Card Practice is an architectural & urban design practice from Melbourne, Australia.
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Registered Architects in Victoria (ARBV 600280)
Nominated Architect in New South Wales, James Connor (NSWARB 12246)
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
CARD PTY LTD
ⓒ 2023
JIMI CONNOR
Curriculum Vitae
Jimi Connor is a registered Architect and director of emerging
architecture & urban design practice CARD. Jimi has worked across
a broad range of projects in both Australia & the UK- from large
multi-residential developments to houses and small scale urban interventions.
He is particularly interested in the intersections of architecture,
landscape and the public realm, with current research work
focusing on the topics of multiculturalism and urban informality.
As a recently certified Passive House consultant, Jimi is passionate
about using design to create better, more livable, more ecologically
& socially sustainable places.
He has contributed more broadly to the architectural profession
as a sessional design studio tutor at the University of Melbourne
and through his writing and photography for various publications
including The Conversation & The Guardian.
Education
Registered Architect
Architects Registration Board of Victoria
ARBV #20647
Certified Passive House Designer
Passive House Institute
2019 - Present
Master of Architecture
University of Melbourne
2014-2016
Bachelor of Architectural Design
University of Queensland
2009-2012
Employment History
CARD Practice
Architect/Director
January 2022 - Present
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Project Architect & Certified Passive House Designer
January 2015-2022
OB Architecture
Architectural Graduate
January 2013- December 2013
Thomson Adsett Architects
Architectural Student
January 2010-May 2011
Academic
Landscape Architecture Studio: Urban Open Space - Design
Tutor
University of Melbourne
March 2022
Academic Paper with Dr. Amanda Achmadi, Dr. Sidh Sintusingha
& Tahj Rosmarin
‘Contested Riverscapes in Indonesian Cities- Urban Kampungs and
their Resilience in the Age of Design Activism and Image Economy’
February 2019
Victorian Eco Innovation Lab - Leeuwarden stadium adaptive
resuse project
Commissioned to design the adaptive reuse project for Cambuur
Football Stadium in Leeuwarden, NE. Completed with Amy Bracks &
Miles Ritzmann.
January 2018
Research Assistant for Dr. Peter Raisbeck and InfUr- Hub
University of Melbourne - November 2018
‘Invisible Informalities- Mapping Informal Settlements in Melbourne’
Ongoing research on homelessness in and around the Footscray
region of Melbourne.
Architects for Peace
Volunteer 2017 - Commitee of Management & Editorials Team.
Writing and talks
‘When a suburb’s turn for gentrification comes...’, Online Article
The Conversation 2017
Co-authored an article with Tahj Rosmarin and Sidh Sintusingha
about the transitionary nature of Melbourne’s multi-cultural suburb
of Footscray.
‘Suburbia gone sour: the melancholia of Melbourne’s milk bars –
in pictures?’
The Guardian 2018
Photographic essay of melbourne’s Milk Bar’s and changing urban
environment.
Patterns of Footscray: Understanding Melbourne’s multicultural
melting pot
Architects For Peace 2018
Article looking at the multicultural urbanism of Footscray and the
impacts of gentrification upon the city.
‘Kebab urbanism Melbourne’s ‘other’ cafe makes the city a more
human place’
The Conversation 2019
Photographic contribution to the article researching the
phenomenon of Melbourne’s kebab vans.
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Conference
Conference Talk 2020
Land E-Scape conference, online lecture with Tahj Rosmarin and
Sidh Sintusingha. View here.
Competitions
Dulux Study Tour (2023)
Shortlisted Applicant
Invert Mini Living 4.0 (2022)
Zero Carbon Precinct ideas competition considers how our cities
will adapt to renewable energies and widespread uptake of low emission
transportation.
Invert Mini Living 3.0 (2019)
Laneway Architecture ‘OutHOUSE’ design project exhibited for
Green Magazine’s design competition.
‘Informalising Footscray’ Thesis exhibited on KooZA/rch (2017) and
at the ‘Footscray Pop Up School’ (2017)
‘Kampung Value’ 2017 Shelter ‘Dencity’ Competition. Special
Mention.
International experience
Lae - Papua New Guinea
University of Melbourne
October 2015
Participant in a Design & Build program involving the construction
of 3 composting toilets alongside the local Sipaia community. The
studio was lead by Prof David O’Brien.
Bandung - Indonesia
University of Melbourne
November 2015
Design & research studio which explored themes of informality,
urbanisation, inequality, resilience, sustainability and community
empowerment within the context of an indonesian informal
settlement. A collaboration between staff and students of the
Melbourne School of Design (MSD) and the School of Architecture,
Planning and Policy Development (SAPPK), at Institute of Technology
Bandung (ITB).