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2005 EVENTS


RMIT ARCHITECTURE MAJOR PROJECT STUDIO STREAM EXHIBITION
Complexity and Ambiguity: From Hastings to Stony Point
Design Thesis Major Project Stream Exhibition, November 2005
Bittern Hall, 2426 Frankston-Flinders Road, Bittern
Curators: Mauro Baracco, Lucinda McLean, Rebecca Roke and Louise Wright




INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WINNING ICE INSTALLATION
Suite 301
Ice Installation
Ice Hotel, November 2005
Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle,
Designers/Ice Builders:
Stuart Harrison, RMIT Architecture Lecturer, Stuart Harrison Architect
Lucas Ihlien, Artist
Construction photographs of Suite 301 at the Ice Hotel
These images are also available as a Slide Show





RMIT ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN - GRC
PUBLIC LECTURES
Zeynep Mennan, Turkey
Kate Herron, Westminster, UK
Spring Graduate Research Conference, October 2005
RMIT School of Architecture & Design
CONVENOR: Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture
VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre




RMIT ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURE
"Walking Through Walls: Architecture as Warfare in Israel Palestine"
Eyal Weizman, Director, Goldsmiths College's Centre of Architectural Research, London, UK
CONVENOR: Helene Frichot, RMIT Architecture Lecturer
VENUE: RMIT Building 8, level 11, lecture hall 68
TIME: 6.00-8.00pm, Monday 24 October 2005




RMIT ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURE
"Freedom and Nostalgia"
Christopher Kelly, Practice: Architecture Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand
CONVENOR:
Kerstin Thompson, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Practice: Kerstin Thompson Architects, Melbourne
VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture theatre 8.11.68
TIME: 7.00 pm Friday October 21, 2005




INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE EXHIBITION
32,000 Beaches
Australian Exhibition
Rotterdam Architecture Biennale 2005
Australian Curator:
Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture
Exhibitors:
Richard Black, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer
Martyn Hook, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio Students
Donovan Hill Architects - Queensland
News: RMIT student wins Architecture Biennale Student Award
RMIT student John Doyle leads the international collaborative student workshop group 'Oyster' that
wins the Architecture Biennale Student Award.





RMIT ARCHITECTURE & PHILOSOPHY PUBLIC LECTURE
"Holding Together"
Pia Ednie-Brown, RMIT Architecture/SIAL
Philosophy and Architecture Lecture Series
RMIT Architecture & Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy (MSCP)
Convenors: Esther Anatolitis, MSCP, & Helene Frichot, RMIT Architecture Lecturer
Location: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Room 8.11.68 (Large Lecture Theatre)
Time: 7:30pm
Date: Thursday, 15 September 2005




EXHIBITION / INSTALLATION
Pavilions for a New Architecture
Monash Museum of Art, 2005
Exhibitors included RMIT Staff:
Graham Crist, RMIT Architecture Lecturer - Harrison Crist
Stuart Harrison, RMIT Architecture Lecturer - S-Architecture
- Harrison Crist
Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer (SIAL) - Minifie Nixon
Fiona Nixon, RMIT Architecture Lecturer - Minifie Nixon
Martyn Hook, RMIT Archiitecture Senior Lecturer - Iredale Peterson Hook




RMIT ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE LECTURES
Catherine Ingraham, Pratt Institute, New York
Daniel Ross, Monash University, Melbourne
The Politics of Space in the Age of Terror Symposium
reflecting on the role of architecture and design post S11
Convenors: Harriet Edquist and Helene Frichot
Venue: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Room 8.11.68 (Large Lecture Theatre)
Date:
1–2 July, 2005




RMIT ARCHITECTURE - NEW TRENDS EXHBITION PUBLIC LECTURES
New Trends of Architecture in Europe & Asia Pacific 2004-2005 Exhibition Lectures
Leon van Schaik (Chair)
with participating exhibiting architects:
Rene van Zuuk, Netherlands
Rocco Yim, Hong Kong
Nobuaki Furuya, Japan
Kerstin Thompson, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Practice: KTA, Melbourne, Australia
Grainne Hassett, Ireland
Elastico, Italy
Jurij Sadar, Slovenia
Venue: RMIT Story Hall, Swanston Street
Date: 6 pm Thursday 11th August 2005




RMIT ARCHITECTURE - ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE/SIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
"Network Practices: biothing and servo - recent work"
Alisa Andrasek, Practice: biothing, USA
Chris Perry, Practice: Servo, USA
RMIT Architecture/SIAL Visiting Fellows
CONVENOR:
Pia Ednie-Brown, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer, SIAL Researcher
VENUE: Storey Hall, RMIT University, Swanston Street, Melbourne
TIME: 6pm - 7.30pm, Tuesday 26 July 2005
Organised in conjunction with lab3000:
http://www.lab.3000.com.au/biothingservo

RADIO INTERVIEW
Chris Perry from Servo (mp3 file)
Interviewed by Stuart Harrison (RMIT Architecture Lecturer), Simon Knott and Rory Hyde
The Architects RRR Radio Show
2nd Aug 2005

DESIGN STUDIO & WORKSHOP
Material Potency
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio & Workshop, Semester 1 2005
Design Studio & Workshop Leaders:
Alisa Andrasek, Practice: biothing, USA
Chris Perry, Practice: Servo, USA
RMIT Architecture/SIAL Visiting Fellows
with
Pia Ednie-Brown, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer, SIAL Researcher, Practice: Onomatopoeia
Jonathan Podborsek, RMIT Architecture Alumni, Practice: Kokkugia




RMIT ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURE
"Go Figure – An Architectural Discourse"
Ron Witte, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). Practice: WW Architecture
Sarah Whiting, Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). Practice: WW Architecture
CONVENOR: Brent Allpress, RMIT Architecture Research Director
VENUE: Building 8, Level 11 lecture theatre, RMIT City Campus
TIME: Monday 27 June at 6.30pm, 2005
Sarah Whiting is Associate Professor of Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) and a design principal in the architectural firm WW Architecture. Her work as a teacher, designer, and writer focuses on the intersection between space, form, and the subject (individual as well as collective), particularly in the context of twentieth century modernism.
Ron Witte is Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) and a principal of architectural firm WW Architecture. His research and practice focus on the relationship between architecture and emerging technologies.
For more information about the speakers and their work, visit:
GSD Harvard - Go Figure




RMIT ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN - GRC
PUBLIC LECTURES
Tom Daniell, Japan
Li Shiqiao,
Singapore

Graduate Research Conference, RMIT School of Architecture & Design
RMIT School of Architecture & Design
Convenor: Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture
Location: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre
Date: May 2005

RADIO INTERVIEW
Tom Daniell and Jordi Bonet (mp3 file)
interviewed by Stuart Harrison (RMIT Architecture Lecturer), Simon Knott, Rory Hyde
The Architects RRR Radio Show
6th Jun 2006




ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE PUBLIC LECTURE

"Chaos, Territory, Art"
Elisabeth Grosz, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
INSIDEOUT Symposium
RMIT School of Architecture & Design, IDEA, AILA
Convenor: Suzie Attiwell, RMIT Interior Design
Location: RMIT Storey Hall
Date: 22 April, 2005




RMIT ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURE

"Aedes Architecture Forum - Highlights of 25 years of curating architecture"
Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Gallery Berlin
RMIT Architecture Public Lecture Series
Convenor: Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture
Location: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Room 8.11.68 (Large Lecture Theatre)
Time: 6.30 pm
Date: Friday, 15 April 2005




RMIT ARCHITECTURE & PHILOSOPHY PUBLIC LECTURE

"Poetics in Architecture"
Prof Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture,
with Allan Powell, Practice: Allen Powell Architects
Philosophy + Architecture Public Lecture Series 2005
RMIT Architecture & Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy (MSCP)
Convenors: Esther Anatolitis, MSCP, & Helene Frichot, RMIT Architecture Lecturer
RMIT, March 10, 2005




Compiled by Brent Allpress, RMIT Architecture Research Director