She was previously the Chair of Construction Technology in the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. From March 2016 she is located at the University of Tasmania where she is Professor of Architecture and Head of the School of Architecture and Design. Her teaching seeks to strengthen students' practice-based research skills and to develop innovation-inclined mindsets that will enable them to push the boundaries of future architectural practice. She regularly integrates live projects and prototyping into her teaching to foster an effective learning environment by mediating between the virtual world of the computer screen and design principles, materials, fabrication processes and construction techniques. University of Tasmania Locked Bag 1-323 Launceston TAS 7250 Mobile: +61 403 61 77 60 Email: kirsten.orr@utas.edu.au