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Biography
Rahmatollah Amirjani is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Design and Built Environment, University of Canberra, Australia. His research interest includes contemporary historiographies of modern architecture, specifically focusing on the question of social housing. Investigating the dichotomy between tradition and modernity, his publications also address recent movements in the provision of affordable housing and the effects of inappropriate housing policies/designs on communities.
As a construction project manager and facade engineer, Rahmatollah's industrial projects investigate the use of smart/responsive skins in sustainable buildings. In addition, the employment of collaborative machines and robotics for architecture/modular-building production has been a key focus of Rahmatollah's industrial projects.
Key research areas for PhD applicants:
Architecture:
- Historiographies of modern architecture,
- The transformation of the social housing concept,
- Housing policies and design strategies
- Architecture exchanges between Australia and the West,
- Canberra architecture,
- Architecture, state, and ideology
- Pre- and Post-revolutionary Iranian Architecture
Building Technologies and Construction:
- Adaptive Facade systems
- Smart building envelopes
- Collaborative machines and robotics for architecture/modular-building production
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
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Projects
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Ad-Hoc and Sustainability co-funded industry stipends (UC & CIVION)
5/02/24 → 5/08/27
Project: Research
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Architecture, Housing, Utopia: Essays in Housing Criticism: Advanced History and Theory 2PG
Amirjani, R. (ed.), Aug 2023, 2nd ed. Canberra: University of Canberra. 52 p. (Advanced History and Theory)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book
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Oil, Utopia, and the Architecture of the Off-Modern: The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Planning in 1930s Iran
Amirjani, R., 2023, The Visibility of Modernization in Architecture: A Debate: A Debate. Hartoonian, G. (ed.). 1 ed. Routledge, p. 233-251 19 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Architecture, Housing, Utopia: Essays in Housing Criticism
Amirjani, R. (ed.), 2022, Canberra: University of Canberra.Research output: Book/Report › Other
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Labour Housing and the Normalisation of Modernity in 1970s Iran
Amirjani, R., 2022, Ultra: Positions and Polarities beyond Crisis: 38th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand. Kroll, D., Curry, J. & Nolan, M. (eds.). Australia: SAHANZ: Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 38. p. 298-310 14 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review
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UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA – STUDENT MANIFESTO AND BOOK EXHIBITION
Amirjani, R., Dec 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Activities
- 3 Oral presentation
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Blurring architectural boundaries: Iran, India and Australia, 1930s
Rahmatollah Amirjani (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Canberra, Public Housing, and The Great Australian Dream
Rahmatollah Amirjani (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Densification, Market Ideology and Our Barriers: The Question of the Emerging Image of the Bush Capital
Rahmatollah Amirjani (Speaker)
13 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation