2017: Research Assistant, Informal Cities Lab at Monash University MADA. Research in Rehabilitation fo Informal Settlements and its Environment(RISE) project.
Public Exhibitions
Design Competitions
Awards and Scholarships
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2019 -2020: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, MADA Urban Lab at Monash University. Research on Integrated urban and water Planning and Design, Under Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities.
2019-2020: Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, RMIT University School of Architecture and Urban Design.
2020-2021: eEXAM Supervisor, Monash University.
2018-2019: External Thesis Examiner for MArch: Human Settlement at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.
2016-2017: Research Assistant, Informal Cities Lab at Monash University MADA. Research in Rehabilitation fo Informal Settlements and its Environment(RISE) project.
Public Exhibitions
- High and Low: Cycles of Water nad Land and Catchment Thinking, Held at MADA Gallery from 11-15 September 2019.
- Swamped: Exhibition for Future Scenarios for Elwood; Adapt, Defend and Retreat - CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. Held at Monash University MADA gallery in July 2016, and Subsequently at St. Kilda Town Hall from 22 February to 22 March 2017.
Design Competitions
- C-re-Aid, Design Competition fro nursery school in Moshi on the slopes of Mt. Kilimajaro in Tanzania, in 2020 - Finalist, competition entry awaiting publication.
- Refugee Market, Idea competition 2017, organised by International Development Action(IDeA) - Top Ten Finalist.
Awards and Scholarships
- The Cooperative Research for Water Sensitive Cities PhD Scholarship in Architecture, 2016-2020 at Monash University, Melbourne Victoria.
- VLIR UOS Scholarship for Master of Architecture: Human Settlement at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2011-2012.
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Dan, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).