Bruce Judd had eight years experience in private architectural practice prior to joining UNSW in 1981. Since then he has been involved in various consulting work including master planning for schools and expert witness work in NSW and Queensland. He is also an advisor to the NSW state government on social housing issues via his membership of the Department of Housing’s Living Communities Consultative Committee and the Community Regeneration Expert Advisory Committee. He has also been actively involved with a number of inner urban and outer suburban public housing communities as an advisor or in a community development capacity.
During his 25 year career in Architecture and Urban Design at UNSW has been 3rd year coordinator in the BArch program, Director of Postgraduate Studies, Head of the former Graduate School of the Built Environment and Director and Director of the Master of Urban Development and Design program. Early in his academic career he had extensive Involvement in RAIA education programs in the 1980s and was convener of a number of housing conferences, workshops and continuing education programs for the RAIA, UNSW and the Federal Government. His teaching has included:
History and Theory of Architecture (Design and Human Behaviour); Architectural Design Studio (BArch & MArch programs).
International Urban Design Studio’s in Indonesia, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Argentina; Case Studies in Urban Development and Design; Communication in Urban Design.
Supervision of a number of Masters and Doctoral theses, mostly on housing issues.
Housing design and human behaviour, housing and urban form, public housing estate regeneration, housing typology, medium-density housing.
Founding Director of the UNSW-UWS Research Centre of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and former Deputy Director of the City Futures Research Centre. Since his retirement from the University he has been a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at City Futures.
Joint Chief Investigator on four ARC Linkage Grants on social exclusion and community renewal in New South Wales; evaluating public housing estate renewal; sustainable urban renewal in the middle suburbs; and high density living. Team leader on three AHURI research grants on crime reduction in public housing estates; housing options for older homeless people; and dwelling, land and neighbourhood use by older homeowners. Joint Chief investigator on two other AHURI projects on community participation in public housing estate renewal and triple bottom line sustainability of masterplanned and conventional suburban communities. Team member on various other research projects for the NSW Department of Housing.
He is an author of two books; A Bountiful Harvest, 2003 and Designed for Urban Living, 1993; two book chapters; editor of five books, and author of numerous journal articles and conference papers, most of which are on various housing themes.
Bartolemei, L., Corkery, L., Judd, B. and Thompson, S. (2003) A Bountiful Harvest: Community Gardens and Neighbourhood Renewal in Waterloo. NSW Department of Housing and the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Judd, B. (1993) Designed for Urban Living: Recent Medium-Density Group Housing in Australia, (with the assistance of John Gamble), Canberra, ACT, Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing and Community Services in association with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, 1993.
Judd, B. and Randolph, B. (2008) Quality or Quantity? The Role of Qualitative Research in Evaluating Urban Renewal Programs, in P. Maginn, S. Thompson and M. Tonts, Qualitative Urban Analysis: An International Perspective (Studies in Qualitative Methodology, Volume 9) Oxford UK: Elsevier.
Quinn, J., Judd, B., Olsberg, D. and Demirbilek, O. (2008 forthcoming) Dwelling, Land and Neighbourhood Use by Older Home Owners (Positioning Paper). Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Judd, B., Baldry, E. & Bartolomei, L. (2007) ‘Connecting the Dots: Designers and Social Workers Learning in Community. ConnectED International Conference on Design Education, 9-12 July 2007, UNSW.
Thompson, S., Corkery, L. & Judd, B. (2007) ‘The Role of Community Gardens in Sustaining Healthy Communities’, Proceedings of the 3rd State of Australian Cities Conference, University of South Australia Adelaide, November, 2007.
Ruming, K., Randolph, B., Pinnegar, S. & Judd, B. (2007) ‘Delivering Sustainable Renewal in Australia’s Middle and Outer Suburbs: Council Reflections’. Proceedings of the 3rd State of Australian Cities Conference, University of South Australia Adelaide, November, 2007.
Randolph, B. and Judd, B. (2006) ‘The Role of Qualitative Analysis in the Evaluation of Community Renewal Programs’. Urban Policy and Research, Vol 24, No 1. pp 97-114.
Morris, A., Judd, B. & Kavanagh, K. (2005) ‘Marginality Amidst Plenty: Pathways Into Homeless for Older Australians’, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 40, (2).
Morris, A., Judd, B., Kavanagh, K. and Naidoo, Y. (2005) ,Older marginalised people: pathways into and out of a marginal housing situation’, Australian Journal of Human Rights, Vol 11, No1, pp 119-137
Judd, B., Morris, A. and Kavanagh, K. (2005) From Exclusion to Inclusion: Housing and Support for Older People Who are Homeless or at Risk, Parity Vol 18, Issue 1, February, 2005.
Blair, J., Prasad, D., Judd, B., Zehner, R., Soebarto, V. and Hyde, R. (2004) Affordability and Sustainability Outcomes: A Triple Bottom Line Assessment of Traditional Development and Master Planned Communities. Final Report. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria.
Judd, B., Kavanagh, K. Morris, A., and Naidoo, Y. (2004) Housing Options and Independent Living: Sustainable Outcomes for Older People Who are Homeless. Final Report. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria.
Samuels, R., Judd, B., O'Brien, B. and Barton, J. (2004) Linkages Between Housing, Polilcing and Other Interventions for Crime and Harassment Reduction in Areas with Public Housing Concentrations. Final Report. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria.
Wood, M, Randolph, B and Judd, B (2002) Resident Participation in Urban Renewal, Positioning Paper, Melbourne, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Randolph, B., Judd, B., Carmichael, C. and Holloway, D. (2001) Evaluation of the Neighbourhood Improvement Program, for the New South Wales Department of Housing. Campbelltown: Urban Frontiers Program University of Western Sydney.
Randolph, B. and Judd, B. (2001) Salisbury North Urban Improvement Project: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. Prepared for the City of Salisbury and the South Australian Housing Trust. Campbelltown: Urban Frontiers Program, University of Western Sydney.
Randolph, B & Judd, B. (2000) Community Renewal and Large Public Housing Estates, Urban Policy and Research, Vol 8, No. 1, March 2000.
Judd, B. (1999) Regeneration of Large Public Housing Estates, in Cities as a Liveable Place, Proceedings of the International Conference on Cities and Housing Estates, Seoul National University of Technology, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 24, 1999.
Judd, B. (1998) A Consultative Approach to Design in Neighbourhood Improvement: A Case Study of Waterloo, Sydney, in Inclusion: Working Together for More Equitable and Sustainable Housing - Proceedings of the RAIA National Housing Conference, Sydney, 1998 pp 73-80.
Judd, B. and Gamble, J. (1996) Australian Defence Force and Community Housing Standards . A Report for the Department of Defence Directorate of Defence Force Housing and the Defence Housing Authority (in association Corporate Diagnostics Pty Ltd), 1996.
Judd, B. (1993) Designed for Urban Living: Recent Medium-Density Group Housing in Australia, (with the assistance of John Gamble), Canberra, ACT, Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing and Community Services in association with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, 1993.
Judd, B. (1991) 'Australia' in The World Collective Houses: 200 in the 20th Century, Ashihara, Y. (Ed), Tokyo: Diamond Inc., 1991.
Judd, B. & Bycroft, P. (eds) (1989) Housing Issues No 4: Evaluating Housing Standards and Performance, Canberra ACT, RAIA Education Division.
Judd, B. (eds) (1987) Housing Issues No 3: Affordability, Canberra ACT, RAIA Education Division.
Judd, B. & Dean, J. (eds) (1985) Tourist Developments in Australia,Canberra ACT, RAIA Education Division.
Judd, B., Dean, J. & Brown, D. (eds). (1985) Housing Issues No 1: Design for Diversification, RAIA Canberra, ACT.Education Division.
Judd, B. & Dean, J. (eds). (1983) Medium Density Housing in Australia, Canberra ACT, RAIA Education Division.
