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 2015︎
2015 | Cityhood - Studio Christchurch Exhibition: a Five-Year Retrospective
2015 | Assorted projects in VUW School of Architecture and Design Handbook 2015