Centre for Settlement Studies
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The Centre for Settlement Studies brings together research
expertise from several disciplines and subdisciplines in the School of
Art, Architecture and Design. The Centre's projects take in local, national and
international sites with particular focus on metropolitan, rural and remote
areas and Aboriginal communities in South Australia.
Members of the Centre
Members work on individual projects, and also collaborate with colleagues within the Centre, the School of Art, Architecture and Design and several University of South Australia Schools, as well as with other Australian universities, the professions and the wider community.
Christine Garnaut (Coordinator)
Donald Johnson
Donald Langmead
Gini Lee
David Morris
Rachel Hurst
Research assistant
Associate members
The Centre for Settlement Studies may invite associate members to collaborate on specific projects relevant to the groups research agenda. Associate members may be academics, members of the professions, industry partners or postgraduate students.
Research interests
Research
expertise in the Centre for Settlement Studies includes
sustainable architecture for remote areas;
construction technology; architectural, urban design, planning and landscape history and
theory; and conservation and management of heritage places.
Specifically:
- building technologies for remote regions
- housing infrastructure, especially community kitchens, for indigenous people in remote areas
- assessment and documentation of architectural, urban design, planning and landscape history and theory in South Australia and elsewhere
- colour and textural aspects of the built and natural environment
- cross-disciplinary studies of house
Contact
Christine Garnaut (Coordinator)
School of
Art, Architecture and Design
University of South Australia
North Terrace
Adelaide, SA 5000
Australia
Phone:
+618 8302 0204
Email:
christine.garnaut@unisa.edu.au