Catherine Murphy
Associate Professor Catherine Murphy
Associate Professor Catherine Murphy
Director, Monash Urban Lab Course Director, Master of Urban Planning and Design
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Catherine Murphy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Monash and Program Director of the Master of Urban Planning and Design.
She is currently doing her PhD on integrated design and planning processes that foreground water as a driver of urban form. She has worked as a program manger, curator and writer/editor, and started her work life in book publishing.
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Environmental toll of Melbourne’s urban sprawl to be revealed at top international exhibition
Researchers from Monash Urban Lab, as part of the official representatives of Australia at the 24th Triennale Milano International Exhibition, will use their exhibit to reveal how Melbourne’s focus on housing growth has led to environmental neglect.
Research
Water Sensitive Cities: Integrated Urban and Water Planning
Exploring how urban development can achieve water sensitive outcomes through planning at a range of scales.
Adaptable Housing for People with Disability
Demonstrating how dwellings can be creatively designed and modified to adapt to people’s changing needs and circumstances.
RetroFit Kit
This project aims to increase the volume and supply of dignified and inclusive homes for people with disability through design-enabled strategies.
Designing Affordable, Sustainable Housing (DASH)
High-quality, innovative architecture and urban design provides great living places.
Liveable Compact Cities Project
Principles for designing sustainable medium density infill housing for subtropical South-East Queensland.
Processes for Developing Affordable and Sustainable Medium-density Housing Models for Greyfield Precincts
Sustainable regeneration for Melbourne’s middle suburbs.
Rethinking Design’s Contribution to Assisted Living Environments
Stage One: Best Practice Discussion Paper
Towards a New Development Model for Housing Regeneration in Greyfield Regeneration Precincts
Improving the effectiveness of infill development.
Repairing Memory & Place
An Indigenous-led approach to urban water design.