Career Summary
Publications
Wallis, LH, ‘Building the Studio Environment’, Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future, The Urban International Press, Ashraf M Salama and Nicholas Wilkinson (ed), Gateshead, pp. 201- 218. ISBN 1-872811-09-4 (2007).
Wallis, LH and Wood, DJ, ‘'What an idiot!' Building better working relationships between Architects and Engineers’, Showcasing Innovation, 30 November 2007, Hobart EJ (2007).
Moss, T and Thomas, SL and Wallis, LH, ‘Thinking critically about learning in the discipline: Engaging students in Architectural education’, HERDSA 2007, 8-11 July 2007, Adelaide (2007).
Wallis, L, Whitman,P, and Savage,S (eds). 2005, 'Coalitions & Collaborations: Creating Architectural Knowledge through Contemporary Practice, RAIA, Canberra.
Wallis, L, .2005, ‘Drawing Conclusions from LBM Studios’, Drawing Together: Convergent practices in architectural education, UQ/QUT, Brisbane.
Wallis, LH, 2005 ‘Learning-by-Making: Design-build Studios at the School of Architecture at the University of Tasmania’, Unpublished thesis, University of Tasmania.
Wallis, L, Clayton, I, Hall, J and Kelly, A 2004, ‘The Changing Role of the Workshop in Architectural Education (a Tasmanian Case Study)’ in T Rizzuto (ed.), The Bauhaus Legacy: Myth, Reality and Reevaluation, Anthony Rizzuto, Atlanta, Georgia.
Wallis, L, Bromberek, Z, Clayton, I, Green, R 2002, ‘Plugging the Gaps: Learning by Making (UTas Case Study)’, Modern Practice of Architectural Science: from Pedagogy to Andragogy?, Deaking University, Geelong, pp. 549-556.
Wallis, L 2001, ‘Building Better Architecture Students’, Proceedings of the Australasian University Building Educators Association. Constructing and Managing the Built Environment, University of South Australia, Adelaide, pp. 9 – 21.
Membership
2004-2009
School representative on the Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee
Chair of the School of Architecture Teaching and Learning Committee
2004-2008
Academic representative on the University Teaching and Learning Committee
Community Involvement
2004-2008 - External exam critic and assessor for Tasmanian Qualifications Authority
Awards
2006 - Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Tasmania
2004 - RAIA Sisalation Prize (Co-editors Associate Susan Savage, Louise Wallis
and Dr Paula Whitman for Take 4 Journal)
2003 - Teaching Merit Certificate from the University of Tasmania’s Teaching and
Learning Committee (student-nomination for Team teaching with Dr Catriona McLeod)
1999 - inaugural, National RAIA Student Award for the Advancement of Architecture (reaching beyond studies to demonstrate leadership + advance architecture)
1999 - University of Tasmania, School of Architecture, “Learning-by-Making”
Research Scholarship
Research Interests
Architectural Education: Design Studio teaching and Learning-by-Making studios
Currently engaged in PhD studies at the University of Newcastle, “Rethinking the Architectural Design Studio in Australasia”, under the supervision of A/P Tony Williams and Prof. Michael Ostwald. This work is a later phase of larger research project into “Understanding Architectural Education in Australasia” (Ostwald and Williams, 2008), which Louise was a significant member of the research team. Earlier research has examined the educational benefits of ‘Learning-by-Making Studios’ (known in the US as Design-build studios) at the University of Tasmania. See publication list above.
Teaching
Main teaching areas:
Design Studio (1st, 2nd and 3rd year)
Learning-by-Making studios
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