Sand Helsel
PhD Professor of Architecture, RMIT University.
Sand Helsel is the Co-Director of International Development, RMIT School of Architecture and Design and Co-Director of postgraduate research stream: “X_ Field: Cross-disciplinary Practice”.
In 2009 Sand completed her PhD by project ‘Search for Common Pleasures: Curating the City’ which challenged the authority of the master plan and the role of the design professional by designing design methods that enable a broader constituency to participate; identifying curation as an alternative to design.
Other research areas include: interdisciplinary practice Asian urban design; micro-urbanism and design-based sustainable practice.
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