Mel Dodd is an architect and academic responsible for practice-based research and pedagogy that bridges the gap between the academic institution and the profession, industry, government and society. She has recently been appointed professor and head of architecture at MADA, Monash University, in Melbourne.
Melanie Dodd's Latest contributions
‘Sliding doors’ moments: Pathways to public practice
Public sector roles for architects are neither highly visible in Australia nor accessed by defined pathways from education. Monash University lecturers highlight the diverse opportunities for graduates.
The ‘public living room’ and its role in contemporary urban transformation
The pandemic has sharpened our awareness of the social role played by public space. The new generation of civic projects emerging across the country is bringing together multiple municipal activities as well as providing space for spontaneous gathering, writes Mel Dodd.
Beyond building: Redefining architectural production
Mel Dodd discusses how we might reconsider professional and public views of architectural production beyond the misrepresentative binary of built and unbuilt.
Is architectural education outmoded, overpriced and increasingly irrelevant?
Architectural educators are inventing and trialling new education models to meet the challenges brought on the ‘marketization’ of higher education.
Subliminal proto-dwelling: Garden House
Baracco and Wright Architects’ Garden House blurs the boundaries between garden and home while redefining what it means to be minimal.
What is considered architecture?
Melanie Dodd interviewed by Rory Hyde.
