Ms Lynda Fischer
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Lynda Fischer is a Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology with strong links to Interior Design practice and specific interest in Design Process and curriculum development. With experience in large multidisciplinary practice, small bespoke practice and as a solo practitioner, Lynda has developed practice-led teaching approaches through 'real world' student projects and considered graduate outcomes. She is interested in the patterns of social interactions, through considered design methodologies to create coherent, meaningful and inclusive interior spaces.
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer in Interior Architecture
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Research field
Architecture, Design Practice and Management
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Graduate Dip Interior Design (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Member, Colour Society of Australia
Teaching
Current teaching
- Interior Studio: Integration
- Create and Represent: Materials
- Colour and Light
Teaching experience + areas
- Interior Design/ Interior Architecture Studios- Workplace design, Retail design, Exhibition Design (Design Activism), Community and Hospitality design.
- Visualisation and representation (Interior Design + multidisciplinary foundation units)
- Interior Technology
- Professional Practice
- Colour Studies
Experience
- 2020- present: Lecturer (QUT, School of Architecture and Built Environment) teaching Interior Design studios and multidisciplinary foundation units.
- 2016-2019: Lecturer, part time (QUT, School of Design) teaching Interior Design studios
- 1996-2016: Fractional or Sessional academic (QUT, School of Design) teaching Interior Design studios, technology and visualisation units in Interior Design undergraduate and Graduate Diploma.
- 2001- 2019: Interior Designer, solo practitioner
- 1999-2001: Director + Interior Designer, Yolk Design
- 1997-1999: Interior Designer, Hassell Studio
- 1995-1997: Student Interior Designer, Davenport Campbell + Partners, and Woodhead Firth Lee
- 1986- 1993: Draftsperson, various Architectural and Landscape Architectural practices, Brisbane and London.
Awards
- 2020: Teaching Innovation and Excellence Award (Creative Industries Faculty)
- 2016: Vice Chancellor's Performance Award (Creative Industries Faculty)
- 2016: 20 Years of Service at QUT
- 1997: Woods Bagot Bursary (student)
- 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994: Head of School Award (student)
- 1996, 1997: Dean's Award for Excellence (student)
- 1995: Andrew Brock Memorial Prize (student)
Grant
- 2021 (current): ABE Small Learning + Teaching Grant, 'Virtual Site Visits: A Remote Learning Tool: Creation of Virtual Site Visits- video resourcing using 360 degree camera'. $5 000, member of team of 4 academics.
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Lynda, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).