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POST DOCTORAL PROJECTS TROPICAL VARIETY & QUEENSLAND ARCHITECTURE (1850-1914) (2009-2011) BUILDING BETTER UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE CULTURE OF ARCHITECTURE & CLIMATE CHANGE Western ideals of beauty have often been bound to an image of the natural world. Tropical climates and the physical environments they produced were also often seen to be degenerative to the creative impulse. In the mid-nineteenth century, in response to scientific exploration and the colonial experience, European ideals of beauty shifted their points of reference from temperate to tropical environments. Investigating architectural design in 19th century Queensland, the project seeks to understand how English theories on creative invention responded when transplanted into a tropical setting. The research will have significance in understanding Queensland’s history and the cultural corollaries of climate and environmental science. Documenting cultural products of climate change, the research will also complement emerging UQ research strengths in Climate Change and Architecture and Culture. Outcomes and Related Publications: Publications Deborah van der Plaat, “Climatic Discomforts: [Sub] tropical climates, racial character and the nineteenth-century Queensland House,” in David Ellison and Andrew Leach, Discomfort (Oxon: Routledge, 2017), 51-63. Deborah van der Plaat, ‘Hardy Wilson, Georgian Revival and Race in Twentieth Century Australia.’ Conference of the European Architecture History Network (EAHN), Dublin, June 2016. Deborah van der Plaat, “Visualising the Critical Temperament. Artistic Convention and Eclecticism in Oscar Wilde’s Writings on the Decorative arts,” Journal of Australasian Victorian Studies, special issue, 19:1, 2014, 5-19 Deborah van der Plaat, “ Architecture of Sun and Soil. European Architecture in Tropical Australia,” In: Michela Rosso, Investigating and Writing Architectural History: Subjects, Methodologies and Frontiers. EAHN 2014 Torino: Third EAHN International Meeting, Turin, Italy, (1119-1129). 19-21 July 2014. Deborah van der Plaat, “North of the 28 th Parallel: Climate, Character in the Queensland House,” In: Christoph Schnoor, Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: 31, Translation. Translation, Auckland New Zealand, (865-879). 2-5th July 2014. Deborah van der Plaat, “Climatic Crisis: Place, Taste and Race in Hardy Wilson’s ‘Dawn of a New Civilization’ (1929),” Architectural Histories, 1(1): 22, 2013, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ah.aw Deborah van der Plaat, Formal Vocabularies. Cosmopolitanism, Analogy and Orientalism in Oscar Wilde’s writings on art and architecture, AVSA 2012, Victorian Vocabularies, Griffith University, Brisbane, 11-14 th April. Deborah van der Plaat, ‘Contrasts (difference and agency) in Nineteenth Century Architectural Criticism: Pugin, Ruskin and Wilde,’ Fabulation, Proceedings of the 29 th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Launceston, July 2012, paper accepted May 2012. Deborah van der Plaat, "Cosmopolitan Interiors: Oscar Wilde and the House Beautiful." Interstices Journal of Architecture and the Related Arts 12, (2011): 48-58. Deborah van der Plaat, ‘The emancipated imagination and Victorian Cosmopolis: stylistic eclecticism in Addison’s New Exhibition Building (1891),’ Imagining, Proceedings of the 27 th International SAHANZ Conference, Michael Chapman & Michael Ostwald (eds.), The University of Newcastle, 30 June-2 July, 2010, 451-456. Team: Ø Dr Deborah van der Plaat “Tropical Variety and Queensland Architecture (1850-1914)” was funded by a University of Queensland Postdoctoral Fellowship for Women from 2009-2011. The research has continued while Dr van der Plaat has been employed by ATCH as a Research Fellow (2012-2016) and Senior Research Fellow (2017- )
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POSTDOCTORALPROJECTS
TROPICALVARIETY&QUEENSLANDARCHITECTURE(1850-1914)(2009-2011)BU ILD ING BETTER UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE CULTURE OF ARCHITECTURE & CL IMATE CHANGE
Western ideals of beauty have often been bound toan imageof thenaturalworld.Tropical climatesandthe physical environments they produced were alsooften seen to be degenerative to the creativeimpulse. In themid-nineteenth century, in responseto scientific exploration and the colonial experience, European ideals of beauty shifted their points ofreference from temperate to tropical environments. Investigating architectural design in 19th centuryQueensland, the project seeks to understand how English theories on creative invention responded whentransplantedintoatropicalsetting.TheresearchwillhavesignificanceinunderstandingQueensland’shistoryand thecultural corollariesof climateandenvironmental science.Documentingculturalproductsof climatechange, the research will also complement emerging UQ research strengths in Climate Change andArchitectureandCulture.OutcomesandRelatedPublications:Publications
DeborahvanderPlaat,“ClimaticDiscomforts:[Sub]tropicalclimates,racialcharacterandthenineteenth-centuryQueenslandHouse,”inDavidEllisonandAndrewLeach,Discomfort(Oxon:Routledge,2017),51-63.
DeborahvanderPlaat,‘HardyWilson,GeorgianRevivalandRaceinTwentiethCenturyAustralia.’ConferenceoftheEuropeanArchitectureHistoryNetwork(EAHN),Dublin,June2016.DeborahvanderPlaat,“VisualisingtheCriticalTemperament.ArtisticConventionandEclecticisminOscarWilde’sWritingsontheDecorativearts,”JournalofAustralasianVictorianStudies,specialissue,19:1,2014,5-19
DeborahvanderPlaat,“ArchitectureofSunandSoil.EuropeanArchitectureinTropicalAustralia,”In:MichelaRosso,InvestigatingandWritingArchitecturalHistory:Subjects,MethodologiesandFrontiers.EAHN2014Torino:ThirdEAHNInternationalMeeting,Turin,Italy,(1119-1129).19-21July2014.
DeborahvanderPlaat,“Northofthe28thParallel:Climate,CharacterintheQueenslandHouse,”In:ChristophSchnoor,ProceedingsoftheSocietyofArchitecturalHistorians,AustraliaandNewZealand:31,Translation.Translation,AucklandNewZealand,(865-879).2-5thJuly2014.
DeborahvanderPlaat,“ClimaticCrisis:Place,TasteandRaceinHardyWilson’s‘DawnofaNewCivilization’(1929),”ArchitecturalHistories,1(1):22,2013,DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ah.aw
DeborahvanderPlaat,FormalVocabularies.Cosmopolitanism,AnalogyandOrientalisminOscarWilde’swritingsonartandarchitecture,AVSA2012,VictorianVocabularies,GriffithUniversity,Brisbane,11-14thApril.
DeborahvanderPlaat,‘Contrasts(differenceandagency)inNineteenthCenturyArchitecturalCriticism:Pugin,RuskinandWilde,’Fabulation,Proceedingsofthe29thAnnualConferenceoftheSocietyofArchitecturalHistorians,AustraliaandNewZealand,Launceston,July2012,paperacceptedMay2012.
DeborahvanderPlaat,"CosmopolitanInteriors:OscarWildeandtheHouseBeautiful."IntersticesJournalofArchitectureandtheRelatedArts12,(2011):48-58.
DeborahvanderPlaat,‘TheemancipatedimaginationandVictorianCosmopolis:stylisticeclecticisminAddison’sNewExhibitionBuilding(1891),’Imagining,Proceedingsofthe27thInternationalSAHANZConference,MichaelChapman&MichaelOstwald(eds.),TheUniversityofNewcastle,30June-2July,2010,451-456.
Team:Ø DrDeborahvanderPlaat
“Tropical Variety and Queensland Architecture(1850-1914)” was funded by a University ofQueensland Postdoctoral Fellowship for Womenfrom2009-2011.TheresearchhascontinuedwhileDr vanderPlaathasbeenemployedbyATCHasaResearch Fellow (2012-2016) and Senior ResearchFellow(2017-)
POSTDOCTORALPROJECTS
AndrewLeachandDeborahvanderPlaat,“TowardsanineteenthcenturyarchitecturalhistoryofAustraliaandNewZealand:Apost-national,post-colonialperspective,”inJorgeCorreiaed.,1stInternationalMeetingoftheEuropeanArchitecturalHistoryNetwork(EAHN2010),Guimaraes,Portugal,17-20June2010.DeborahvanderPlaat,“TheEmancipatedimaginationanddisciplinaryre-unificationinnineteenth-centurywritingsonart,architectureandscience,”inArchitecture,DisciplinarityandtheArts,eds.AndrewLeach&JohnMacarthur(Ghent:A&SBooks,2009),61-74.DeborahvanderPlaat,“‘Architecturalignoranceandpublicindifference:’HaroldDesbrowe-Annear’sLectureon‘SomeMethodsofArchitecturalCriticism,’”Fabrications,TheJournaloftheSocietyofArchitecturalHistoriansofAustraliaandNewZealand,19:1(2009):163-175.Conference
SymposiaconvenedbyDeborahvanderPlaat,ArchitectureattheRaggedEdgeofEmpire:Race,TasteandPlaceandtheColonialContext,StateLibraryofQueensland,Brisbane,27-28June,2013.GrantsArchitecturaleclecticisminthenineteenth-centurywritingsofJohnRuskinandAlexandervonHumboldt,UniversityofQueenslandEarlyCareerResearchersGrant,2010-2011($25,000)
