Dr Julie Collins is Research Associate and Collections Manager at the Architecture Museum, which is located at the City West Campus in the Kaurna Building within the University of South Australia.
The Architecture Museum is a research facility for the acquisition and preservation of South Australian architectural records. Its invaluable research collection of architectural design documentation, drawings, photographs, artefacts and ephemera currently comprises over 200,000 items. The Architecture Museum promotes intellectual enquiry the state’s built environment history, supporting research undertaken by internal and external researchers.
Dr Collins researches various aspects of architectural history. Her book "The Architecture ... Read more
About me
Dr Julie Collins is Research Associate and Collections Manager at the Architecture Museum, which is located at the City West Campus in the Kaurna Building within the University of South Australia.
The Architecture Museum is a research facility for the acquisition and preservation of South Australian architectural records. Its invaluable research collection of architectural design documentation, drawings, photographs, artefacts and ephemera currently comprises over 200,000 items. The Architecture Museum promotes intellectual enquiry the state’s built environment history, supporting research undertaken by internal and external researchers.
Dr Collins researches various aspects of architectural history. Her book "The Architecture and Landscape of Health: A Historical Perspective on Therapeutic Places 1790-1940" was published in 2020 by Routledge. Past projects include a history of the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition building of 1887, work on the influence of climate on the colonial architecture of Adelaide, the history of psychiatric asylum landscapes, and early tuberculosis sanatoria in Australia. Past projects include a study on the South Australian Home Builders' Club 1945-1965, the Small Homes Service of South Australia and the modern postwar house, the emergence of tall buildings in Adelaide 1912-1939, women in the architectural profession 1910-1960, and analysis of the cultural significance of architectural records. Julie is also a researcher for the 'Architects of South Australia' database which documents the lives and works of a selection of the state's architects from colonial times to the present day.
About me
Australian Historical Association, Historical Society of South Australia, Australian Garden History Society, Australian Society of Archivists (S.A. Branch)
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Arts, Architecture and Design University of South Australia
Bachelor of Architecture University of South Australia
The Architecture and Landscape of Health: A Historical Perspective on Therapeutic Places 1790-1940
Book published 2020 by Routledge.
The Architecture and Landscape of Health explores buildings and landscapes that were designed to treat or prevent disease in the era before pharmaceuticals and biomedicine emerged as first line treatments. Written from an architectural perspective, it examines the historical relationship between health and place through the emergence of dedicated therapeutic building types from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, a time when the environment was viewed as integral to the health of both the individual and the population.
This book provides an overview of ideas surrounding health and... Read more
Research
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Research
The Architecture and Landscape of Health: A Historical Perspective on Therapeutic Places 1790-1940
Book published 2020 by Routledge.
The Architecture and Landscape of Health explores buildings and landscapes that were designed to treat or prevent disease in the era before pharmaceuticals and biomedicine emerged as first line treatments. Written from an architectural perspective, it examines the historical relationship between health and place through the emergence of dedicated therapeutic building types from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, a time when the environment was viewed as integral to the health of both the individual and the population.
This book provides an overview of ideas surrounding health and place and their impact on architecture and designed landscapes. Different therapeutic buildings and places are examined, including public parks, asylums, sanatoria, leprosaria, quarantine stations, public baths and healthy homes. Each chapter outlines the medical context, common therapies, a history of buildings designed in response to these, and an examination of how such places were perceived to have functioned. Illustrated using geographically and temporally diverse examples, the book includes designs drawn from locations across the world including Europe, the Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia.
The Architecture and Landscape of Health identifies and examines moments in the conversation between health and design, and is a timely look back on the resultant buildings and places, offering insights which could inform the design of therapeutic places of the future. An ideal read for researchers, academics and upper-level postgraduate students interested in architecture, and architectural history, particularly relating to healthcare design and medical history.
External engagement & recognition
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| Architecture Board of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
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MemberAustralian Garden History Society |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Historical Association |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Society of Archivists, SA Branch |
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MemberHistorical Society of South Australia |
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MemberSociety of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand |
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Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
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| Acres of Adelaide: everyday people, processes and patterns in a settler-colonial urban plan 1836-1881 | Completed |
| Planning for open space in postwar South Australia: open space benefits and local open space systems at Elizabeth, Noarlunga and Golden Grove | Completed |
