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Max Doran
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I am a designer and draftsperson with a practical and production led approach to making. I enjoy creating from desktop to final product, focusing on the detail that will lead to a finished product. Much of my work has focused on assisting in the fabrication of student and research projects, utilising CNC Routing, timber and metal machinery, and finishing processes.

My architectural interest centres around public and interstitial spaces, and how these spaces influence everyday activities. I enjoy the documentation of everyday moments, and diving into the factors that facilitate these. My interests are also driven by sustainable and practical thinking, advocating to make the most out of materials, lowering our impact, and promoting a circular economy.



CONTACT
CV





Education
Bachelors of Design (Architecture) with Distinction
The Univeristy of Newcastle
Nov, 2024

Higher School Certificate
Barker College
2021




Employment Technical Officer
Architecture and Built Environment Workshop
The University of Newcastle
Feb 2025 - Present

Supervisor
Go-Karts-Go
Apr 2023 - Sep 2024

Sales Assistant
Camera House Hornsby
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

Area Leader
McDonald’s Australia
Apr 2019 - Sep 2022


Referrals
Irene Perez Lopez
Senior Lecturer
The Univeristy of Newcastle
irene.perezlopez@newcastle.edu.au
02 4921 6608


Oscar Smith
Technical Officer
Supervisor - Architecture and Built Environment Workshop
oscar.smith@newcastle.edu.au
02 4921 6373


William Belcastro
Manager - McDonald’s Australia
william.belcastro@gmail.com
0486 010 850




SkillsAutoCAD
Rhinoceros

Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop

Rapid prototyping
CNC Machining
Timber Machining
Metal Machining


Highlights
WaterTalks
Tin Sheds Gallery, USYD
Aug 2025
Project Contributor

Field Rooms
Danks St South Precinct, Waterloo
Sep 2025
Project Contributor

FAST SLOW
Narrara Ecovillage
Oct 2025
Project Contributor

A City within the City
UON Undergraduate Exhibition
2024
Exhibiton Coordinator and Curator

Red Pen
Masters of Architecture Exhibition
2024 (Tusculum)
Featured Work

Art of the Public
Public Art Competition
Sep 2024

SONA SuperStudio
Student Architecture Competition
Aug 2024

Costal Imaginaries
Intensive Project - Denmark
June 2024

Sustainable Practices
Intensive Projecct - India
Feb 2024

Last updated 6.12.2025
MATERIAL (SAMPLE)







1. WaterTalks
WaterTalks
August 2025
Exhibition at Tin Sheds Gallery
Irene Perez Lopez + Maria Cano Dominiguez


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2. Field Roms
Open Field Agency
September 2025
Public Art and Infrastructure
Hugo Moline + Heidi Axelsen, MAPA

  • Le Creux de l’Enfer Centre d’art Contemporain, Thiers, France

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3. FASTSLOW
Earth Building
October 2025
Sustainable Infrustructure
MUDTEC, Hugo Moline, Sarah Breen Lovett

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4. Test Project
Ian Hamilton Finlay, An Urn for Novalis
1997/98

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5. Test Project
Joseph Beuys, Laßt Blumen sprechen
1974
5-7/8 x 4-1/4 inches
offset lithograph on paper

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6. Test Project
Emily Harvey
EARTHLY WORKS, 1988

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7. Test Project
Wie Venedig Sehen
Lothar Baumgarten, 1984

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8. Test Project
Exhibition invite postcard
Alfred Jensen, 1991
Pace Gallery  

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