the sister of the Chess Grandmaster; David Smerdon - that makes me somewhat cool by association....although considering it is chess, maybe it makes me more nerdy and less cool.
Anne Smerdon
Meet Anne Smerdon
Position
Architectural Student
Office
Tweed
Qualifications
Bachelor of Architectural Design (UQ)
Registrations
My scooter is registered if that counts?
Affiliations
The Parrot Rescue Centre, Mudgeeraba
I am also the sister of the Chess Grandmaster; David Smerdon – that makes me somewhat cool by association….although considering it is chess, maybe it makes me more nerdy and less cool.
Work history
2010 – now Fulton Trotter Architects, Tweed
2009 – 2010 McSteen Tan Architects, Melbourne
2008 – 2009 John Bergman Design and Drafting, Brisbane
2006 – 2007 Conrad Gargett Architects, Brisbane
Who am I …
My mother’s daughter and my father’s child.
Home
TBA (we’re currently house hunting) but otherwise Currumbin, Gold Coast
Significant others
Luke – boyfriend
Vonnegut (after the author Kurt Vonnegut) – Indian Ringneck
Sugar Buns (after the architect Shigeru Ban) – Goldfish
Definition of architecture
The redefining of space
Why I do what I do
Because no one has told me not to
What else I do …
Watercolours – see www.annesmerdon.blog.com or www.19karen.com.au
Horse ride – whenever I am in the position to lease horses
I did that!?
I fainted in front of a few hundred people during a school parade, hit my head on the bubblers in the water trough and drenched myself from head to toe. I woke up as I was being carried off by the school headmaster. The rumour went around school that I wanted to have a drink but I got my head stuck in the bubblers.
My gangs
I’m not associated with any gangs, but I was once escorted to work by a group of leather clad, Harley Davidson riding bikeys. I was riding my scooter and they caught up to me (considering my scooter’s top speed is 50km/hour it’s not a hard feat to achieve). They accompanied me the whole journey, even on the hills where my scooter drops back to bout 30km an hour. I felt so cool, although somewhat nerdy. I was however, wearing my matt black helmet, leather jacket and gloves so at least I looked the part!
Some friends and I have since been looking at buying and modifying some old postie bikes (Honda CT-110s) and forming a postie bike gang, but that is still in the administration process.
My heroes
Architecturally speaking – Kirsten Thompson, Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, Architects Without Borders
AKA
….togninis is where I have had the worst haircut of my life.