Andrew Charleson

Andrew Charleson is a former Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington. He joined the school in 1987 after almost 20 years of structural engineering consultancy experience, including three years as an earthquake engineering advisor in Indonesia. He retired in December 2017 and is currently a volunteer visiting Professor in schools of architecture, mainly in developing countries. Andrew has two main research interests. The first relates to earthquake engineering which has culminated in the books about seismic resistant design for architects and also about seismic isolation for architects. Secondly, his research examines how structure can integrate with, and potentially enrich, architecture. His findings are highlighted in his book Structure as Architecture: A sourcebook for architects and structural engineers, the second edition of which was published in 2016.