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Simone Brott, PhD
OTA ID#: 103917
| Education Experience: |
BArch (Bachelor of Architecture), Architecture, Philosophy, University of Melbourne, 1997 MA , Architectural Theory and Criticism, Yale University, 2003 PhD, Architecture, University of Melbourne, 2004 |
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| Focus of Study: | I am studying the contemporary architectural production surrounding the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. My thesis - entitled: Subjectivizations: Deleuze and Architecture - is an attempt to theorize Deleuze’s work on subjectivity specifically as a model for architectural space and the subjective encounter with architecture. |
| Awards: | 2003-2004
(current) Research Assistant for Sandra Kaji-O’Grady and Paul Walker on the nineteen seventies focusing on the relationship between architecture and design with techno ology and institutions of the nineteen seventies. 2003 May The Everett Victor Meeks Graduate Fellowship awarded upon graduation from Yale University School of Architecture for academic excellence. 2001-2003 Provost Merit Scholarship to undertake the Master of Environmental Design Program at Yale School of Architecture, Yale University, $10,000 per annum 2001-2003 Centenary Scholarship from the Foundation for Young Australians to supplement the cost of undertaking the MED at Yale, AUD$10,000 per annum 2000 Jan Faculty Postgraduate Fieldwork Grant used to conduct an interview in Paris with Bernard Cache, pupil of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and author of Earth Moves, a leading theorist in my area of research, University of Melbourne, AUD$2,500 1999-2000 Melbourne Research Scholarship, living stipend and fee waiver for undertaking research towards the PhD in Architecture at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, AUD$17,000 P/A 1998 Jun-Jul Research Assistant, ARC funded project: “Public and Private Interface” Urban Design analysis of Acland Street and Hardware Lane and Graphics for a series of Nolli Plans and other related drawings using Photoshop +CAD, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 1995 Jun Peddle Thorpe Design Competition, Prizes for Urban Design and Architectural Design ‘Packer Business Centre,’ Melbourne, Australia |
| Publications: | ARTICLES
(upcoming) Book Review of The Singular Objects of Architecture by Jean Baudrillard and Jean Nouvel. In The Semiotic Review of Books, edited by G. Genosko. Ontario: Department of Sociology Lakehead University. “Heidegger's Thinking of Truth.” In Ariadne, Bethlehem: Department of Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2001. “Architecture as Media and the War of Presence.” In ATR (Architecture Theory Review), edited by Flavia Marcello. Sydney: Sydney: University of Sydney, 1999. “The Form of Form: Architecture and the Fold.” In Architectural Design, AD: Science Fiction, guest edited by Katherine MacInnes, London: Academy Editions, March 1999. The full version of the above paper was subsequently published, with the approval of AD, “The Form of Form: Architecture and the Fold.” In ATR, edited by Anna Rubbo. Sydney: University of Sydney, 1999. DESIGN (upcoming) My 5th year architecture thesis project will be reprinted in Gregory Missingham’s upcoming book: Ariachne’s Threads. “Folding Yourself” and “Blurry Space: 1997 Final Year Architecture Thesis.” in Terra: Student Architectures, edited by Shayne Lacy. Melbourne & Geelong: Shannon Bufton RAIA/SONA Australia, 1999. |
| Work Experience: | TEACHING:
INSTRUCTOR 2002 Fall Coordinator and InstructorArch752a: Architecture and Affect, Graduate seminar in School of Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT. TEACHING FELLOW 2003 Spring Teaching Fellow, Indira Karamcheti, (visiting professor), Department of Women and Gender Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT 2002 Fall Teaching Fellow, Robert Barsky (visiting professor & former pupil of Noam Chomsky), Department of Comparative Literature, Yale University, New Haven, CT 2002 Spring Teaching Fellow, Peter Hegarty, Department of Women and Gender Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT TUTOR 2003 Aug-Nov (current) Tutor, 5th year Architectural Design students, 702-447 Design Approaches and Methods, Greg Missingham, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 1999 Jul-Nov Tutor, 3rd year Built-Environment Sciences, Martin Fowler, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 1999 Jul-Nov Tutor, Architectural Design and Practice 2B, Derham Groves, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 1999 Mar-Jun Tutor, Theories of Architecture, Gregory Missingham, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. In addition to tutoring I also assisted in organising the course structure, lecture series and theory reader. ARCHITECTURAL EMPLOYMENT: 1998-1999 Draftsperson: Thomas Vadiakas Architect, Melbourne Completed several drafting and documentation projects for a series of inner city houses 1998 July-Aug Freelance Architect: Melbourne, Australia Completed interior design for client's apartment in Herbert Street, St Kilda |
| Skills & Achievements: | SKILLS:
Reading, writing, research, editing, analytic thinking, creative problem solving. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 2003 Feb Interview with John Rajchman, (Columbia University) philosopher and theorist, February 2003 2003 Jan Interview with Sanford Kwinter, (Rice University) architectural theorist. LECTURES: 2002 Spring Guest Lecture for Peter Hegarty, Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Studies “The Body Without Organs,” Department of Women and Gender Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT 1999 June Guest Lectures, for Gregory Missingham, 3rd year Theories of Architecture, “The Impact On Architecture Of Recent Theories Of Mathematics,” and “Deleuze and Architecture,” Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS: Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, since 2001 Yale School of Architecture Admissions Committee, 2001-2 Member of AFUW Australian Federation of University Women, 2001-2 Member of Women’s Philosophy Committee, University of Melbourne, 2000 Vice President of Splodge Independent Film Society, Melbourne, Australia (President Alan Quirk) 1998-2000 Film coordinator for the Architecture Student Club, University of Melbourne. For this I organised the David Mamet Film Festival held in the Prince Phillip Theatre, University of Melbourne. November 1 - December 20, 2000 |
| Career Interests: | I am currently a PhD candidate in the Architecture department at the University of Melbourne, having recently completed an MA in Architectural Theory and History from Yale University.
I am an interdisciplinary scholar specialising in architectural theory and criticism. I studied contemporary European Philosophy alongside my undergraduate architecture degree and am interested in both the engagement of philosophy in contemporary architectural discourse and, more broadly, the way architecture situates itself, as a discipline, within external discourses such as literature, film and psychoanalysis. My long term goals are to teach in an interdisciplinary capacity within a humanities department sympathetic to my particular intellectual leanings. |
| Outside Interests: | Film, books, dancing, yoga, and swimming. |
| Message to Students and/or Parents: |
I have extensive experience teaching at both an undergraduate and graduate level as well as teaching English as second language to adults and children. I have taught in a broad range of subjects in the liberal arts including architecture, comparative literature, women and gender studies and cinema studies. |
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