Jesse Ewart

Jesse Ewart

ARBV Architect
No. 801285

MArch prof (Dist), BAS

VUW    School of Architecture & Design
KADK   Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Resided in -
2021 - Melbourne, Australia
2016 - Copenhagen, Denmark.
2003 - Hanawa, Fukushima, Japan.


PRACTICE

RKA   Rob Kennon Architects
Architect, Melbourne, Australia. July 2021 

A+  Architecture +
Architecture Graduate, Wellington, New Zealand. March 2019 - July 2021

AA   Athfield Architects
Architectural Intern, Wellington, New Zealand. Nov 2015 - Feb 2016


ACADEMIC

2016-2017        Victoria University of Wellington · School of Architecture · Te Kura Waihanga
                            Master of Architecture (Prof) with Distinction
                            Performance Design Stream - Supervisor Dr. Simon Twose

2016                  The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
                            Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole [KADK]
                            MA, Institute of Architecture and Culture · Political Architecture · Critical Sustainability

2013-2015         Victoria University of Wellington · School of Architecture · Te Kura Waihanga
                             Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Architecture


TEACHING

Drawing Space
2019 Communication Studio Tutor
VUW 200 level Architecture Communication
Course Coordinator - Simon Twose

2018 Guest Critic
VUW 200 level Architecture Design
Tutor - Victoria Willocks

2017 Communication Studio Tutor
VUW 200 level Architecture Communication
Course Coordinator - Simon Twose

2017 Design Studio Tutor
VUW 200 level Architecture Design
Course Coordinator - Mark Southcombe
Lecture 22 May - Speculative Vision

2015 Assistant Studio Tutor and Guest Lecture
VUW 200 level Architecture Design
Course Coordinator - Martin Hanley
Lecture with Michael Strack - Visual Communication


AWARDS & COMPETITION


2022 Iceland Coffee Shop 2022

Honorable Mention 
Hverfjall Kaffihus


2020 Brick Bay Folly 

Selected Top 5 
Tūāhu


2020 AAA Visionary Architecture Awards

Open Conceptual Category 2nd Place:

Te Waka Huia 


2019 NZIA Wellington Central Library Design Competition 2019
1st Place
Te Waka Huia 


2018  Finalist: Lake Tekapo Cabins, AAA Visionary Architecture Awards [Open Conceptual] - Tyler Harlen and Jason Tan
2017  Finalist: SANNZ 24 Hour Competition 2nd Place - Daniel Christev, Tyler Harlen and Jason Tan
2014  
Finalist: Open City, AAA Visionary Architecture Awards [Student]
2014  Finalist: Te Aro Fabricator, AAA Visionary Architecture Awards [Conceptual]
2013  Hi-Fly, SANNZ 24 Hour Competition



ACADEMIC AWARDS
2018  Masters of Architecture (prof) with Distinction
2013  New Zealand Institute of Architects · NZIA Graphisoft Student Design Award, Year One WINNER


ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Theses
2018         Ewart, J. (2018). København Traces: Place-making through form: an inquiry into architectural object, embodied occupation and place. MArch (prof) dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.


EXHIBITION & PUBLICATIONS

2020 Tūāha  Featured in ArchitectureNow and Architecture New Zealand, September 2020 (issue 5)

2020 | Te Waka Huia. Auckland Architecture Association Visionary Awards Exhibition

2019 | Te Waka Huia. Featured in Issue 3 of the NZIA publication Tāpoto, the brief within Architecture New Zealand, November 2019(issue 6)

2019 | Te Waka Huia. NZIA Wellington Central Library Design Competition Journal & Exhibition at Te Auaha - NZIA Festival of Architecture
2018 | Lake Tekapo Cabins. Auckland Architecture Association Visionary Awards Exhibition
2018 |København Traces. interviewed and published in KooZA/rch - An Architecture Visionary Platform Designed for Curious People Worldwide
2017 | KøbenhavnTraces. Model featured on Critday - 5 top Architecture student models November
2017 | KøbenhavnTrace. New Thoughts on Space - VUW Exhibition
2016 | Visual Assembly Field. VUW School of Architecture and Design End of Year Exhibition
2016 | Cityhood. VUW School of Architecture and Design Faculty Website
2016 | Profile with Open City, Cabin of Curiosity and Cityhood projects in  VUW School of Architecture and Design Handbook 2016
2015 | End of Year Exhibition 2015  VUW School of Architecture
2015 | Earthquake Museum -  Online: The Architectural Review Folio, CCANZ Quarterly Magazine, Volume 58 Issue 3-4 2015︎
2015 | Cityhood -  Studio Christchurch Exhibition: a Five-Year Retrospective
2015 | Assorted projects in  
VUW School of Architecture and Design Handbook 2015