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About Esther Charlesworth |
Professor Esther Charlesworth works in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University, where in 2016 she founded the Master of Disaster, Design, and Development degree [MoDDD] and the Humanitarian Architecture Research Bureau [HARB]. MoDDD is one of the few degrees globally, enabling mid-career designers to transition their careers into the international development, disaster and urban resilience sectors. Esther is also the founding Director of Architects without Frontiers [AWF] while also being one of the original founders of Architectes Sans Frontières [ASF] International. AWF is the largest design not-for-profit in the Asia Pacific region. Since 2010, AWF has undertaken 63 health, education, and social infrastructure projects in 15 countries for vulnerable communities and has been described by ABC journalist Phillip Adams as ‘destined to develop into one of the greater forces of good on this battered planet’. Charlesworth has worked in the public and private sectors of architecture and urban design in Melbourne, Sydney, New York, Boston and Beirut since graduating with a Masters in Architecture and Urban Design [MAUD] from Harvard University in 1995. In 2004 she was awarded her PhD from the University of York (UK). In 2020, Esther received a Membership of the Order of Australia (AM), one of the highest civilian awards in Australia, for ‘significant service to architecture, to education, and to the community of the Asia Pacific region’. She has published eight books on the theme of social justice and architecture, including, ‘Divided Cities’ (2011), from a research project funded by the Macarthur Foundation in 1999; ‘Humanitarian Architecture’ (2014) ‘Sustainable Housing Reconstruction’ (2015) and ‘Design for Fragility’ (2022).
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