Rachel Jahja

Rachel Jahja

Lecturer
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Details

  • College: School of Communication & Design
  • Department: School of Communication & Design
  • Campus: Saigon South Campus Vietnam
  • rachel.jahja@rmit.edu.vn

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Rachel Jahja is an Australian designer, spatial theorist and educator with a transnational teaching background interested in exploring phenomenological relationships between creativity, self and space.

Awards & recognition-
RESEARCH

PhD APA Scholarship | 2011 Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship (81,000 AUD)
Nuffics Research Scholarship | 2008 - 2009 Netherlands Government Research Scholarship - Masters (23,000 EU)
Duurzaam Eindhoven Design Prize | 2008 Netherlands Sustainable Design Communication Tool Commission - Residential Prize (2,000 EU)
UNIVERSITY

RMIT University (Vietnam) | 2019 University Award for Recognition in RMIT Values
UNSW (FBE) | 2016 Faculty Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence (2,000 AUD)
UNSW (FBE) | 2014 - 2015 Deans Award for Teaching Excellence x 4
UNSW (FBE) | 2014 Faculty Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence (2,000 AUD)
PROJECT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2015 Mapping the Space In Between - Digital Art Exhibition
2010 Artichoke Magazine, Issue 31, July-August Publication, Australia
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

Academic positions

  • Program Manager of Design Studies & Associate Lecturer
  • RMIT Vietnam
  • Undergraduate Theory and Studio
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 2018 – 2019
  • School of Communication & Design
  • RMIT Vietnam
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 2017 – Present
  • Interior Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment
  • UNSW (FBE)
  • , Australia
  • 2011 – 2016
  • Course Convenor, Dissertation Supervisor, Lecturer and Tutor in Undergraduate Theory and Studio
  • UNSW (FBE)
  • , Australia
  • 2011 – 2016
  • Course Convenor, Lecturer and Tutor in Undergraduate Studio and Masters Coursework
  • Design Studies, UNSW Art & Design
  • , Australia
  • 2011 – 2016
  • Tutor in Undergraduate Studio
  • Interior Spatial, UTS, Sydney, Australia.
  • , Australia
  • 2011 – 2013
  • Course Convenor and Lecturer in Undergraduate Studio
  • Whitehouse Academy of Design
  • Interior Studies
  • , australia
  • 2011 – 2011

Non-academic positions

  • Interior Architect & Designer
  • Freelance, Sydney, Australia
  • , Australia
  • 2007 – 2007
  • Interior Designer,
  • Cox, Humphries, Moss Architects
  • , Australia
  • 2006 – 2007

Supervisor projects

  • EXPLORING AMPHIBIOUS ARCHITECTURE AS A CLIMATE ADAPTATION SOLUTION FOR FLOOD-PRONE COMMUNITIES
  • 30 Aug 2024
  • Design for Deconstruction
  • 16 Feb 2024

Teaching interests

First Year Foundation
Interior Design Specialisation
Final Year Major Project

Research interests

Ontology
Transpersonal phenomenology
Psychology
Metaphor
Transformative learning
Reflective practice
Design studio
Design theory
Interior design theory
Architectural practice