F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship 2024 open for applications
2023 Fellowship recipients Ellie Tuckey and Mitra Homolja of Third Studio, whose research investigated how public housing can proactively adapt to the impacts of climate change.
2023 Fellowship recipients Ellie Tuckey and Mitra Homolja of Third Studio.
A collaboration between Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects and family members of former government architect F. Gordon Wilson, the F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship was established to stimulate new ideas and approaches to unmet housing needs across Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Fellowship, awarded annually, invites architects and design professionals from Aotearoa to explore how architecture can help address one of today’s most pressing human rights – housing – and for the annual winner to embark on a self-directed research project supported with a grant of $20,000.
The focus of the Fellowship recognises F. Gordon Wilson’s historic role as a design champion for State Housing in New Zealand over his extensive career. Wilson led the creation of this country’s innovative State Housing programme, which included thousands of single, duplex and multi-unit houses, as well as a small range of internationally recognised modernist apartment buildings.
Born in Perth, Australia, the renowned architect’s career here in Aotearoa included positions as Chief Architect of the Department of Housing Construction (1936–1943), Chief Architect of the Housing Division of the Public Works Department (1943–1952), Assistant Government Architect (1948–1952) and Government Architect (1952–1959).
The 2023 inaugural Fellowship was awarded to Third Studio’s Mitra Homolja and Ellie Tuckey, to investigate how public housing can proactively adapt to the impacts of climate change. Their research will result in a case study for existing public housing in one of Aotearoa’s most at-risk climate regions, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai (Lower Hutt).
The 2024 jury members for the Fellowship are Dr Kay Saville-Smith, Chief Science Advisor for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Research Director, Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment; Marko den Breems, Director of Architecture, Kāinga Ora; Lee Beattie, urban planner and associate professor at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland; Judith Taylor, immediate Past President, Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects; and Julia Mandell, architect and granddaughter of F. Gordon Wilson.
Applications for the Fellowship should be made by Monday 19 August, 2024. The recipient or recipients will be announced at the New Zealand Architecture Awards on Friday 22 November.
Entries for the Fellowship can be emailed to [email protected]
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