Born in Boorloo (Perth); educated at the University of Western Australia; Bachelor of Environmental Design (B.EnvDes) and Master of Architecture with Distinction (M.Arch); early experience with MORQ Architects; worked in Walyalup (Fremantle), Athens, Cologne and Berlin; architect, educator and researcher; teaches architectural design, history and theory, and building technology at the University of Western Australia; maintains an independent practice while undertaking a PhD in Architecture examining the socio-material practices of building; works between Walyalup and Berlin.
Email: felix.joensson@gmail.com
Nationalities: Australian, German.
Birthdate: 07.04.1991.
Qualifications
2025 – 2028 - University of Western Australia
PhD Candidate, Architecture.
2013 - 2016 - University of Western Australia.
Master of Architecture (M.Arch, Dist).
Studio with RCR Arquitectes, Olot.
2010 - 2013 - University of Western Australia.
Bachelor of Environmental Design (B.EnvDes).
Employment – Teaching Academic
2015 - current - University of Western Australia (School of Design).
Teaching Associate
Design - Level 1, 2 and 3 Studio Coordinator.
History and Theory - Level 1 and 2 Lecturer and Unit Coordinator.
Architectural Technology and Structures – Level 2.
2024 (sessional) - University of Tasmania.
Design research - Level 4, unit assistant (KDA408 Design Research - Methods)
Employment – Professional architectural
2024 – current – Self-employed.
2020 - 2024 - Junior Architect at Molestina Architekten + Stadtplaner GmbH, Cologne, Germany.
2019 – 2019 - Graduate Architect with Kalliope Kontazoglou, Athens, Greece.
2018 - 2019 - Graduate Architect with Ioanna Volaki Architect, Athens, Greece.
2015 - 2016 - Architectural Assistant at MORQ Architects, Perth, Australia.
2013 - 2014 - Architectural Assistant at Armstrong Parkin Architects, Perth, Australia.
Scholarship – Publications and Research projects
2025 – Collaborator – Bio-regional demonstrator, with Practice Matters Pty Ltd, Launceston, Tasmania.
2024 – Construction Group Leader - Rural Resources Workshop, with the Technical University of Munich and Atelier Fanelsa.
Giles, S, Joensson, F and Martin, A 2020, ‘Place Value Ashfield’, Future West: Australian Urbanism, no. 8.
Hislop, K, Joensson, F, Martin, D and Macarlino, J 2019, ‘Interview with Brian Klopper’, Future West: Australian Urbanism, no. 6.
Joensson, F 2018, ‘On the beach: from shack to sales pitch’, Future West: Australian Urbanism, no. 5, pp. 52-61.
Joensson, F 2017, ‘Charting Public Building in Perth’, Future West: Australian Urbanism, no. 4, pp. 33-35.
Hislop, K, Joensson, F, Martin, D and Macarlino, J 2017, ‘Land for Sail: How a yacht race turned Perth’s coastal landscape green’, Future West: Australian Urbanism, no. 3, pp. 26-35.
Hislop, K, Joensson, F, Martin, D and Macarlino, J 2017, ‘How did the America’s Cup instigate Perth’s green sand dunes?’, < Foreground: people places and the people who make them, www.foreground.com.au/cities/perth-and-americas-cup/>
Joensson, F 2015, ‘The architecture of free market religion: God’s at the panel beaters’, Master’s thesis, University of Western Australia.
Joensson, F 2015, ‘Post-suburban churches of Perth’, Master’s thesis, University of Western Australia.
Scholarship - Conference Paper
Hislop, K and Joensson F 2018, ‘Fremantle: Reminders of a Working Port’, paper presented at European Association for Urban History (EAUH): Urban renewal and resilience, cities in comparative perspective, Rome. Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Urban History Session: M18 Writing the Resilience of Port Cities (1800-2000), Aug 29 - Sep 1. 2018. Rome.
Awards
2018 - First Place Bernd Indigenous Museum Design Competition
2017 - Architects Board of Western Australia 2016 Graduate Award (shortlisted)
Exhibitions
‘Urbanism of Negotiation Part 2: Future Athens: From Gerani to Neapolis’, 2017, American Hellenic Union, Athens.
Joensson, F, Macarlino, J and Showell, L 2017, ‘Cottesloe Beach at Alkimos Beach’, Urban Screening, Perth Cultural Centre.
‘Shared Creativity’, 2015, Palau Robert Gallery with RCR Arquitectes, Barcelona.