Publications Andrew Charleson

Authored book

Charleson, A. W. 2010.Earthquake reinforcement for earthen houses with straps cut from used tyres: a construction guide. World Housing Encyclopedia, 50 pp.

Charleson, A. (2008). Seismic Design for Architects. Architectural Press. 1 Ed. (pp. 281). Burlington, MA, USA.

Charleson, A W. (2005). Structure as architecture. Architectural Press, Elsevier. (pp. 228). Oxford, England

Taylor, M M., Preston, J J., & Charleson A W. (2002). Moments of Resistance. Archadia Press. (pp. 104). Sydney, Australia.

Chapter in book

Storey, J B., Gjerde, M., Charleson, A W., Pedersen Zari, M. (2005). The report 6 the state of deconstruction in New Zealand. In by A. Chini (Eds). (March Ed.). Deconstruction and materials reuse-an international overview. (pp. 92). Rotterdam, CIB and University of Florida.

Taylor, M., Preston, J., & Charleson, A W. (2000). The myth of the matter: parallel surfaces of seismic linings. Re-framing Architecture: Theory, Science and Myth. Ins by M J, Ostwald., & R, John Moore. Archadia Press. (pp. 189-199). Sydney, Australia.

Journal contribution - research article

Charleson, A. W and Blondet, M. 2012. Seismic reinforcement for adobe houses using straps cut from used car tires.Earthquake Spectra, 28:2, pp. 511 – 531

Charleson, A W., & Pirie, S. (2009, April). An Investigation of Structural Engineer-Architect Collaboration. Journal of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand. 22, 1. (pp. 97-104).

Charleson, A. (2009, February). Comparison between contemporary architectural form in cities with high versus low seismicity. Earthquake Spectra - The Professional Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. 25, 1. (pp. 1-16).

Charleson, A W., & Perez, N. (2009). Long-span Timber Buildings - A Review of Recent International Projects. New Zealand Timber Design Journal. 17, 4. (pp. 19-28).

Charleson, A W. (2002). Beyond Utility (Part 1). New Zealand Timber Design Journal. 11, 1. (pp. 3-10).

Charleson, A W. (2002). Beyond Utility (Part 2). New Zealand Timber Design Journal. 11, 3. (pp. 9-16).

van de Vorstenbosch, G G., Charleson, A W., Dowrick D J. (2002). Reinforced Concrete Building Performance in the Mw 7.8 1931 Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, Earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering. 35, 3. (pp. 149-164).

Charleson, A W. (2001, March-April). Architecture and Seismic Design. Architecture + Design, A Journal of Indian Architecture. (pp. 38-42).

Charleson, A W., & Fyfe, G D. (2001). Earthquake Building Damage in Developing Countries: A Review of Recent Reconnaissance Reports. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 34, 2. (pp. 158-163).

Charleson, A W., Preston, J., & Taylor, M. (2001). Architectural expression of seismic strengthening. Earthquake Spectra. 17, 3. (pp. 417-426).

Conference paper in published proceedings

Charleson, A W., 2012. Costs of base isolation and earthquake insurance in New Zealand. Conference of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering. Dhakal, R. (Ed). (pp.n 4-12) New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering, Wellington.

Charleson, A W., 2012. Tyre strap reinforcement for abode houses. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Oliveira, C S. (Ed). Oxford Abstracts. Lisbon, Portugal.

Charleson, A W., & Greene, M., 2012. The World Housing Encyclopedia: A global resource on construction technologies. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Oliveira, C S. (Ed). Oxford Abstracts. Lisbon, Portugal.

Charleson, A W., & Bhattacharya, Y. 2012. Seismic Vulnerability Reduction Via Integration of Passive Thermal Technologies. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Oliveira, C S. (Ed). Oxford Abstracts. Lisbon, Portugal.

Sutjiadi, H Y., Charleson, A W., & Baird, G. (2010). The Structural Design of a Double-Layer Space Structure for a 100-Storey Building. High Rise Towers and Tall Buildings 2010 - Design and Construction of Safe and Sustainable High Rise Structures. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Konrad Zilch. (pp. 78-79). Munich, Germany.

Sutjiadi, H.Y., Charleson, A. W. and Baird, G. (Apr, 2010). The Structural Design of a Double-Layer Space Structure for a 100-Storey Building. Proceedings of the Conference on High Rise Towers and Tall Buildings. (pp. 14-16). Munich, Germany.

Nordin, J. and Charleson, A. W. (2009). Tsunami Responsive Architecture: Sustainability of the houses and inhabited structures along the coast of Malaysia. Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Workshop and Expo on the Sumatra Tsunami Disaster and Recovery (AIWEST-DR 2009). (pp. 20-24).

Charleson, A W. (2009). Research on Used Car Tyre Strap Reinforced Adobe Construction in Peru. 2009 NZSEE Conference. New Zealand, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Inc. (pp. 1-8). Wellington, New Zealand.

Charleson, A W., & French, M A. (2008). Used Car Tyre Straps as Seismic Reinforcement for Adobe Houses. 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. 14WCEE. Beijing, China. CD ROM.

Murty, C V R., & Charleson, A. (2008). Using the World Housing Encyclopaedia to improve house earthquake safety. The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. 14WCEE. Beijing, China. CD ROM.

Charleson, A W. (2006). Low-Cost Tension Resistance To Improve Seismic Safety of Adobe Construction: Strips cut from Used Car Tyres. 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. EERI. San Francisco, United States of America.

Charleson, A W. (2006). Earthquake engineering education and empowerment of architecture and civil engineering students. 8th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering. EERI. (pp. 1-10). San Francisco, United States of America.

Charleson, A W., & French, M. (2005, March). Improving seismic safety of adobe construction with used car-tyre strips: preliminary investigations. Proceedings of the conference of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering, 11-13 March 2005. Paper 32.

Reich, E., & Charleson, A W. (2005). Potential seismic resistant strategies from other fields. Proceedings of the conference of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 11-13 March 2005. Paper 42.

Charleson, A W. (2004). Strengthening the Link Between Earthquake Engineering and Architecture. Proceedings of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering conference. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. (pp. 1-8). Wellington, New Zealand.

Charleson, A W., Cook, B., & Bowering, G. (2004). Assessing and increasing the level of earthquake preparedness in New Zealand homes. Proceedings of the Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. (pp. 1-8). Wellington, New Zealand. CD-ROM.

Charleson, A W., & Taylor, M. (2004). Earthquake Architecture Exploration. Proceeding of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. (pp. 1-9). Vancouver, Canada.

Gjerde, M., Storey, J B., Charleson, A W., & Pedersen Zari, M. (2003, May). The State Of Deconstruction In New Zealand. 11th Rinker International Conference on Deconstruction and Materials Reuse. CIB. 287. Gainesville FL, United States of America.

Baird, G., Wood, P M., & Charleson, A W. (2002). Learning stratagems: integration of architectural design with building services and structures. Annual ANZAScA 2002 Conference. Deakin University. 1, November. (pp. 43-50).

Baird, G., Wood, P M., & Charleson, A W. (2002). Learning Strategems: Integration of Architectural Design with Building Services and Structures. Proceedings of the 36th Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA). Ins by Osterhaus, W., & McIntosh, J. (Eds). Victoria University of Wellington, School of Architecture. 2. (pp. 1-8). Wellington, New Zealand.

Charleson, A W. (2002, October). Concrete architecture - roles of exposed structural elements. Proceedings of the New Zealand Concrete Society Conference.

Charleson, A W., & D'Ayalya, D. (2002, September). Review of seismic strengthening guidelines for R.C. buildings in developing countries. 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Paper 820.

Charleson, A W., & Gjerde, M. (2001, October). Innovation and Excellence: a review of recent world architectural concrete. Proceedings of the New Zealand Concrete Society Conference. (pp. 150-155). Wairakei, New Zealand.

Charleson, A W., Taylor, M., & Preston, J. (2001). Envisioning Earthquake Architecture in New Zealand. Proceedings of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering Technical Conference. Ins by Technical Committee. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. Paper 3.01.01. (pp. 1-7). Wairakei, New Zealand.

Benedetti, C., & Charleson, A W. (2000). Exposed architectural timber design: a state-of-the-art summary and resource of contemporary international practice. Proceedings of the World Conference on Timber Engineering. (pp. 522-528). Vancouver, Canada.

Charleson, A W., & Taylor, M. (2000). Towards an earthquake architecture. Proceedings 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. NZ National Society for Earthquake Engineering. Paper 0858. Auckland, New Zealand. CD ROM.

Preston, J., Taylor, M., & Charleson, A W. (2000). Matters of architecture and gravity. In Spite of... Because of: 2000 ACSA West Regional Conference, Tempe, Arizona State University. Ins by Van Duzer, L. (Eds). Arizona State University. (pp. 77-84). Arizona, United States of America.

Taylor, M., Preston, J., & Charleson, A W. (2000). Seismic resistance: heritage, architecture and the post-colonial. Proceedings of the Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage. Ins by Hill, R F., & Lowe, P G. (Eds). Institution of Professional Engineers (IPENZ). (pp. 217-222). Auckland, New Zealand.

Full conference paper

Charleson, A. W. and Allaf, N. 2012. Costs of base-isolation and earthquake insurance in New Zealand. Proceedings of the conference of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering, April, Paper no. 04, 8 pp.

Greene, M. and Charleson, A. W., 2012. The World Housing Encyclopedia: a global resource on construction technologies. Proceedings of the15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 24-28 Sept. Paper 3310.

Charleson, A W. (2009). Initiatives to reduce the seismic vulnerability of world housing: the World Housing Encyclopaedia. National Science Foundation Engineering Research and Innovation Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Full abstract in published conference proceedings

Sutjiadi, H Y., Charleson, A W., & Baird, G. (2010). The Structural Design of a Double-Layer Space Structure for a 100-Storey Building. High Rise Towers and Tall Buildings 2010 - Design and Construction of Safe and Sustainable High Rise Structures. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Konrad Zilch. (pp. 78-79). Munich, Germany.

Gjerde, M., & Charleson, A W. (2002). The aesthetics of recent concrete architecture. Proceedings of the first FIB Congress 2002, Concrete Structures in the 21st Century, Session 14. 2, October. (pp. 21-22). Osaka, Japan.

Conference unpublished paper contribution

Charleson, A W. (2004, November). Contemporary Innovative European Timber Structure: nine case-studies. Timber Design Seminar. Auckland, New Zealand.

Charleson, A W. (2004, September). Concrete Contributions to Architecture. New Zealand Concrete Industry Conference. Queenstown, New Zealand.

Charleson, A W. (2004, August). Innovation and Diversity in Contemporary European Timber Architecture. Timber in Architecture: fostering design and innovation with wood. Hamilton, New Zealand.

Preston, J A., Taylor, M., & Charleson, A W. (2001, February). Structure and ornament: The Veritable and the spurious. Second Annual Symposium of Architecture History: Architecture and Authenticity. Savannah College of Art and Design. Savannah, GA.

Report for external body

McClure, J., Fischer, R., Charleson, A., & Spittal, M J. (2009). Clarifying why people take fewer mitigation actions than survival actions: how important is cost. EQC. Wellington, New Zealand.

McClure, J L., Fischer, R., Hunt, M J., & Charleson, A W. (2007, December). Using action plans to increase voluntary actions that reduce earthquake damage. EQC Commission Research Foundation. EQC Research Project 06-101. (pp. 60). Wellington, New Zealand.

McClure, J L., Fischer, R., Hunt, M J., & Charleson, A W. (2007). Using action plans to increase voluntary actions that reduce earthquake damage. Earthquake Commission. Wellington, New Zealand.

Storey, J B., Gjerde, M., Charleson, A W., & Pedersen Zari, M. (2003). The State of Deconstruction in New Zealand. A report for International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. Task Group 39. (pp. 91). Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.

Storey, J B., Gjerde, M., Charleson, A W., & Pedersen Zari, M. (2003). The State of Deconstruction in New Zealand – Synopsis. A report for Centre of Building Performance Research. Centre for Building Performance Research. (pp. 13). Wellington, New Zealand.

Exhibition/curatorial exercise

Charleson, A W., Preston, J., & Taylor, M. (2000). Exhibition: Moments of resistance - exhibition of drawings, models and text. [Curators]. Wellington Public Library, 17 March - 8 April. Wellington, New Zealand.

Taylor, M., Preston, J A., & Charleson, A W. (2000). Moments of Resistance. Wellington Public Library. 11-25 February. Wellington, New Zealand.Return to Andrew's staff profile