E M P L O Y M E N T
In Education:
2014-2015 Critical Perspectives Course Convenor, Lecturer and Tutor, Interior Architecture, FBE, UNSW
2012-2013 Masters Lecturer and Tutor, Design and Perception, School of Design Studies, UNSW Art & Design
2011-2013 First, Second and Third Year History and Theory Tutor, FBE, UNSW
2011-2014 First Year Design Studio Tutor, School of Design Studies, UNSW Art & Design, UNSW
2011-2012 First Year Course Designer and Lecturer, Embodying Design, School of Design Studies, UNSW Art & Design
2012 Final Year Interior Architecture Dissertation Supervisor, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW,
2011-2012 First Year Tutor, Interior Spatial, University of Technology Sydney
2011 Second Year Spatial Environments Tutor, School of Design Studies, UNSW Art & Design, UNSW
2011 Final Year Studio Lecturer, Project Coordinator and Tutor, Interior Design, Whitehouse Academy of Design
Private Design Employment:
2007 - now, Design Freelancer www.rachelbakerdesign.com
Range of Residential and Commercial Projects in Sydney and Canberra.
2006-2007 Interior Architect and Orchestrator of the Interior Division for Cox Architect Group, Canberra
The Cox Group was awarded the – Best Australian Architectural Firm at the BRW Client Choice 2007 Awards, The Canberra sector won the Canberra Medallion at the 2007 Design Awards
A C A D E M I C
B A C K G R O U N D
Post Graduate:
2011-2016 PhD Candidate at the School of Design Studies, UNSW Art & Design, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
2007-2009 Masters of Humanitarian Design and Sustainable Design Living, The Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Undergraduate:
2003-2006 Bachelor of Interior Architecture, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia (First-Class Honours, Dean’s List 2005 and 2006, Student Representative for the Faculty Education Commitee 2005)
2002 Bachelor of Industrial Design, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
2000-2001 Bachelor of Psychology/Arts, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia (Invitation for Honours in Psychology, Italian and Philosophy)
A W A R D S / G R A N T S / P R I Z E S
2014-2015 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence for course design, lecturing, tutoring
2014 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Semester 1, FBE, UNSW ($2,000)
2012 APA Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies at COFA, UNSW ($24,000)
2009 Invitation to join the Social Democratic Party Board for 2010, Project: Redesigning our Public Space, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2009 Short-listed for the Brabantstad Culturele Social Award, The Netherlands “Creating a Caring Society” (€ 5,000 prize money)
2008-2009 Prestigious Nuffics Netherlands Government Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies (€23, 000)
2008 Commission (€ 2,000) from Sustainable Design Firm Duurzaam Eindhoven to Design a Sustainable Design Communication Tool for the Home
2008 Acceptence Masters Program, Domus Academy Milano, Italy
2006-2005 Dean’s List UNSW
2006 Interior Architecture Student Representative, UNSW
2006 Interior Architecture Graduand Exhibition Committee Member and Fundraising Organiser
2005 Sole Student Representative for the Faculty of the Built Environment Education Committee, UNSW
2003 ANU Invitation to Study Honours in Psychology, Philosophy and Italian. ANU
International Projects:
2009. Design Freelancer, Collaborative design project for Commissioned by Sustainable Design Firm Durzaam Eindhoven. The Netherlands, www.durzaameindhoven.nl
P U B L I C A T I O N S /
L E C T U R E S - C O N F E R E N C E S /
E X H I B I T I O N S
Publications:
Baker, R. 2013. SDES1107 Embodying Design: A tertiary design education approach for understanding the relationship between multiple dimensions of place meaning and place making, in Flood, A. & Coleman, K.S. (Eds.) (2014). Disciplines: The Lenses of Learning , Common Ground, Champaign, Illinois: Common Grounds Publishing LLC.University Press.
Baker, R. 2013. Bridging Embodied Learning Theory, Place Meaning and the Process of Place Making in Design Studio Pedagogy, in Environmental Design Research Association 44th Conference Proceedings , Rhode Island, NY.
Project Acknowledgments:
2010 Artichoke Magazine, Issue 31, July-August Publication, Australia 2010
2009 Archikon Magazine, September Publication, Urban Design and Architecture, Poland
2009 Core 77 magazine (online) featured in the Dutch Design Week Special. Highminded Project
2009 Design Academy Graduation Publication, The Netherlands
2008 Alberto Meda, Sustainability and Water Conservation Publication, The Netherlands
Public Lectures/Conferences:
2013 Environmental Design Research Association 44th Conference. Heathy and Healing Places Conference, Rhode Island, USA
2013 DRS // CUMULUS Oslo 2013, The 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers, Oslo
2011 Sydney Design Week, Public Lecture, Embodied Learning Techniques in Tertiary Design Education, Sydney, Australia
2010 Guest lecturer, Lecture and Workshop, Architectural principles for mental well being in the urban environment, Tirano Technical School, Italy
National and International Exhibitions:
2009 The Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Galleries at Dutch Design Week. The Netherlands
2008 Storystore Exhibition, Witte Lady Building, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2008 Alberto Meda, Sustainability and Water Conservation, The Netherlands
2008 Sustainable Design Week, Design and Fitness, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 Design Reuse, DAE, Cordinator Anthony Dunne from Royal College of Arts, The Netherlands
2006 Four, Interior Architecture Graduand Exhibition, Sydney, Australia