Andrea Nield

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Andrea Nield
Born1951 (age 7071)
Hamburg, Germany
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationArchitect
AwardsAustralian Institute of Architects' Marion Mahony Griffin Prize for a Distinctive Body of Architecture Work
2008
PracticeStudio Nield, Sydney
BuildingsHilarie Mais Studio
Ultimo Community Centre, Sydney
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
ProjectsWomen's and Children's Hospital, Afghanistan
Aceh Housing, Aceh, Indonesia
Ngari School, Solomon Islands

Andrea Nield (born 1951) is an Australian architect who founded and was elected the first president of Emergency Architects Australia. Nield has directed major relief and reconstruction work in Aceh, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Victoria, Australia after natural disasters. She and her husband Lawrence Nield are directors of Studio Nield – an Architecture and Urban Design practice.

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Nield has designed hospitals in Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Australia and is a joint author of "Beyond Shelter – Architecture for Crisis" and "Beyond Shelter – Architecture and Human Dignity".

She was the Australian Institute of Architects (NT) Creative Director for AusIndoArch Tropfix Student Design Workshop held in June 2014 and the AusIndoArch Conference in Darwin November 2014, Australia. [1]

Education

Nield was educated at the University of Sydney [2] where she received a BSc.Arch. in 1974 and BArch with Honors in 1977.

Work

Nield founded Emergency Architects Australia [3] (EAA) [4] in 2005 which has responded to natural emergencies in Aceh, Indonesia, in Sri Lanka, the Solomon Islands, in Pakistan and in Australia. EAA is associated with the French emergency architecture agency Architectes de l'urgence Foundation.

In the Solomon Islands, Nield raised the funds and organised the team to rebuild Ngari School [5] with the local community – a prototype school to be repeated in other locations by the Solomon Islands Department of Education.

Nield led the EAA team along with BVN Architecture that planned the Temporary Village in Kinglake, Victoria after the Black Saturday bushfires and initiated the rebuilding of the award-winning Narbethong Community Hall. [6]

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References

  1. "Tropical, topical – Tropfix to connect Australian and Indonesian architects".
  2. "News | The University of Sydney". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. Burke and Reinmuth, Anthony & Gerard (2012). Formations: New Practices in Australian Architecture. Canberra, Australia: The Australian Institute of Architects. p. 173. ISBN   978-0-646-57677-0.
  4. "Victims need art like a hole in the head" [ permanent dead link ]. 22 September 2011 Elizabeth Farrelly, Sydney Morning Herald
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  6. "Treat the country like a church… build beautiful things".
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  8. "Architects without Frontiers".
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  13. Beyond Shelter – Architecture and Human Dignity. Metropolis. 2012.
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