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ELIZABETH AITKEN ROSE
Elizabeth Aitken Rose is 
a senior lecturer in urban 
planning in the School of 
Architecture and Planning at 
the University of Auckland. 
She researches in the fields 
of urban planning history, 
cultural policy, and heritage 
preservation, including house 
museums and engineering 
heritage.

TOM COLLINS
Tom Collins is an architectural 
graduate and creative design 
researcher from Lyttelton, 
Ōtautahi Christchurch, 
currently living and prac-
tising in New York City. He 
recently finished his Master of 
Architecture (Professional) at 
the University of Auckland’s 
School of Architecture and 
Planning. His research is 
mostly concerned with 
urban spectres and forgotten 
histories.

OLIVIA DAW
Olivia Daw is an architectur-
al graduate with a Bachelor 
of Architectural Design 
and Master of Architecture. 
Alongside working in small 
practice, she is a senior 
research assistant and tutor in 
the School of Architecture at 
the University of Queensland. 
Her research interests include 
design advocacy, governance, 
and community-oriented 
development.

ANDREW DOUGLAS
Andrew Douglas is a senior 
lecturer in theory and design 
in the School of Architecture 
and Planning at the University 
of Auckland. He is an exec-
utive editor of Interstices: 
Journal of Architecture and 
Related Arts and currently 
chairs the enigma: he aupiki 
charitable trust. He has 
practised architecture in 
both Auckland and London, 
and completed postgraduate 
studies at the University of 
Auckland and Goldsmiths, 
University of London.

JULIA GATLEY
Julia Gatley is an associate 
professor of architecture at 
the University of Auckland. 
Her research interests are pri-
marily in twentieth-century 
architecture and the conser-
vation of the modern. She has 
published four books with 
Auckland University Press. 
Her next book, co-authored 
with John Stubbs, William 
Chapman, and Ross King, and 
forthcoming with Routledge, 
is titled, Architectural 
Conservation in Australia, 
New Zealand and the Pacific 
Islands: National Experiences 
and Practice.

CAROLYN HILL
Carolyn Hill is an architect 
and lecturer in environmental 
planning at the University of 
Waikato. She has worked in 
various built heritage-focused 
roles across public and private 
sectors in New Zealand, 
Australia, and the UK. Her 
research centres on urban 
heritage policy and future 
directions, with an emphasis 
on the views and values of 
young adults in processes of 
heritage-making.

SUSAN HOLDEN
Susan Holden (FRAIA) is an 
architect and senior lecturer 
in the School of Architecture 
at the University of 
Queensland where she teach-
es in the Architecture and 
Urban Design programmes. 
She has published extensively 
on the values of architecture 
in cultural, institutional, and 
governance contexts.

ELLA JONES
Ella Jones is an architectur-
al graduate who completed 
her Master of Architecture 
(Professional) at Victoria 
University of Wellington 
Te Herenga Waka in 2022. 
Alongside her studies, she 
interned at Jasmax Architects, 
working on a diverse range of 
projects around Aotearoa New 
Zealand. Ella was a finalist in 
the 2022 NZIA Student Design 
Awards. Her interests lie in 
graphite drawing and bicul-
tural design processes.

HAMISH LONERGAN 
Hamish Lonergan is an 
architectural designer and 
a doctoral candidate at the 
institute for the history and 
theory of architecture (gta), 
ETH Zürich. His project in-
vestigates the concept of tacit 
knowledge in design studio 
education since the 1970s, as 
part of the research network 
TACK / Communities of 
Tacit Knowledge. His writing 
appears in OASE, gta Papers, 
Footprint, and Cartha, among 
other publications.

‘ŌKUSITINO MĀHINA 
‘Ōkusitino Māhina is a 
professor of philosophy, an-
thropology, and art. He taught 
Pacific political economy 
and Pacific arts at ‘Atenisi 
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LUKE TIPENE
Luke Tipene is an architecture 
academic at the University 
of Technology Sydney. His 
research centres on the 
history, theory, and practice 
of architectural drawings. 
He has published in lead-
ing architectural journals, 
including Fabrications, 
Space and Culture, The 
Journal of Architecture, and 
Places Journal. He is exec-
utive editor of idea journal 
and has peer-reviewed for 
Fabrications and The Journal 
of Architecture.

ATHANASIOS TSAKONAS
Athanasios Tsakonas is a 
partner in Singapore-based 
consultancy, Tan + Tsakonas 
Architects. A practising 
architect, builder, and 
writer, his research interests 
include investigating the 
spatial impact war cemeteries 
and memorials have upon 
commemoration and remem-
brance; and the architects of 
conflict. His book, In Honour 
of War Heroes: Colin St Clair 
Oakes and the Design of Kranji 
War Memorial, was published 
by Marshall Cavendish in 
2020.

SIMON TWOSE
Simon Twose is an archi-
tect and associate professor 
at Victoria University of 
Wellington Te Herenga Waka. 
He researches architectural 
drawing, in the territories 
between art and architec-
ture practices. Twose has 
exhibited widely, including 
contributions to five Venice 
Architecture Biennales and 
PQ15, the Prague Quadrennial 
of Performance Design and 
Space.

 

SAMER WANAN
Samer Wanan is pursuing a 
PhD in Architecture by Design 
at ESALA, the University 
of Edinburgh. His research 
explores the politics of 
technology, as well as the 
material and temporal limits 
of architectural space and its 
representation within politi-
cally charged environments. 
Samer holds degrees from 
Birzeit University in Palestine 
and Newcastle University, 
UK. He previously worked as 
a faculty member at Birzeit 
University.

of Technology, Massey 
University, and the University 
of Auckland for over 25 years. 
He has published extensive-
ly across many disciplines, 
including books, book chap-
ters, and journal articles. He 
writes and publishes poetry in 
Tongan, with some translated 
into other languages. He is a 
leading proponent of tāvāism 
as a brand of philosophy of 
reality.

ANOMA PIERIS
Anoma Pieris is a professor of 
architecture at the Melbourne 
School of Design. Her recent 
publications include the 
anthology Architecture on the 
Borderline: Boundary Politics 
and Built Space (2019) and The 
Architecture of Confinement: 
Incarceration Camps of the 
Pacific War (2022), co-au-
thored with Lynne Horiuchi. 
Anoma was guest curator 
with Martino Stierli, Sean 
Anderson, and Evangelos 
Kotsioris of the 2022 MoMA 
exhibition, The Project of 
Independence: Architectures of 
Decolonization in South Asia, 
1947–1985.

SĒMISI FETOKAI POTAUAINE 
Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine 
works as a multi-media artist 
practising across a number of 
disciplines, notably architec-
ture and sculpture. Sēmisi’s 
research interests include 
time and space, culture 
and language, theory and 
practice, and art and litera-
ture, amongst others. He has 
co-authored books and book 
chapters, and written book 
chapters and journal articles. 
He is a lecturer at Te Pūkenga 
Unitec Institute of Technology 
School of Architecture, 
focusing on design studio, 
design fabrication, and design 
research.