Dr Timothy Burke

Lecturer

School of Architecture and Built Environment

Email:timothy.burke@newcastle.edu.au
Phone:(02) 4913 8781

Career Summary

Biography

Timothy Burke is a lecturer or Architecture at the University of Newcastle. In 2019 he was the first research higher degree student at the University of Newcastle to completed a creative practice PhD in Architecture. His doctoral research explored the role of making, drawing and play within design processes through the construction of drawing machines. This research explored how tinkering might be brought into architecture as a method of making that works with existing objects and can lead to rediscovering the value of discarded or broken things. After completing his PhD, Timothy applied his knowledge of tinkering in his role as the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Makerspace co-coordinator. He has been researching and teaching since 2015 and has been invited to talk, exhibit, publish and run workshops internationally through institutions such as University of Westminster, Aarhus School of Architecture, University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, Universidad de Navarra and RMIT University. Timothy’s current research reimagines post-industrial sites in the Hunter region through speculative drawing and modelling. Timothy is interested in the capacity for design-led research to explore things such as curiosity, play, wonder, and narrative as a way of engaging broader audiences into architecture.

Timothy has practised architecture in Newcastle in large and small scale practice since 2012. He has collaborated in large, multidisciplinary teams on significant local and interstate projects, specialising in the sectors of healthcare, low-income housing, higher education and civic development. At the University of Newcastle, he has brought his approach of design research to live projects through industry partnerships such as Newcastle City Council (Smart Trees: Resilience Strategies to Combat Urban Heat Island Effect) and Tangentyere Council (Apmere-arenye Interrentye - Accessibility Matters), and is interested in how architecture can benefit communities through novel ways of engagement.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Design (Architecture), University of Newcastle
Master of Architecture, University of Newcastle

Keywords

Architecture
Creative Practice Research
Drawing
Post-Industrial

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
330102	Architectural design	60
330104	Architectural history, theory and criticism	20
330101	Architectural computing and visualisation methods	20

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Lecturer	University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment Australia
Lecturer	University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment Australia

Awards

Award

Year	Award
2015	The University Medal The University of Newcastle
2015	The Dean of Architecture Medal The University of Newcastle

Nomination

Year	Award
2015	ARB Architects Medallion NSW Architects Registration Board
2015	NSW Graduate Medal Australian Institute of Architects

Prize

Year	Award
2016	The University of Newcastle FEBE Postgraduate Research Prize in Architecture and Industrial Design Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment - The University of Newcastle (Australia)
2015	AIA NSW Chapter History and Theory Prize Australian Institute of Architects
2012	AIA First Degree Graduate of the Year Prize Australian Institute of Architects

Teaching

Code	Course	Role	Duration
ARBE1105	Communication in the Built Environment School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle This course introduces students to the essential communication skills used in the built environment. Students learn verbal, written and presentation skills to communicate effectively within the building industry. This course also develops students' interpersonal skills specifically with regard to teamwork, leadership, negotiation and stakeholder management.	Course Coordinator	4/2/2019 - 2/7/2021
ARBE6233	Architecture Studio 9 School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle This course enables students to undertake a final design research thesis, by approaching architectural practice as an exploratory, creative enquiry. Students develop a design project that enables a chosen research agenda. This involves establishing project limits and constraints, experimenting though chosen design methods, media & representational strategies, demonstrating an awareness of ethics, and exercising critical refection. By the end of semester, students will present a resolved project that consolidates and explicates a process of design enquiry.	Course Coordinator	17/2/2020 - 2/7/2021

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Journal article (2 outputs)

Year

Citation

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2021

Chapman M, Burke T, 'Withdrawing', Architecture Bulletin, 77 (2021)

Co-authors	Michael Chapman

2020

Ednie-Brown P, Burke T, 'God in Reverse: Art, Architecture and Consciousness', Architecture Australia, 109 12-13 (2020)

Co-authors	Pia Edniebrown

Conference (9 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2016	Burke TG, 'The Sorcerers Apprentice: Experimental Territories of Architecture and Film in Moholy-Nagy s Light Play ', University of Newcastle (2016)
2016	Burke T, 'New Visions in Space-Time: Architecture and Photography in the Experimental Photo-Practice of Moholy-Nagy', New Visions in Space-Time: Architecture and Photography in the Experimental Photo-Practice of Moholy-Nagy, Museo Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona (2016) [E1]
2016	Burke TG, 'Gizmos + Ghosts: Speculating Machines', RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne (2016)
2016	Burke TG, 'Ghosts in the Machine: Speculating Architecture Through Experimental Gizmos, Mechanical Alchemy, and Other Mystical Contraptions.', University of Newcastle (2016)
2016	Burke TG, 'Ghosts in the Machine: Speculating Architecture Through Experimental Gizmos, Mechanical Alchemy, and Other Mystical Contraptions', University of Newcastle (2016)
2016	Burke TG, 'Gizmos + Ghosts: Exquisite Drawing Machines', University of Westminster (2016)
2015	Burke T, 'Instrumentalising the Cult of Technicism: Tracing the Theoretical Trope of the Machine', Leeds Beckett University (2015)
2015	Burke TG, 'Daniel Libeskind s Ghosts in the Machine[s] : A Dialectical Reading of Mysticism and Rationalism of the Machine Object in Architecture', The University of Queensland, Brisbane (2015)
2015	Burke TG, 'Ghosts in the [Architectural] Machine: The Speculative Praxis of Experimental Machines', Newcastle Chapter Institute of Architects (2015)
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Design (1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2016	Burke TG, Exquisite Drawing Machines, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery (2016)

Creative Work (8 outputs)

Year

Citation

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2021

Chapman M, Ross K, Burke T, Fisher P, Lowe D, Counternarratives, WattSpace Gallery, WattSpace Gallery (2021)

Co-authors	Michael Chapman

2020

Burke T, Chapman M, Jozefiak S, Lowe D, Tucker C, COALFACE, Watt Space Gallery, Watt Space Gallery (2020)

Co-authors	Michael Chapman

2018

Tucker C, Burke T, Freeman L, Hallen M, Kensey M, Stutchbury N, Tam KL, 3 Brown Street Youth Centre, Watt Space, Watt Space (2018)

Co-authors	Chris Tucker

2018

Burke T, Exquisite Drawing Machines, Watt Space Gallery (2018)

2016

Burke TG, Scientific Autobiography Postcards, Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London. (2016)

2016

Ware S, Burke T, Donaldson A, Chapman M, Lowe D, Heath A, Research Through Design, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery (2016) [J2]

Co-authors	Michael Chapman, Sueanne Ware

2015

Burke TG, 2015 Graduate & Student Awards, NSW Institute of Architects, 'Tusculum' Potts Point (2015)

2015

Burke TG, The NEWcastle School: Past, Present and Future, Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle (2015)

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Other (3 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2016	Burke TG, 'Practice Matters: Master of Architecture Graduates', (2016) [O1]
2016	Burke T, Donaldson A, 'Antecedence', (2016) [O1]
2015	Burke TG, 'NSW Graduate & Student Awards', (2015) [O1]

Report (1 outputs)

Year

Citation

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2019

Ware S, Burke T, Newberry-Dupé D, Kissa G, 'Smart Trees: Resilience Strategies to Combat Urban Heat Island Effect, Newcastle NSW', Newcastle City Council, 214 (2019)

Co-authors	Sueanne Ware

Thesis / Dissertation (2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2019	Burke T, Exquisite Drawing Machines: A Tinkerer s Guide, University of Newcastle, Australia (2019)
2014	Burke TG, Deconstructing Fairyland: Ethnographic Tracings of the Industrial Photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, University of Newcastle (2014)

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Research Supervision

Number of supervisions

Completed0

Current3

Current Supervision

Commenced	Level of Study	Research Title	Program	Supervisor Type
2021	PhD	Socially and Environmentally Responsible Improvisational Architecture - An Almanac for a Prototype	PhD (Architecture), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2019	PhD	The Continued Survival of the Modernist Project Expressed Through Contemporary Architecture, Painting and Installation	PhD (Architecture), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2018	PhD	Correlation Between New Urbanism and Social Wellbeing of City Dwellers	PhD (Architecture), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor

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Dr Timothy Burke

Position

Lecturer
School of Architecture and Built Environment
College of Engineering, Science and Environment

Contact Details

Email	timothy.burke@newcastle.edu.au
Phone	(02) 4913 8781

Office

Room	BSC205
Building	Architecture
Location	Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia

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