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Dr

David O'Brien

Senior Lecturer
Architecture, Building and Planning
social sciences
architecture
science & technology
environmental sciences & ecology
environmental studies
life sciences & biomedicine
adaptation
management
stakeholders' interaction
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Dr

David O'Brien

 
Division
Architecture, Building and Planning
 
Primary Interest
Disaster relief - tsunami reconstruction housing
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by David O'Brien.

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Kalkaringi Community Hub

2020 - 2022
Active
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Sirr Suanum School Health and Education

2018 - 2019
Completed
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Gurindji Bower Studio 2018

2018 - 2019
Completed
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KALKARINDJI ART AND CULTURE CENTRE

2018 - 2019
Completed
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Collaborating, Building and Broadcasting in Wadeye, Northern Territory

2016 - 2017
Completed
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Composting Toilets: Sipaia Community, Papua New Guinea

2016 - 2017
Completed
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Wave Hill walk-off route - Bower Studio

2016 - 2017
Completed
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Transformation of Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction Projects: The Case of Aceh, Indonesia

2009 - 2010
Completed
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INDIGENOUS HOUSING: THE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE

2008 - 2009
Completed
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SUSTAINABLE AND ADAPTABLE HOUSING PROTOTYPES FOR THAILAND'S POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES

2007 - 2008
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

5

Research Contracts

4

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by David O'Brien.

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Incremental housing: harnessing informality at Villa Verde

David O'Brien, Sandra Carrasco, Kim Dovey

Journal article  |  2020  |  ArchNet - IJAR

PurposeThis paper analyses the incremental housing process developed at Villa Verde, a housing project designed by the Chilean arc..

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Resettlement Challenges for Displaced Populations and Refugees

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Urbanism of Emergency: Use and Adaptation of Public Open Spaces in Disaster-Induced Resettlement Sites

Sandra Carrasco, David O'Brien

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGES FOR DISPLACED POPULATIONS AND REFUGEES

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Wakathuni Early Learning Center, Bower Studio

D O'Brien

Book Chapter  |  2018

The work chronicled in this book reveals how this type of applied knowledge grounds us in the physicality of the world in which we..

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FILLING THE GAPS: MODIFYING MODULAR HOUSING IN CHILE

S Carrasco Mansilla, David O'Brien

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  ZEMCH 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Standardised and mass-produced houses have attracted the interests of many teams of designers and scholars in the twentieth and tw..

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Are Architects the Last People Needed in Disaster Reconstruction?

D O'Brien, Mojgan TAHERI TAFTI

Book Chapter  |  2018

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The Role of Humanitarian Agencies in Reconstruction and Development of Disaster Affected Communities in Japan and the Philippines

Sandra Carrasco, David O'Brien

Journal article  |  2018  |  Procedia Engineering

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Ten Years of Great Love-The Evolution of Housing Reconstruction in Banda Aceh, Indonesia

David O'Brien, Catherine Elliott, Brendon McNiven

Book Chapter  |  2017

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A duty of care: Disaster recovery, community and social responsibility in Indonesia

D O'Brien, C Elliott, B McNiven

Book Chapter  |  2017

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Dynamics of the urban built environment in Vietnam

D O'Brien, I Ahmed

Conference Proceedings  |  2017

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Architecture
Architecture and Urban Environment
Urban and Regional Planning
Design
Construction Processes
Building
Construction Design
Construction Planning
Expanding Knowledge
Understanding Past Societies

News

Displaying the 1 most recent news article by David O'Brien.

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Indigenous memory-making meets architecture

David O'Brien

August 21, 2016

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2005

Australian Government, DEST, Endeavour Australia Award
2005

Architeam Award for `Best use of timber?
2005

Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Fellowship

1999

Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Fellowship

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Senior Lecturer

Architecture, Building and Planning

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Architecture

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Planning and Design

University of Melbourne

Links

International Linkages

Aceh Research Training Institute, University of Melbourne

Australia

Population and Community Development Association

Thailand

Thammasat University

Thailand

Universitas Syiah Kuala

Indonesia