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Email

kelum.palipane@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Education
Graduate Certificate
University of Melbourne
PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of Moratuwa
Bachelors Degree
University of Moratuwa
ORCID

0000-0002-2933-6670

Dr Kelum Palipane

Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

32 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Circular Migrations and Urban Futures: Transnational Practices, Home-Making, and Spatial Negotiations Across the Global South and North
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    A Case Study in Conversations
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Architecture and Place: Context Specific Approach to Housing Design
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Reflections on Melbourne Suburbs: streetscapes, workplaces (homes) and subjectivities
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2025.2452440
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    Decolonising Practices in Australian Architectural Education: Positioning as a Recent Arrival
  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    Translating Place: Creative Communication of Complex Ideas
  • 2022

    Journal article

    ‘Persistent’ Migrant Kitchens: Spatial Analogies and the Politics of Sharing
    DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2023.2199909
Kelum Palipane

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2024
ABP Open Award for Teaching Excellence 2023 (special mention) - Studio C Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning
2023
ABP Open Award for Teaching Excellence 2022 - Studio Alpha Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning
2016
Melbourne Early Career Academic Fellowship
2010
Graduate Teaching Fellowship The University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    The Architect's Gaze and Critical Reading of Place
  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    Spatio-Temporal Alterities: Multiculturalism in Transport Hubs
  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    Operating in a Hyper-Political Landscape: A Dialogue Between Architecture Students, Faculty, and Practice on Spatial Politics and its Absence
  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    Design Pedagogies of Care: (Gentle) Resistance for Exhausted Times
  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    Station Precincts as Key Sites Enabling Australian Urban Transitions
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91331-1_11
  • 2022

    Original Creative Work

    'sitio y lengua' at SAY IT OUT LOUD: Naarm Melbourne, Melbourne Design Week
  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    RECLAIMING NEIGHBOURHOODS THROUGH INFORMAL TEMPORALITIES: Pettah, Sri Lanka
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003276708-5

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