Mr. Gregory John Cowan

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VSO Mongolia
Secure Livelihoods Programme
Secure Livelihoods Programme Volunteer CoordinatorAppointed: 2008
RIBA
Education
International Visiting Board SecretaryAppointed: 2006
Workers Educational Association
Ilford
TutorAppointed: 2004
Kingston University, Kingston Hill
Architecture and Landscape
Architecture
LecturerAppointed: 2003
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Mailing Address

London, WC1H 8BH
United Kingdom

Contact Information

Phone: +447906037782
Mobile: +447906037782
gregory@cowan.com
http://gregorycowan.blogspot.com

Qualifications

Chartered Architect, RIBA, 2004.
M.Arch. (Research), Adelaide University, Architecture, 2002.
B.Arch. (Hons), Curtin University of Technology, Architecture, 1987.
candidate M Phil / PhD 2012, Urban Studies, Architecture and Urbanism; regeneration and the night economy.

Expertise and Research Interests

Invited speaker, "Along the Great Wall", Vienna, May, 2009

Consultant and guest lecturer and critic, London Metropolitan University (MA Rapid Change and Scarce Resources), University College London (Building and Urban Design in Development), Sheffield University (Lines of Flight PhD research group) 2008 to the present

Collaborator with Connect Culture, an accessible travel Social Enterprise, on the architectural adaptation of an urban apartment for independent living with disabilities 2008 to the present

Architect Teacher Trainer for Secure Livelihoods VSO Mongolia, August 2007 to August 2008

Secretary of international architectural education validation visiting boards for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Concepcion and Santiago, Chile (October-November 2008) Buenos Aires, Argentina (November 2008) and Seoul, Korea (2006)

Manager of Student and Graduate liaison, Royal Institute of British Architects, Education department, 2004-2007

Lecturer, Architecture annd Culture in London post-professional course, Workers Educational Association, Ilford,

Lecturer, architecture studio and landscape urbanism at Kingston University, School of Architecture and Landscape,

Invited speaker at the Banff International Curatorial Centre (Canada), 2004

Invited speaker, Urban Life, Gothenburg, 2005

Invited speaker, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, London, 2004

Invited speaker, The Architecture Foundation's Renegade City, London, 2006

Architectural education, professional, urban and general from grass-roots community level to working with RIBA and other international validation and accreditation systems.

Modes of visual and linguistic communication critical to international work in architectural education.

Research on ephemerality, mobility, and collaboration in architecture. Research on 'nomadology', in particular, the relation of publics and professionals to challenging and reconceptualizing architectural theory and practice.

Ongoing research, including the chapter in Informal Architectures (Black Dog June 08), on the unsettling influence of activist architecture occupying spaces in the city.

Lecturer in architecture, Curtin University 1993 to 2003, Perth and Kuala Lumpur - primarily in design studio, professional studies and design communications.

Postgraduate research in architectural theory at the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at Adelaide University awarded Master of Architecture degree (research) 2002, the dissertation entitled 'Nomadology in Architecture: ephemerality, mobility and collaboration.'

Research on Architecture, architectural theory, nomadology and architectural theory of non-European cultures in German-speaking central Europe in particular, Vienna Austria.

Guest lecturer, Architectural Theory Department, Vienna University of Technology, 1999 with visiting lecture at the University of Zagreb in 1999

Architectural practice in Perth, 1992-1996 Design development and management of commercial and residential projects as a freelance architect

Architectural practice in Vienna in 1991-1992
Leading schematic development of a mixed use urban complex straddling a railway in Paltaufgasse, Ottakring, Vienna, with Atelier Architekt Hermann Czech

Architectural practice in Graz, Austria, 1989-1991.
Leading design and construction of 28 Apartments in Knittelfeld, Austria with Architekturbüro Szyszkowitz - Kowalski

Architectural practice, state architects' office of Western Australia, primarily educational facilities; including Electrical training workshops, CAD/CAM Furniture making education workshops

Architecture honours degree graduate of Curtin University, Perth, 1987

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Architectural Design, Architecture, Culture, Interior Design, Popular Culture, Regional or Urban Design.

Additional Terms:

Activist Architecture Occupying Spaces in the City, Architect Teacher Trainer, Architectural Design, Architectural Practice in Graz, Architectural Practice in Perth, Architectural Practice in Ulaanbaatar, Architectural Practice in Ulan Bator, Architectural Practice in Vienna, Architectural Theory of Non-European Cultures, Capacity Building, Dissent, Educator, Freelance Architect, Graduate Liaison, Illegal, Informal Architectures, Informal Settlements, Interior Design, International Architectural Education Validation Visiting Bo, International Development, International Validation (APACC), International Validation (RIBA), Mongolia, Nomad, Nomadology, Nomadology in Architecture, Peri-urbanism, Popular Culture, RIBA Validation, Secure Livelihoods VSO Mongolia, Street Architecture, Street Occupations, Streets, Student Liaison, Tutoring Architecture, Ulaanbaatar, Urban Designer, Vienna.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
German: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Mongolian: (Functional, Functional, Functional)
Nyungar (Indigenous to South Western Australia): (Basic, Functional, Basic)
Spanish: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Memberships

Architectural Association, London
Australian Public Intellectuals Network
Berlage Postgraduate Institute of Architecture, Rotterdam
European Association for Australian Studies
Gesellschaft fuer Australienstudien / Association for Australian Studies
Royal Institute of British Architects

Honors and Awards

2004, James Stirling Lecture on Urban Design, The Canadian Center for Architecture, The London School of Economics, Street Protest Architecture
2004, Informal Architecture Symposium, Walter Philips Gallery, Banff International Curatorial Centre, Protest Architecture: Dissent in Australia
1995, Finalist, International Competition for the new Wagga Wagga Civic Centre, City of Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, Two Stage International Architectural Design Competition

Previous Positions

2007-2008, Architect Teacher Trainer, Construction Technology College Mongolia, Architecture
2006-2007, Student and Graduate Liaison Manager, RIBA, Education
2004-2006, Education Projects Coordinator, R I B A
2004-2007, Editor, RIBA Graduate Newsletter, Education
2003-2004, Lecturer, Kingston, Architecture and Landscape
2001-2003, Contributing Editor, Architecture Australia
2001-2005, Editorial Board, Journal of Australian Studies, JAS
1992-1992, Studio Master, University of Western Australia, School of Architecture, Level One Studio
1992-2003, Faculty, Curtin University of Technology, Built Environment Art and Design, Architecture, Humanities
1991-1992, Project Architect, Atelier Hermann Czech
1991-1991, Architecture Studio Tutor, University of Western Australia, School of Architecture
1989-1991, Project Architect, Architektürburo Szyszkowitz und Kowalski, Graz

Publications

  • Gregory Cowan (2009) Nomadologist in Ulaanbaatar, AARCHITECTURE (7), 22-3
  • Gregory Cowan (2008) Ger District Architecture, Mongolia, The Architect, 08 (01), 88
  • Gregory Cowan (2008) Tent Embassies: Collapsing, Australia and Architecture In Kiendl, A (eds), Informal Architectures; Space and Contemporary Culture, London, Black Dog, 56-65 pages, ISBN=978 1 906155 (bookchapter)
  • Gregory Cowan, Street Protest Architecture: Dissent Space in Australia, Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life, 65, January 2004
  • Gregory Cowan, Tents and Political Occupations of Australia: from Botany Bay to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, De-Placing Difference: Architecture, Culture and Imaginative Geography, 105-113, July 2002
  • Gregory Cowan (2002) Nomadology in Architecture; Ephemerality, Mobility, and Collaboration, ADT thesis.library.adelaide.edu.au/public/adt-SUA20060904.161630/
  • Gregory Cowan, Collapsing Australian Architecture: The Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Journal of Australian Studies (New Talents 21C), 67, 30-36, 210-211, 2001
  • Cowan, Gregory, Nomadologist in Ulaanbaatar / Learning from Ulaanbaatar, Along the Great Wall, Institute for Comparative Architectural Research, Submitted

Profile Details

Last Updated: 5/27/2009

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