Madeleine Thorpe
Doctor of Philosophy candidate
Architecture
Biography
Madeleine Thorpe is a PhD candidate in Architecture at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. Her research examines temporary architecture through the frameworks of patronage, form and the city, with a particular focus on the pavilion as a form of city infrastructure.
Madeleine has an ongoing teaching practice at the University of Melbourne, where she has taught across undergraduate architectural design studios. Her teaching centers on architectural design, spatial experimentation, concepts and architectural theory and history with the relationship between architecture and the city.
Alongside her academic work, Madeleine has contributed to the broader architectural profession. Working for the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, exhibited her large scale paintings at the National Gallery of Victoria, and a industry consultant for those wanting to create temporary architecture in practice.
Her broader research interests include temporary and ephemeral architecture, pavilion culture, architectural exhibitions, patronage, cultural institutions, public space and the relationship between architecture and theory.
Thesis
When Architecture is Temporary: The Role of Culture, Patron and the City.
Madeleine’s research investigates temporary architecture through the intersecting frameworks of patronage, culture and the city. Using Melbourne’s MPavilion as a primary case study, alongside the Serpentine Pavilion, her research examines how pavilions are commissioned, produced, represented and experienced within the public realm. The project considers the networks of patrons, architects and cultural institutions that shape temporary architecture and explores how these structures can produce lasting architectural and civic legacies beyond their temporary lifespan.
Contact
- Email thorpe.m@unimelb.edu.au
- ORCID Profile ORCID