Dr Michael Chapman

Work Phone	16272
Fax	16913
Email	Michael.Chapman@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Senior Lecturer School of Architecture and Built Environment The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	AG28, Architecture

Biography

Michael Chapman has been an academic at the University of Newcastle since 2008. He is mainly involved in the Masters of Architecture course, where he is the course coordinator for the first year design courses. He is also the Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Design (Architecture). Michael teaches architectural history and theory and is a design tutor in the final year. His research is focused primarily on the crossovers between art theory and architecture, with a particular interest in the historical avant-garde and its ongoing influence. More recently, he has been concerned with the broader issues of industrialisation and its impact on architectural history and theory. The themes of Marxism, autonomy and the philosophy of the Frankfurt School are a central current in his work. Michael's creative work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Venice Biennale and he is a director of the architectural practice hrmphrdt.

Qualifications

PhD (Architecture), University of Newcastle, 2011
Master of Architecture, University of Newcastle, 2003
Bachelor of Architecture (Honours), University of Newcastle, 2000
Bachelor of Science (Architecture), University of Newcastle, 1997

Research

Research keywords

Architectural Theory
Architecture
Architecture Analysis & History

Research expertise

architecture, architectural theory, architectural history

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
120103	Architectural History And Theory	90
190199	Art Theory And Criticism Not Elsewhere Classified	5
190599	Visual Arts And Crafts Not Elsewhere Classified	5

Centres and Groups

Centre

Centre for Interdisciplinary Built Environment Research

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

Member - Australian Institute of Architects

Committee/Associations (relevant to research).

Member - Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ)
Member - European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies
Member - Society of Architectural Historians

Appointments

Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Design (Architecture) University of Newcastle (Australia)	01/04/2011 - 01/07/2012
Member of the Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Newcastle (Australia)	01/04/2011 - 01/07/2012
Member of the Faculty Board as representative for architecture Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Newcastle (Australia)	01/04/2010 - 01/12/2011
Secretary Executive Committee of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) (Australia)	01/07/2011

Awards

Recognition.

2000	RAIA Design Medal Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Australia) Best graduate from an architecture School in NSW in the year 2000.

Research Award.

2007	Excellent Paper Award: "Fore and Against" ANZASCA (Australia) Awarded from papers presented at the 2007 ANZASCA conference at Deakin University.
2005	FEBE Postgraduate Research Prize: "Architecture and Hermaphroditism" University of Newcastle (Australia) Awarded for quality postgraduate research being undertaken in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment

Travelling Scholarship

2012	Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship Board of Architects (Australia) Awarded to visit industrial sites and landscapes in Europe and Asia in the second half of 2012, including Gdansk, Antwerp, Stockholm and Vladivostok.

The University of Newcastle, Australia