Andrea Nield
{{short description|Australian architect (born 1951)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951}}
| birth_place = Hamburg, Germany
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| nationality = Australian
| alma_mater = University of Sydney
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| practice = Studio Nield, Sydney
| significant_buildings = Hilarie Mais Studio
Ultimo Community Centre, Sydney
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
| significant_projects = Women's and Children's Hospital, Afghanistan
Aceh Housing, Aceh, Indonesia
Ngari School, Solomon Islands
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| awards = {{Awd| Australian Institute of Architects' Marion Mahony Griffin Prize for a Distinctive Body of Architecture Work |2008}}
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Andrea Nield (born 1951) is an Australian architect who founded and was elected the first president of Emergency Architects Australia. Nield has directed major relief and reconstruction work in Aceh, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Victoria, Australia after natural disasters. She and her husband Lawrence Nield are directors of Studio Nield – an Architecture and Urban Design practice.
Nield has designed hospitals in Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Australia and is a joint author of "Beyond Shelter – Architecture for Crisis" and "Beyond Shelter – Architecture and Human Dignity".
She was the Australian Institute of Architects (NT) Creative Director for AusIndoArch Tropfix Student Design Workshop held in June 2014 and the AusIndoArch Conference in Darwin November 2014, Australia.{{cite web|title=Tropical, topical – Tropfix to connect Australian and Indonesian architects|url=http://wp.architecture.com.au/news-media/tropical-topical-tropfix-to-connect-australian-and-indonesian-architects/}}
Education
Nield was educated at the University of Sydney{{Cite web|title = News {{!}} The University of Sydney|url = http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=2901|website = sydney.edu.au|accessdate = 13 September 2015}} where she received a BSc.Arch. in 1974 and BArch with Honors in 1977.
Work
Nield founded Emergency Architects Australia{{Cite book|title = Formations: New Practices in Australian Architecture|last = Burke and Reinmuth|first = Anthony & Gerard|publisher = The Australian Institute of Architects|year = 2012|isbn = 978-0-646-57677-0|location =Canberra, Australia|pages = 173}} (EAA)[http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/victims-need-art-like-a-hole-in-the-head-20110921-1kl4m.html "Victims need art like a hole in the head"]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. 22 September 2011 Elizabeth Farrelly, Sydney Morning Herald in 2005 which has responded to natural emergencies in Aceh, Indonesia, in Sri Lanka, the Solomon Islands, in Pakistan and in Australia. EAA is associated with the French emergency architecture agency Architectes de l'urgence Foundation.
In the Solomon Islands, Nield raised the funds and organised the team to rebuild Ngari School{{cite web|title=Ngari community high school, solomon islands with emergency architects australia|url=http://richardbriggs.com.au/?p=52}} with the local community – a prototype school to be repeated in other locations by the Solomon Islands Department of Education.
Nield led the EAA team along with BVN Architecture that planned the Temporary Village in Kinglake, Victoria after the Black Saturday bushfires and initiated the rebuilding of the award-winning Narbethong Community Hall.{{cite web|title=Treat the country like a church… build beautiful things|url=http://architectureau.com/articles/ausindoarch-tropfix/}}
Notable Projects
- Mais Studio/Gallery, Sydney Australia – 1998
- Balmain House, Sydney, Australia – 1992
- Women's and Children’s Hospital, Afghanistan – 2003{{cite news|last1=O'Brien|first1=Geraldine|title=Architects without borders|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/architects-without-borders/2006/10/29/1162056867136.html?page=fullpage|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
- Aceh Housing, Aceh, Indonesia – 2005{{cite web|title=Architects without Frontiers|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/architects-without-frontiers/3435698}}
- Ngari School, Solomon Islands – 2006{{cite web|title=EEA: ngari school, soloman islands|url=http://www.designboom.com/architecture/eea-ngari-school-soloman-islands/}}
- Ultimo Community Centre, Sydney, Australia – 1990
- St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Sydney, Australia – 1998{{Cite news|url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/02/1056825460349.html|title = Architects find cure for hospital blues|last = Allenby|first = Guy|year = 2003}}
- Kai Tak Children's Hospital, Hong Kong – 2011
- Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong – 2013
- Kai Tak General Hospital, Hong Kong – 2014
Publications
- Pyrmont/Ultimo Study{{cite book|title=Pyrmont/Ultimo Study|date=1976|publisher=Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney}}
- Beyond Shelter – Architecture for Crisis (2011){{cite book|title=Beyond Shelter – Architecture for Crisis|date=2011|publisher=Thames and Hudson}}
- Beyond Shelter – Architecture and Human Dignity (2012){{cite book|title=Beyond Shelter – Architecture and Human Dignity|date=2012|publisher=Metropolis}}
- New Kununurra courthouse{{cite journal|last1=Nield|first1=Andrea|last2=Nield|first2=Lawrence|title=New Kununurra courthouse|journal=Architecture Australia|date=May 2015|volume=104|issue=3|page=80}}
Awards
- 2008 – Australian Institute of Architects' Marion Mahony Griffin Prize for a Distinctive Body of Architecture Work{{cite news|title=NSW RAIA Winners|url=http://www.indesignlive.com/articles/in-review/nsw-raia-winners|year=2008}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.emergencyarchitects.org.au/ Emergency Architects Australia (EAA)]
- [http://studionield.com/ StudioNield]
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Category:Australian women architects
Category:21st-century Australian architects
Category:20th-century Australian architects