Professor Jane Anderson

PhD, BArch (Hons), RIBA, ARB, PGCE (LTHE), PFHEA, NTF

Programme Lead for Undergraduate Architecture

School of Architecture

j.anderson@brookes.ac.uk

Role

Programme Lead for Undergraduate Architecture
Subject Coordinator for BA(Hons) Architecture
Year One co-ordinator
Director of OB1 LIVE
Co-founder of the Live Projects Network
Co-founder of Design for the Common Good Network

Teaching and supervision

Modules taught

Module leader for ARCH4001 Introduction to Architecture 1
Module leader for ARCH5002+3 Architectural Design 1 + 2
Module leader for ARCH6005+7 Architectural Design 3 + 4
Year 1, 2 and 3 Coordinator.
Director of OB1 LIVE: a programme of undergraduate live projects commissioned by community based clients.
Supervisor for UG Dissertation.

Research

Research Interests

Architectural pedagogy; live projects; design build projects; community design; service learning; public interest design; architectural design, interdisciplinary practice and research, co-design; community engagement.

Research group membership

Design, Research and Practice Research Group

Research grants and awards

2015 Central Research Fund. Phase 1 Award. £2921 to research live project education in South America.
2014-17 National Teaching Fellowship Award. £10,000 to research live project education and develop the Live Projects Network.
2014-15 Santander Research Scholarship. Award £2000 to visit South America to research live project education.
2008-9 TQEF Research-Informed Teaching, Higher Education Funding Council of England. Collaborative research project with grant holder, Robert Brown (University of Plymouth). Peer Assisted Learning module with Helena Webster

Research projects

Research impact

Member of Editorial Board for "Charrette", the Journal of the association of architectural educators
Curator team, Design for the Common Good Exhibition, Denver 2022
Conference Chair of Architecture Connects, 4th international peer reviewed conference of the association of architectural educators, Oxford Brookes University 6-9 September 2017
Member of Jury for the SEED, dbXchange and Live Projects Network Awards 2017
Co-convener of InHabit, The Oxford University Research Centre in the Humanitie

Live Projects

2021. Prototypes for Meanwhile in Oxfordshire.
2020. Miss Acland's Gaze. Photographic projection installation for Photo Oxford 2020.
2020. Woodland Incubator. Sylva Foundation, Long Wittenham.
2019. Library of Things. Prototypes for Share Oxford.
2019. Etheldreda Laing exhibition of pioneer colour photographer, Bury Knowle Library, Oxford.
2018. Science Education Treehouse for the Oxford Trust, Stansfield Part, Oxford.
2017. Performance Pieces, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford.
2016. Fragments live build, exhibitions and Healthy Buildings feasibility study for The Hill.
2016. Playable Buildings for the Audiograft Festival run by the Sonic Arts Research Unit.
2015. Magdalen Wood Play Structures for Oxfordshire Play Association and Oxford City Council.
2015. Construction site hoarding for GreenSquare, Northway, Oxford.
2014. "Dwelling, Arrival and Entrance". Three Live Projects for the National Trust.
2014. "Free Time", participatory collaboration at Templars Square Shopping Centre, Oxford.
2014. Urban Sports Day", Temple Cowley, Oxford.
2013. "Small Museum of Things" for Archeox community archaeology group.
2013. "Found!" archaeological exhibition installation, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.
2013. “Collaborate”, Sixty-two different locations and organisations.
2013. “Lantern Festival”, Warneford Meadow, Oxford.
2012. "Breakthrough Lab" and "Domestic Appliances" for "Domestic Science" exhibition at Science Oxford.
2012. "Imaginary Spaces" for "The Art Take-Away", Tsang's Kitchen, Oxford for ArtWash.
2012. "Tall tales" installation for the "Other Worlds" exhibition, Oxford.
2011. "Fabrications" for The Story Museum, Oxford.
2011. Orientation signage for Jericho, Oxford. Oxford City Council.
2010-11. Accessibility strategies for Film Oxford. Live project.
2010. "Infobench" live project for Mount Place and Stratford High Street, International Architecture Student Festival.
2009-10. Strategies for Place Improvement, Jericho, Oxford for Oxford City Council and local residents.
2009. Tactile model for Oxfordshire Association for the Blind.
2009. Movable Ticket booth for Creation Theatre Company. Broad Street plus various locations in Oxford.
2008. "Sounds of the Place" movable art work. National Architecture Student Festival, Hungerford Bridge, London. Live project.
2007-8. "Environmental play structures" for Donnington Doorstep Family Centre. Live project.

Art / Performances

Anderson, J., 2014. Live Fortune Telling. In: Living and Learning. aae Conference 2014, University of Sheffield.
Anderson, J., 2012. Imaginary Spaces. In: Art Wash, Tsang's Kitchen, Iffley Road, Oxford. 12 June 2012.

Further information

Groups

Design, Theory and Practice (DTP)

Projects as Principal Investigator, or Lead Academic if project is led by another Institution

Mapping connections: Investigating experiential teaching in Community Design Education (01/07/2023 - 30/06/2025), funded by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, funding amount received by Brookes: £0

Publications

Anderson J, 'What Do We Learn When We Go Outside?'
Charrette 5 (2) (2019) pp.1-7

ISSN: 2054-6718
Published here
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Following John Hejduk’s Fabrications: On imagination and reality in the architectural design process'
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly 21 (2) (2018) pp.183-192

ISSN: 1359-1355
Abstract Published here Open Access on RADAR
Anderson J, 'Devising an inclusive and flexible taxonomy of international Live Projects'
ARENA Journal of Architectural Research 2 (1) (2017)

ISSN: 2397-0820
Abstract Published here Open Access on RADAR
Anderson J, Godiksen C, Harriss H, 'Live projects across the disciplines'
Brookes eJournal of Learning and Teaching 8 (1) (2016)

ISSN: 1744-7747
Published here
Anderson J, 'Undercurrent: swimming away from the design studio'
Charrette 1 (1) (2014) pp.3-19

ISSN: 2054-6718
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, Priest C, 'The Live Education of an Architect: John Hejduk and Oxford Brookes Year One Live Projects.'
Journal for Education in the Built Environment 7 (2) (2012) pp.50-62

ISSN: 1747-4205
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, 'The SAS Institute'
Architecture Today Handbook (2003)

Buxton A, Hulin L, Anderson J, (ed.), InHabit. People, Places and Possessions, Peter Lang (2017)

ISBN: 978-3-0343-1866-2
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, Fabrications, lulu.com (2011)

ISBN: 9781470943110
Anderson J, Architectural Design, AVA Academia (2011)

ISBN: 9782940411269
Morrow R, Anderson J, Cowley A, Doherty G, Jary J, Lintonbon J, Mulcair J, Ozersay F, Sampson J, Sara R, Shamsuddin B, Torrington J, Building Clouds Drifting Walls, University of Sheffield (2003)

ISBN: 0954136217

Anderson J, 'Live project / designbuild education: Creating new connections between universities, communities and contemporary professionalism' in Alan Jones and Rob Hyde (ed.), Defining contemporary professionalism : For architects in practice and education, RIBA Publishing (2019)

ISBN: 9781859468470
Published here Open Access on RADAR
Anderson J, 'Live Projects: collaborative learning in and with authentic spaces' in Tim Bilham, Claire Hamshire, Mary Hartog, Martina A. Doolan (ed.), Reframing Space for Learning. Excellence and innovation in university teaching, UCL IOE Press (2019)

ISBN: 9781782772460
Published here Open Access on RADAR
Anderson J, 'Uncertain Futures, Obscure Pasts: The Relationship between the Subject and Object in the Praxis of Archaeology and Architectural Design' in Buxton A, Hulin L, Anderson J (ed.), InHabit. People, Places and Possessions, Peter Lang (2017)

ISBN: 978-3-0343-1866-2
Published here Open Access on RADAR
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Developing an inclusive definition, typological analysis and online resource for live projects' in Harriss H (ed.), Architecture Live Projects. Pedagogy into Practice, Routledge (2014)

ISBN: 978-0-415-73352-6
Abstract
Anderson J, Priest, C, 'Sounds of the Place' in Markey A, Gueterbock P (ed.), National Student Architecture Festival 2008, London Metropolitan University (2008)

ISBN: 9780956353207

Abendroth L, Anderson J, Bell B, Colwill S, Fattinger P, Hartig U, Hou J, Palleroni S, Pawlicki N, Priest C, 'Expanding the Common Good'
(2021)

ISBN: 9788875951085
Abstract Open Access on RADAR
Anderson J, 'Cultural analysis via documentary-making'
(2018) pp.559-560

ISBN: 9780992929978
Published here Open Access on RADAR
Anderson J, 'Healthy Buildings. Two phases of a live project'
(2018) pp.540-542

ISBN: 9780992929978
Published here Open Access on RADAR
Anderson J, Morrow R, 'Framing your live project within a design research methodology.'
2 (2016) pp.262-265

ISBN: 978-0-9929485-9-7
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, 'Facts and Figments. Imagination and reality in Design-Build education'
(2015) pp.213-220

ISBN: 978-0-935502-94-7
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, 'Woodland Creatures and Fabrication Wizards. Resources, Product, Context and Motivation observed in a Taxonomy of Live Projects.'
(2014) pp.227-232

ISBN: 978-0-9929705-2-9
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Developing a Live Projects Network'
(2012)

Anderson J, Saull R, 'Prototype recycled wall cassettes', (2023)
Abstract Published here
Saull R, Anderson J, 'Building Empathy Case Study', (2023)
Abstract

Published here
Anderson J, Saull R, 'Designing for sustainability, safety and ethics from day one of year one, via a live project.', (2023)
Abstract

Published here
Abendroth L, Anderson J, Bell B, Colwill S, Fattinger P, Hartig U, Hou J, Palleroni S, Pawlicki N, 'Design for the Common Good Exhibition (Budapest 2023)', (2023)
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, 'The relationship between imagination and reality in the pedagogy and built work of John Hejduk.', (2023)
Abstract
Anderson J, Saull R, 'Prototype recycled wall panels', (2022)
Abendroth L, Anderson J, Andrews L, Bell B, Colwill S, Curry C, Fattinger P, Hartig U, Hou J, Hua CK, Janardhan SN, Palleroni S, Pawlicki N, Priest C, Singh, R, 'Design for the Common Good', (2022)
Published here
Abendroth L, Anderson J, 'Design for the Common Good Exhibition', (2022)
Published here
Anderson J, Andrews L, Hartig U, Singh R, 'Design for the Common Good Online Conversations', (2022)
Published here
Anderson JC, 'How can live projects stimulate progress in education, research, and practice?', (2021)
Abstract
This critical appraisal presents 16 publications on live project education and examines their methodologies, findings and contribution to knowledge within the context of an emerging global field of live project / designbuild / community design education. The publications are discussed in relation to each other in order to demonstrate how they form a coherent body of work. The published work can be broadly summarised as being concerned with the following questions:
- How has the emerging field of live project education developed to date?
- What can we learn from live projects about education, research, practice, society and the design process?
- How has our expanded knowledge progressed live project education?
The publications were produced at a time when the practices and boundaries of live project education were unclear and contested. There was also an increase in activity and dialogue that stimulated the emergence of live projects as a field of inquiry. Therefore the thesis includes a chronological literature review in order to capture an overview of activity at this time, thereby demonstrating how the publications fit within this context and how they contribute to knowledge and the development of the field.
The principal contributions to knowledge in the published work concern architectural education, research, practice, society, the design process and the relationship between them that is revealed by live project education. This critical appraisal articulates the ways in which the published work contributed to the development of live project education as a field of inquiry in itself. It evaluates the impact and influence of the published work on practice and inter-disciplinary pedagogy. It concludes with an assessment of the significance and limitations of the work, considering scope for further work that would enrich the development of the field.
Published here
Anderson J, Saull R, Tutors and Students in Year 1, School of Architecture: OB1 LIVE., 'Pop-up Retail Prototypes', (2021)
Anderson J, Saull, R, Tutors and Students in Year 1, School of Architecture: OB1 LIVE., 'Miss Acland’s Gaze', (2020)
Eleanor Young (author) Jane Anderson (contributer), 'Freedom to fail is route to success for Oxford Brookes', (2019)
Jane Anderson, Ralph Saull, OB1 LIVE, 'Bury Knowle in Colour: 1908 + 2019', (2019)
Anderson J, Saull, R, Tutors and Students in year 1, School of Architecture: OB1 LIVE, 'Library of Things', (2019)
Anderson J, Saull, Ralph. Tutors and Students in Year 1, School of Architecture: OB1 LIVE., 'Woodland Incubator', (2019)
Anderson J, 'Architecture Connects: Proceedings of the Conference of the Association of Architectural Educators (6-9 September 2017)', (2017)
Anderson J, 'Little Big Design Strategies', (2017)
Jane Anderson, Ruth Cuenca, Tutors and students in Year 1, School of Architecture: OB1 LIVE., 'Performance Pieces and Places', (2017)
Abstract
Anderson J, 'Healthy Buildings', (2016)
Anderson J, 'OB1 LIVE web page. A record of design installations resulting from collaboration between students of Oxford Brookes School of Architecture and the local community.', (2016)
Published here
Anderson J, 'Playable Buildings', (2016)
Anderson J, 'The design research methodology of Atelier Bow Wow.', (2016)
Abstract Published here
Anderson, J, 'Interactive Construction Hoardings', (2015)
Anderson J, 'Live projects as evidence of transformative learning.', (2015)
Anderson, J, 'Play Structures', (2015)
Jane Anderson, '"Delft" (poem)', (2014)
Abstract Published here
Anderson, J, 'Entrance Strategies', (2014)
Anderson J, 'Live Fortune Telling.', (2014)
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, 'Urban Sports Day and Free Time', (2014)
Anderson J, 'A Small Museum of Things', (2013)
Anderson, J, 'Collaborate!', (2013)
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Fabrications for The Story Museum: what year one students and John Hejduk can teach us about reality and imagination in architectural design', (2013)
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, 'Live Project Assessment. The Uncertainty Principle', (2013)
Anderson J, 'Live Projects. You Live and Learn.', (2013)
Anderson J, 'Relating Live Projects in Architecture and Health / Life Sciences disciplines.', (2013)
Anderson J, 'Undercurrent: swimming away from the Design Studio.', (2013)
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, 'You live and learn: a pedagogical case for live projects', (2013)
Anderson, J, 'Domestic Appliances', (2012)
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Fabricating spatial narratives for The Story Museum.', (2012)
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Fabrications, Story Towers, Tall Tales, What this Space might Become', (2012)
Authors: Leo Care, Daniel Jary, Dr. Rosie Parnell Case Study Contributors: Jane Anderson, Liam Ross., 'Healthy Design. Creative Safety', (2012)
Abstract Published here
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Accessibility Strategies for Film Oxford', (2011)
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Live Projects Network: an online resource', (2011)
Abstract
Anderson J, Priest C, 'OB1 LIVE An Agent for Architectural Education and Practice.', (2011)
Published here
Anderson J, Priest C, 'OB1 LIVE', (2011)
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Orientation Signage and Strategies for Place Improvement', (2011)
Anderson J, 'Undergraduate live projects and integrating health and safety', (2011)
Anderson J, Priest C, 'InfoBooth', (2009)
Anderson J, Priest C, 'Environmental Play Structures', (2008)
Anderson J, Priest C, Jungfer C, 'Sounds of the Place', (2008)
Jane Anderson, Ralph Saull, OB1 LIVE, 'Tree house for the Oxford Trust, Stansfield Park, Oxford',

Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

RIBA Visiting Board member
Founder member of the Association for Architectural Educators

Areas of expertise

National Teaching Fellow
Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
RIBA Chartered and ARB Registered Architect
RIAI Registered Architect
External Examiner
Brookes Teaching Fellow
Project architect with extensive project management experience.

Conferences

Anderson, J. et al., Expanding the Common Good. In: Design as Common Good, Swss Design Network Online Symposium, 25-26 March 2021
Anderson, J., 2019. Keynote. Live Projects: linking education, research and practice. In: RIBA Research Matters Conference, Nottingham Trent University, 17-18 October 2019
Anderson, J., 2017. Healthy Buildings. Two phases of a live project. In: Architecture Connects, 4th international peer reviewed conference of the association of architectural educators, Oxford Brookes University 6-9 September 2017.
Anderson, J., 2017. Little Big Design Strategies. In: Design Corps Public Interest Design Institute, Portland, Oregon, 6-7 April 2017.
Anderson, J., 2016. The design research methodology of Atelier Bow Wow. In: DR_SoM ARENA Design Research, Series on Method, University of Reading, 22 Apr 2016
Anderson, J. and Morrow, R., 2016. Framing your live project within a design research methodology. In: Research Based Education 2016, 3rd AAE conference, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, 9 Apr 2016.
Anderson, J., 2015. Live Projects as evidence of transformative learning. In: NTNU TRANsark conference. Trondheim, Norway, Apr 23, 2015
Anderson, J., 2014. Facts and Figments. Imagination and reality in DesignBuild education. In: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. 2014 Fall Conference. WORKING OUT. Thinking while building. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 16-18 October 2014.
Anderson, J., 2014. Woodland Creatures and Fabrication Wizards. Resources, Product, Context and Motivation observed in a Taxonomy of Live Projects. In: Living and Learning. aae conference 3-5 September 2014. Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p6nmza2z0uor8sj/aae%202014%20conference%20proceedings.pdf?dl=0
Anderson, J., 2014. Live Project Assessment. The Uncertainty Principle. Keynote presentation. In: HEA STEM Seminar. ‘Live Project’ pedagogy into practice: co-authoring an assessment criteria. Oxford Brookes University, 21 February 2014. Link: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2014/Seminars/STEM_BE_21_02_2014
Anderson, J. and Priest, C., 2013. Fabrications for The Story Museum. Reality and imagination in architectural design. In: writingplace conference. TU Delft, 25-27 November 2013. Link: https://writingplace.org/?page_id=2093
Anderson, J., 2013. Live Projects Review of Health and Life Sciences Disciplines, Oxford Brookes University. In: Away Day for Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. Oxford Brookes University, 21 November 2013.
Anderson, J., 2013. Live Projects Review of Technology, Design and Environment Disciplines at Oxford Brookes University. In: Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment Development Day. Oxford Brookes University, 4 July 2013.
Anderson, J., 2013. Undercurrent: swimming away from the design studio. In: Association of Architectural Educators, (un)common currency: AAE Conference. Nottingham Trent University, 4-5 April 2013. (proceedings)
Anderson, J., 2013. You live and learn: a pedagogical case for live projects. In: Brookes Teaching and Learning Conference 2013 . Oxford Brookes University, 27 March 2013.
Anderson, J. & Priest, C., 2012. Developing a live projects network and flexible methodology for live projects. In: Oxford Brookes University, Live Projects Pedagogy International Symposium. Oxford, U.K. 24-26 May 2012.
Anderson, J. and Priest, C., 2012. Fabricating spatial narratives for The Story Museum. Paper presented at the Spatial Perspectives: Literature and Architecture 1850-present conference at the University of Oxford.
Anderson, J. and Priest, C., 2012. Developing a live projects network. Paper presented at the Live Projects Pedagogy International Symposium at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
Anderson, J. and Priest, C., 2011. OB1 LIVE An Agent for Architectural Education and Practice. Paper presented at the Live Projects 2011 Colloquium at Queen’s University, Belfast.

Further details

Press, publicity and reviews

Press

"Mehr Praxis", Baunetzwoche no.276 (online) 18 May 2017
"Literatur und Architectur", Baunetzwoche no.276 (online) 29 June 2012
"Are you sitting comfortably?", Oxford Mail. 25 October 2011
"Telling the story of Oxford's past", Oxford Mail. 14 April 2011
"Grand Designs for City Square", Oxford Mail. 16 December 2009
BBC Radio Oxford interview with Malcolm Boyden. Broadcast 4 December 2009
Evans, B., 2003. Park Life. The Architects' Journal. No.22, volume 217. (p.38-47)

Other publicity

Exhibitions

Oct 2020. Acland's Gaze, photo projection installation for Photo Oxford 2020, Gloucester Green, Oxford.
Jan-March 2017. Digital Wellbeing Hub, The Gallery, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford.
Oct-Nov 2016. Healthy Buildings, The Abercrombie Atrium, Oxford Brookes University
Oct 2014. "Dwelling, Arrival and Entrance". Ightham Mote, Kent for the National Trust.
Mar 2014. "Free Time", Templars Square Shopping Centre, Oxford.
Oct 2013. "Found!" Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.
Oct 2012. "Domestic Science", Science Oxford, Oxford.
April-June 2012. "Tall tales" for the "Other Worlds" exhibition, The Story Museum, Oxford.

Events

Mar 2016. Playable Buildings for the Audiograft Festival run by the Sonic Arts Research Unit, The Plaza, Oxford Brookes University.
Feb 2014. Urban Sports Day", Temple Cowley, Oxford.
2013. “Lantern Festival”, Warneford Meadow, Oxford.
June 2010. "Infobench", Mount Place, Oxford and Stratford High Street, London. International Architecture Student Festival.
2008. "Sounds of the Place" Hungerford Bridge, London. National Architecture Student Festival,

Art Pieces / Performances

Anderson, J., 2014. Live Fortune Telling. In: Living and Learning. aae Conference 2014, University of Sheffield.
2012. "Imaginary Spaces" for "The Art Take-Away", Tsang's Kitchen, Oxford for ArtWash.