Martyn Hook

Professor Martyn Hook is Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Engagement (DSC) and Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Precincts and Partnerships.

Professor Martyn Hook leads College activity in government and industry partnerships as they relate to Learning and Teaching, including Partnered Projects, WIL, Internships and their interface with Research. DSC is one of three academic colleges at RMIT consisting of seven schools and 25,000 students across a broad range of disciplines and with presence in Vietnam, Barcelona, Singapore and China. Martyn has also led University-wide projects in relation to campus development (particularly new types of learning space), digital strategy and student experience.

Martyn was previously Dean of the RMIT School of Architecture and Design. He was the founding Director of the Postgraduate Program in Europe, Practice Research Symposium PRS_EU, which gathers a collection of European-based practitioners to engage in research through design practice. This program was the recipient of a major $4M EU Grant under the Marie Curie Actions. Martyn also contributed significantly to the development of the PRSAsia, which commenced at RMIT Vietnam in 2012.

Within his industry focus, Martyn also maintains his role as Director of multi-award winning iredale pedersen hook architects, a studio practice based in Melbourne and Perth, dedicated to appropriate design of effective sustainable buildings with a responsible environmental and social agenda.

As an architect and critic, Martyn has lectured internationally on his own practice and more broadly on Australian architecture in London, Auckland, Bern, Vienna, Ghent, Aarhus, Rome, Kuala Lumpur, Barcelona, the Bauhaus (Dessau) and recently in Chennai and Bangalore. He has been Guest Professor at TU Wien, University of Innsbruck and Hochschule Wismar; and Visiting Critic at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL; the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow; Sheffield University; the University of Brighton; Westminster University, London; KU Leuven's Sint Lucas School of Architecture, Ghent; London Metropolitan University; and Auckland University of Technology.