Personal details
- Name
- Dr David Nielsen
- Position(s)
- Senior Lecturer in Design
Creative Industries Faculty,
School of Design Office,
Architecture - Discipline *
- Architecture, Historical Studies
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 7044
- nielsen@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
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Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology), Master of Technology (Technikon Witwatersrand), National Higher Diploma Architectural Technology (Technikon Witwatersrand), Bachelor of Architecture (University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), Bachelor of Technology (Technikon Witwatersrand), National Diploma Architecural Technology (Technikon Witwatersrand)
- Professional memberships
and associations David joined QUT at the beginning of 2007 working in the research area of Building Information Modelling under the direction of Professors’ John Fraser and Robin Drogemuller. His architectural education includes a B-Arch, a research Masters and a PhD. His previous experience in architectural education was primarily within the School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. In this role David was the coordinator of the 4th year technology specialisation and Information Technology. In addition to these earlier teaching involvements, he ran a successful practice that apart from architecture specialised in disability issues within the built environment and Information Technology. His current research interests include glass architectures, botanical glasshouses and Expressionist architecture. In this last instance David has recently published a book, which offers a repositioning of Bruno Taut and his seminal Glashaus.
- Keywords
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Bruno Taut, Expressionism, Botanical glasshouses, Architectural transparency, Glazed facades, Construction technologies, Building Information Modelling (BIM), CAD
Biography
David joined QUT at the beginning of 2007 working in the research area of Building Information Modelling under the direction of Professors’ John Fraser and Robin Drogemuller. His architectural education includes a B-Arch, a research Masters and a PhD. His previous experience in architectural education was primarily within the School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. In this role David was the coordinator of the 4th year technology specialisation and Information Technology. In addition to these earlier teaching involvements, he ran a successful practice that apart from architecture specialised in disability issues within the built environment and Information Technology. His current research interests include glass architectures, botanical glasshouses and Expressionist architecture. In this last instance David has recently published a book, which offers a repositioning of Bruno Taut and his seminal Glashaus.
Publications
- Nielsen D, (2019) History of the Mauser Rifle in Chile: Mauser Chileno Modelo 1895, 1912, and 1935
- Nielsen D, (2016) Bruno Taut's design inspiration for the Glashaus [Routledge Research in Architecture]
- Nielsen D, Kumarasuriyar A, (2014) The lily, client and measure of Bruno Taut's Glashaus, Architectural Research Quarterly p257-266
- Nielsen D, (2012) Client intentions and Bruno Taut's Glashaus, Fabulation - Myth, Nature, Heritage: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) p812-823
- Nielsen D, (2011) Deceit and Bruno Taut's glashaus, Proceedings of the XXVIIIth International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand p1-19
- Nielsen D, (2010) Victoria regia's bequest to modern architecture, Design and Nature V. Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment p65-76
- Nielsen D, Fleming M, Kumarasuriyar A, Gard S, Gard S, (2010) Digital design communication: measuring learner technological prowess and self-efficacy in problem resolution, Proceedings of 4th International Technology, Education and Development Conference p003595-003605
- Fussell T, Beazley S, Aranda-Mena G, Chevez A, Crawford J, Succar B, Hainsworth J, Hardy S, McAtee S, McCann G, Rizzali R, Akhurst P, Linning C, Marchant D, Law J, Lord P, Morse D, Crapper P, Spathonis J, Drogemuller R, Gard S, Gard S, Nielsen D, Wakefield R, (2009) National Guidelines for Digital Modelling
- Nielsen D, Fleming M, Kumarasuriyar A, (2009) An innovative learning model for teaching architectural technology using building information modelling: A Queensland University of Technology perspective, Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies p5216-5227
- Fleming M, Gard S, Gard S, Kumarasuriyar A, Nielsen D, (2009) What are students' understandings of how digital tools contribute to learning in design disciplines?, Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation p1-11
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.