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Simon Twose

Associate Professor

School of Architecture

Orcid identifier0000-0002-0069-7018
  • Associate Professor
    School of Architecture
  • +6444636169 (Work)
  • VS 3.07, Te Aro Campus, 139 Vivian Street, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

BIO

Simon Twose is an architect and Associate Professor at the Te Kura Waihanga School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington. He has sustained over 30 years of research through creative practice, spanning architecture, art and academic theorisation. His work focuses on drawing, particularly in the territories between art and architecture practices. He researches through creative works, which have transitioned from traditional drawing to built projects to spatio-temporal drawing installations, composed of a mix of physical and digital media. These inform critical reflections on creative architectural practice. Twose has published and exhibited widely, including the Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, invited contributions to five Venice Architecture Biennales, PQ15, the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, and Works + Words Biennale 2026, Aarhus. The most recent series, Expanded Drawing, explores space sketched by multiple entities: humans, matter, planetary phenomena, and digital intelligences.

MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Chair SRC (School Research Committee)
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand16 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
  • Acting Chair SRC (School Research Committee)
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Dec 2021 - 16 Jun 2022
  • Associate Professor
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2020 - present
  • Senior Lecturer
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand16 Jun 2009 - 31 Jan 2019
  • FAC Faculty Academic Committee member
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2018 - present
  • Master’s Research Portfolio regulation writing group member
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2018 - 1 Jan 2018
  • SRC School Research Committee member
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2011 - present
  • TLC Teaching and Learning Committee member
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2014 - present
  • Director of Postgraduate Programmes
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jul 2012 - 31 Dec 2014
  • SEC Strategic Engagement Committee member
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2018
  • School Refurbishment Steering Group member
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2013 - 1 Jan 2014
  • SAC School Academic Committee member
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2015
  • Year 4 and Year 5 coordinator
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2015
  • NVP National Visiting Panel (accreditation) coordinator
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2012
  • Deputy Postgraduate Programme Director
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2012
  • Professional advisory board member
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2015
  • NZRAB (New Zealand Registered Architect's Board) liason
    Victoria University of Wellington, Architecture, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2015

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Architect and Director
    Simon Twose Architects, Wellington, New Zealand2004 - present
  • Senior Architect
    Architecture Warren and Mahoney, Wellington, New Zealand2001 - 2004
  • Architect and Director
    Daji Twose Architects, Auckland, New Zealand1998 - 2001
  • Architect and Director
    G4 Architectural Unit, Auckland, New Zealand1997 - 1998
  • Senior Architect
    Noel Land Architect, Auckland, New Zealand1992 - 1997
  • Boat Builder
    self employed, Eel Pie Island, London, United Kingdom1990 - 1992
  • Graduate Architect
    Architecture Warren and Mahoney, Christchurch, New Zealand1989 - 1990

DEGREES

  • PhD, Creative architecture practice
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2017
  • BArch(hons)
    University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand1984 - 1989

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Fellow
    New Zealand Institute of Architects (FNZIA)23 May 2024 - present
  • Registered Architect
    New Zealand Registered Architects Board (NZRAB), Wellington, New Zealand1994 - present

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee

FIELDS OF RESEARCH