Kim Dovey is an Australian

architectural Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings o ...

and urban critic and

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

and

Urban Design Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, cities, and regional spaces, urban de ...

at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

, Australia, teaching and researching

urban design Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, cities, and regional spaces, urban de ...

. He received degrees from

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, P ...

and the University of Melbourne in Australia and a Ph.D. from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, USA. His book Framing Places (2nd ed. 2008) explores theories of place as mediators of power, incorporating case studies of politics of public space, housing, shopping malls and corporate towers. His 2005 book Fluid City documents, analyses and critiques the transformations of Melbourne's urban waterfront during the period 1989-2003. Becoming Places (2010) explores the formation of

place identity Place identity or place-based identity refers to a cluster of ideas about place and identity in the fields of geography, urban planning, urban design, landscape architecture, environmental psychology, ecocriticism and urban sociology/ecological s ...

and develops a theory of place as dynamic assemblage. Urban Design Thinking (2016) is a broad-ranging application of assemblage thinking in urban design. Mapping Urbanities (2017) explores the role of urban mapping in the production of spatial knowledge. He has made significant contributions to theories of place,

transit-oriented development In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between ...

, urban density, walkability, informal settlement and creative clusters. He is Director of InfUr- Informal Urbanism Research Hub at the University of Melbourne. In November 2022 he was elected a Fellow of the

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) is an independent, non-governmental organisation devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the social sciences. It has its origins in the Social Science Research Council of Austr ...

References

Review of Fluid City in Urban Design Forum

Becoming Places website

Selected publications

Books

* Dovey, K (2005) Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront, London: Routledge ( (pbk.)) * Dovey, K (2008) Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form, 2nd ed, London: Routledge ( (pbk)) * Dovey, K (2010) Becoming Places: Urbanism / Architecture / Identity / Power, London: Routledge ( (pbk.)) * Dovey, K. (2016) Urban Design Thinking: A Conceptual Toolkit, London, Bloomsbury () * Dovey, K. Pafka, E. & Ristic, M. (eds) Mapping Urbanities: Morphologies, Flows, Possibilities, New York: Routledge ()

Book chapters

* Dovey, K. (2020) ‘Place as Assemblage’, in: T. Edensor, Kothari, U. & Kaladides, A. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Place, London: Routledge, pp. 21–31. * Dovey, K. & Pafka, E. (2020) ‘Mapping the Publicness of Public Space’, in Mehta, V. and Palazzo, D. (eds) Companion to Public Space, New York: Routledge, pp. 234–48. * Dovey, K. (2019) ‘Informal Settlement as a Mode of Production’, in: Bannerjee, T. & Loukaitou-Sideris, A. (eds) The New Companion to Urban Design, New York: Routledge, pp. 139–51. * Dovey, K. (2017) 'Informal Settlement and Assemblage Theory' in: Hannigan, J. & Richards, G. (eds) The Handbook of New Urban Studies, London: Sage, pp. 480–95. * Dovey, K. (2016) 'One Way Street' in: Holscher, C. & Dalton, R. Take One Building: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Public Library, London: Routledge, pp. 53–66. * Dovey, K. (2016) 'Place as Multiplicity' in: Freestone, R. & Lui, R. (eds) Place and Placelessness Revisited, London: Routledge, pp. 257–268. * Dovey, K. & Fisher, K. (2016) 'Plans and Pedagogies' in Fisher, K. (ed) The Translational Design of Schools, Dordrecht: Sense Publishers, pp. 175–92 (reprint). * Dovey, K. (2014) 'Tall Storeys', Gieseking, J. & Mangold, W. (eds) The People, Place and Space Reader, New York: Routledge, pp. 111–116. * Dovey, K. (2013) ‘Informalizing Architecture: The Challenge of Informal Settlements’, in Mosley, J. & Sara, R. (eds) Architecture of Transgression, London: AD Monographs, pp. 82–89. * King, R. & Dovey, K. (2012) ‘Reading the Bangkok Slum’, in Frenzel, F. et al. (eds) Slum Tourism, London: Routledge. pp. 159–171. * Dovey, K. (2013) ‘Assembling Architecture’, in Frichot, H. & Loo, S. (eds) Deleuze and Architecture, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press. pp. 131–148. * Dovey, K. (2013) ‘Planning and Place Identity’ in: Young, G. et al. (eds) The Ashgate Research Companion to Planning and Culture, London: Ashgate, pp. 257–271. * Dovey, K. (2014) ‘Incremental Urbanism; The Emergence of Informal Settlements’, in Haas, T. & Olsson, K. (eds), Emergent Urbanism, London: Ashgate, pp. 45–54. * Dovey, K. 'The Politics of Urban Spectacle' in: Global Cities, Local Sites, Straw, W. & Tallack, D. (eds) Melbourne: MUP, Electronic book, 2009. * Dovey, K. ‘The Global Edifice Complex’, in: J. Nevarez and G. Moser (eds) On Global Grounds, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009. * Dovey, K. Woodcock, I. & Wood, S. 'Senses of Urban Character', in: Vanclay, F. et al. (eds) Making Sense of Place, Canberra: National Museum of Australia, 2008, pp. 229–38. * Dovey, K. (2007) "I Mean to be Critical But..." in: Rendell, J. et al. (eds) "Critical Architecture", London: Routledge, pp. 252–60. * Dovey, K. & Polakit, K. (2006) "Urban Slippage: Smooth and Striated Streetscapes in Bangkok", in: Franck, K. & Stevens, Q. (eds) "Loose Space", London: Routledge, pp. 168–193. * Dovey, K. (2006) 'Architecture' in: Beilharz, P. & Hogan, T. (eds) Sociology: Place, Time and Division, Melbourne: Oxford U.P., pp. 323–327. * Dovey, K (2005) "Home as Paradox" in: G. Rowles, & H. Chuadhury (eds) ''Home and Identity in Late Life'', New York: Springer, pp. 361–70. * Dovey, K (2002) "The Silent Complicity of Architecture". In J. Hillier & E.V. Rooksby (eds), ''Habitus: A sense of place''. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 267–280. * Dovey, K (2001) "The Aesthetics of Place". In B. Cold (ed), ''Aesthetics, Well-being and Health: Essays within architecture and environmental aesthetics.'' Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 93–101. * Dovey, K (2001)"On Politics and Urban Space". In J. Barrett & C. Butler-Bowden (eds), ''Debating the City: An Anthology''. Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of NSW and University of Western Sydney, pp. 53–69. * Jacobs, J., Dovey, K. & Lochert, M. (2000) "Authorizing Aboriginality in Architecture", in L. Lokko (ed), ''White Papers, Black Marks'', Chichester: Wiley, pp. 218–35. *Dovey, K. (2000) "Aboriginal Cultural Centres", in S. Kleinert, & M. Neale, (eds), ''The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 419–423.

Refereed Journals

* Kamalipour, H. & Dovey, K. (2020) 'Incremental Production of Urban Space: A typology of informal design', Habitat International. advance online Publ: * Dovey, K. (2019) 'Urban Design as a Contested Field', Journal of Urban Design, 25(10) 14–16. * Dovey, K., Cook, B. & Achmadi, A. (2019) 'Contested Riverscapes in Jakarta: Flooding, forced eviction and urban image', Space and Polity. * Kamalipour, H. & Dovey, K. (2019) ‘Mapping the Visibility of Informal Settlements’, Habitat International, 85, 63–75. * Dovey, K. & Pafka, E. (2020) ‘What is Walkability?: The Urban DMA’, Urban Studies, 57(1), 93–108. * Pafka, E., Dovey, K. & Aschwanden, G. (2018) ‘Limits of Space Syntax for Urban Design’ Environment & Planning B. 47(3) 508–522. * Rau, F. Dovey, K. & Pafka, E. (2018) 'Towards a Genealogy of Urban Shopping', Journal of Urban Design. 23 (4): 544–57. * Dovey, K., Woodcock, I. & Pike, L. (2017) 'Isochrone Mapping of Urban Transport', Planning Practice & Research, Advance online publication: * Dovey, K. Rao, F. & Pafka, E. (2017) 'Agglomeration and Assemblage', Urban Studies, Advance online publication: . * Dovey, K. & Pafka, E. (2017) 'What is Functional Mix?', Planning Theory & Practice, 18 (2): 249–267 * Dovey, K. Pike, L. & Woodcock, I. (2017) 'Incremental Urban Intensification', Urban Policy and Research, 35 (3): 261–274. * Dovey, K. (2016) 'On Learning Urban Design', Journal of Urban Design, 21 (5), 555–557. * Pafka, E. & Dovey, K. (2017) ‘Permeability and Interface Catchment: Measuring and Mapping Walkability’, Journal of Urbanism, 10(2): 150–162, * Dovey, K. & Ristic, M. (2015) 'Mapping Urban Assemblages: The Production of Spatial Knowledge', Journal of Urbanism. * Dovey, K. & Pafka, E. (2015) 'The Science of Urban Design?' Urban Design International, * Wood, S. & Dovey, K. (2015) ‘Creative Multiplicities: The Morphology of Creative Clustering’ Journal of Urban Design, 20 (1), 52–74. * Dovey, K. & Wood, S. (2015) ‘Public/Private Urban Interfaces: Type, Adaptation, Assemblage’ Journal of Urbanism, 8 (1) 1–16. * Dovey, K. & Fisher, K. (2014) ‘Designing for Adaptation: The School as Socio-Spatial Assemblage’, Journal of Architecture, 19 (10) 43–63. * Dovey, K. & Pafka, E. (2014) ‘The Urban Density Assemblage’, Urban Design International. 19 (1) 66–76. * Owen, C., Dovey, K. & Raharjo, W. (2013) ‘Teaching Informal Urbanism: Simulating Informal Settlement Practices in the Design Studio’, Journal of Architectural Education, 67 (2) 214-223 * King, R. & Dovey, K. (2013) ‘Interstitial Metamorphoses: Informal urbanism and the tourist gaze’, Environment & Planning D: Society and Space 31(6) 1022 – 1040. * Dovey, K. & Symons, F. (2013) ‘Density without Intensity and what to do about it’, Australian Planner, 51 (1) 34–46. * Dovey, K. (2012) ‘Informal Settlement and Complex Adaptive Assemblage’, International Development Planning Review, 34 (3) 371–90. * Dovey, K. & King, R. (2012) ‘Informal Urbanism and the Taste for Slums’, Tourism Geographies, 14 (2) 275–93. * Woodcock, I., Dovey, K. & Davison, G. (2012) ‘Envisioning the Compact City’ Australian Planner, 49 (1), 65–78. * Davison, G., Dovey, K. & Woodcock, I. (2012) ‘Keeping Dalston Different’, Planning Theory & Practice, 13 (1) 47–69. * Dovey, K., Wollan, S. & Woodcock, I. (2012) ‘Placing Graffiti’ Journal of Urban Design, 17 (1): 21–41. * Dovey, K. (2011) ‘Uprooting Critical Urbanism’, City, 15 (3/4), 347–54. * Woodcock, I. Dovey, K., Wollan, S. & Beyerle, A., Modelling the compact city: Capacities and visions for Melbourne, Australian Planner, 47 (2), 2010, pp. 94–104. * Dovey, K., Woodcock, I. & Wood, S. ‘A Test of Character’ Urban Studies, 46 (1/2) 1–21. * Dovey, K., Woodcock, I. & Wood, S. ‘Understanding Neighbourhood Character’, Australian Planner, 46 (3), September 2009. * Woodcock, I., Dovey, K. & Wood, S. ‘ The Character of the Compact City: Intensification and resident opposition’, Urban Planning International, 23 (5), 2008, pp. 35–43. * Owen, C. & Dovey, K. ‘Fields of Sustainable Architecture’, Journal of Architecture, 13 (1), 2007, pp. 9–21. * Stevens, Q. & Dovey, K. (2004) "Appropriating the Spectacle: Play and politics in a leisure landscape", ''Journal of Urban Design'', 9 (3), pp. 351–65. * Dovey K. & Dickson S.N. (2002) "Architecture and freedom? Programmatic innovation in the work of Koolhaas/OMA". ''Journal of Architectural Education'', 56(1):5–14. * Dovey K. & Sandercock L. (2002) "Hype and hope: Imagining Melbourne's Docklands". ''City''. 6(1), 83–101. * Sandercock L. & Dovey K.G. (2002) "Pleasure, politics and the 'public interest': Melbourne's riverscape revitalization". ''Journal of the American Planning Association''. 68(2), 2002:151–164. * Dovey, K. (2001) "Memory, Democracy and Urban Space: Bangkok’s Path to Democracy", ''Journal of Urban Design'', 6 (3), 2001, pp. 265–82. * Dovey K., Fitzgerald J.L. & Choi Y. (2001) "Safety Becomes Danger: Dilemmas of drug-use in public space". ''Health and Place'', 7, 319–331. * Dovey, K. (2000) "Redistributing Danger: Enclosure and Encounter in Urban Design", ''Australian Planner'' 37(1), 10–13 * Dovey, K. (2000) "Myth and Media: Constructing Aboriginal Architecture", ''Journal of Architectural Education'' 54(1), 2–6

External links

Homepage at the University of Melbourne
Personal Website: http://www.placeresearch.net/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Dovey, Kim Urban theorists Dovey, Kim University of Melbourne faculty Dovey, Kim Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Australian non-fiction writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)