Mr Diego Ramirez - Researcher Profile

Diego Ramirez

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Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Monash University, Caulfield

Biography

Diego Ramirez-Lovering is the Acting Head of Department of Architecture at Monash University. He has taught and practiced in Australia, Italy and Mexico and is co-founder of MAS, Monash Architecture Studio. MAS is a research-led practice that focuses on issues surrounding urban growth with a specific focus on low-cost, sustainable housing alternatives, topics that also inform his ongoing PhD research.

Diego works with government and private sectors on research and development toward alternative affordable, sustainable housing design typologies. His practice and research work has been published nationally and internationally in leading architecture and design journals. His latest books include reHousing (with Shane Murray and Simon Whibley), which focuses on the way in which architecture may contribute to the general provision of housing in Australia, and Opportunistic Urbanism, which focuses on the way in which architects can contribute to a broader context through a focused exploration of the spatial manifestations of informal modes of development in the contemporary city.

 

Qualifications

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Institution: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Year awarded: 2003
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Institution: Rhode Island School of Design, USA
Year awarded: 1997

Publications

Books

Ramirez, D. (ed), 2008, OPPORTUNISTIC URBANISM, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

Murray, S.F., Ramirez, D., Whibley, S. (eds), 2008, re Housing: 24 housing projects, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

Whibley, S., Ramirez, D. (eds), 2006, re Housing: Proceedings from the UAL International Housing Conference 2006, RMIT University, www.rehousing.rmit.edu.au/proceedings.

Book Chapters

Brewin, R., Ramirez-Lovering, D., 2012, Live Design<>Make: values, challenges and lessons, in Live Projects: Designing with People, eds Melanie Dodd, Fiona Harrisson and Esther Charlesworth, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 98-113.

Murray, S.F., Ramirez, D., Crist, G., 2008, The Adaptable House, in TAKE 7 Housing Australia: How Architects Can Make a Difference, eds Geoffrey London and Simon Anderson, Australian Institute of Architects, Manuka, ACT, pp. 92-99.

Ramirez, D., 2008, The Sustainable and Affordable Home Initiative, in ReHousing: 24 housing projects, eds Shane Murray, Diego Ramirez-Lovering and Simon Whibley, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 103-111.

Journal Articles

Khor, L., Ramirez, D., Rowe, D., 2012, Disggregation and innovation in social housing, Architect Victoria [P], vol 2012, issue Winter, Australian Institute of Architects (Victorian chapter), Melbourne, Australia, pp. 6-7.

Ramirez, D., Murray, S., 2011, DASH - designing affordable sustainable housing, Architecture Australia [P], vol 100, issue 3, Architecture Media Pty Ltd, South Melbourne, Vic, pp. 57-59.

Ramirez, D., 2005, A Morphology of Complex Boundaries, 38 South: Urban Architecture Laboratory 2002-2004, vol 3, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 86-91.

Ramirez, D., 2005, Melbourne 2030: Die Verdichtungsdebatte und das Vorstadtideal, Stadt Bauwelt, vol 48, issue 5, Bauverlag BV GmbH, Berlin, Germany, pp. 40-45.

Ramirez, D., 2005, Urban Limits, 38 South: Urban Architecture Laboratory 2002-2004, vol 3, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 24-27.

Conference Proceedings

Ramirez, D., 2006, Housing for Australia's Changing Demographic, re Housing: UAL International Housing Conference Proceedings, 1 - 4 October 2006, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 125-129.

Ramirez, D., 2004, City Limits: A Morphology of Complex Boundaries, Limits: Proceedings from the 21st Annual Conference of Architectual Historians of Australia and New Zealand, Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 396-400.

Other

Ramirez, D., 2011, Affirmative Architecture 2011, Symposium presenter, RMIT Design Research Institute; Curtin University; Iredale Pedersen Hook, Northbridge, WA.

Crist, G., Murray, S., Ramirez, D., 2011, Architecture Award Small Project, Australian Institute of Architects, Melbourne, Vic.

Murray, S., Bertram, N., Ramirez, D., Khor, L., Meyer, B., 2011, Infill Opportunities Design Research Report, Department of Architecture, Monash University, Caulfield East, Vic, pp. 1-59.

Ramirez, D., 2011, The Density Debate, Presentation for Design Debate Night, The Housing Project, August 4, Pin-up, Collingwood, Vic.

Ramirez, D., Murray, S.F., Khor, L., Meyer, B., Morgan, T., Wright, L., Murphy, C., 2011, The Housing Project, Installation, Pin-up Architecture and Design Project space.

Ramirez, D., 2010, A design-led investigation into the contribution of spatial flexibility to general housing, Invited speaker, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Ramirez, D., 2010, Affirmative Architecture 2010, Invited speaker, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Design Research Institute, Melbourne, Vic.

Murray, S., Brewin, R., Ramirez, D., 2010, Designing Affordable Sustainable Housing - DASH, Department of Architecture, Monash University, Caulfield East, Vic, pp. 1-139.

Ramirez, D., 2010, Extra/ordinary, 2010 National Architecture Conference, Australian Institute of Architects, Sydney, NSW.

Crist, G., Murray, S., Ramirez, D., 2010, Habitat 21, Commissioned architectural design, Dandenong South, Vic.

Ramirez, D., 2010, Observatory, Journal article, Niche Media Pty Ltd, South Melbourne, Vic, pp. 112-113.

Ramirez, D., 2010, Opportunistic Urbanism, Invited Speaker at Architecture ZA 2010 Conference, Architecture ZA, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Jordan, T., Hayball, L., Leonard, R., Stent, R., Baldi, L., Buckeridge, S., Murray, S., Ramirez, D., 2010, Proposition 2056, Architectural Review Australia, South Melbourne, Vic.

Ramirez, D., 2010, The state of housing in SA, Debate participant, Architecture ZA; University of Johannesburg; SHiFT, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Murray, S.F., Ramirez, D., 2009, Ethell Affordable Housing Development, Commissioned Architectural Design, West Geelong, Vic.

Brewin, R., Ramirez, D., 2009, Interlocked, Project curation, 'Convergence @ Yarra Lane', South Yarra, Vic.

Brewin, R., Acosta, S., Benz, A., Ramirez, D., 2009, Kinglake Community Shelter, Leading team of students in the design and construction of temporary shelter for families who lost their homes in 'Black Saturday', Kinglake, Vic.

Ramirez, D., Murray, S.F., Crist, G., 2007, Adaptable House, Sustainable Affordable Home Initiative, VicUrban, Department of Sustainablity and Environment, Office of the Victorian Government Architect, Melbourne, Vic.

Ramirez, D., 2007, Robert Bruegmann: Keynote speaker comments by Diego Ramirez, Architect Victoria, vol minorjourn, issue Autumn, Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter, Melbourne, Vic, p. 24.

Hook, M., Brewin, R., Weiss, P., Ramirez, D., Dornau, L., 2006, Sheep House, Architecture, Daylesford, Vic.

Murray, S.F., Ramirez, D., Whibley, S., 2006, re Housing: UAL International Housing Exhibition, Curation, Melbourne, Vic.

Ramirez, D., 2005, Building for Diversity, National Housing Competition, Office of Housing, Perth, WA.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Progressing Holistically Sustainable Housing in Hobart.
Supervisors:
Ramirez, D (Main), Bertram, N (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Upcycling.
Supervisors:
Ramirez, D (Main), Bertram, N (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Urban bits: A study of the potential for small scale architectural elements to impact urban logic.
Supervisors:
Ramirez, D (Main), Bertram, N (Associate).