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RMIT ARCHITECTURE EVENTS current | past events 2007 EVENTS ARCHITECTURE + PHILOSOPHY LECTURE SERIES "Haptic/Optic" Peta Carlin, RMIT SIAL CONVENORS: Esther Anatolitis, Express Media, General Manager Helene Frichot, RMIT Architecture VENUE: Federation Square BMW Edge Theatre TIME: 6.00 pm Thursday 08 November Architecture + Philosophy Series ARCHITECTURE + PHILOSOPHY LECTURE SERIES "Grid effects in architecture" Teresa Stoppani, Greenwich University, London RMIT Architecture Visiting Fellow CONVENORS: Esther Anatolitis, Express Media, General Manager Helene Frichot, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 6.30 pm Thursday 28 October Architecture + Philosophy Series SEMINAR RMIT Architecture History and Theory Seminar "PARADIGM ISLANDS" Teresa Stoppani, Greenwich University, London RMIT Architecture Visiting Fellow VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 8, Seminar Room 8.8.82 TIME: Monday 22 Oct-26 Oct 10.00am-5.00pm (lunch between 1-2pm) note: Wednesday lunch between: 12.30-2.30 This seminar proposes a redefinition of paradigms for the reading and the design of the space of the contemporary city, through an examination of two particular cases of urban concentrations (Manhattan and Venice) which have presented unresolved difficulties for both the Modern and the post-Modern project in architecture. The seminar is primarily directed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, but other interested participants are welcome to attend throughout the week. GRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE EVENTS, SPRING 07 Postgraduate examinations/exhibitions, candidate progress revues, keynote public lectures VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Levels 11 and 12, and off site galleries. TIMES: Thurs 18-Wed 24 Oct, 2007 GRC KEYNOTE PUBLIC LECTURES VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large lecture theatre (8.11.68) TIMES: Friday 19 October from 5.30 pm onwards, as below Tom Barker The Real Versus the Ideal: RCA IDE Design Projects Learning from 500 Years of Rapid Prototyping by the Giants of Creativity Cameron Tonkinwise Arrogating Design: Espousing the Theory-in-Use of Practice in the Era of Post-Theory GRC Oct 07 Examinations Schedule: Thursday 18 October. 10.30 am Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery. Stuart Harrison (Master of Architecture by project) Designing Appropriately- Design projects to examine how contemporary civic buildings can be distinguishable in suburban and regional Australia.
Friday 19 October 3.00 pm. Monday 22 October 2.00 pm. Monday 22 October 2.00pm. Tuesday 23 October 9.30am. Wednesday 24 October 10.00 am.
GRC Homepage GRC Oct 07 webpage GRC Oct 07 Events (pdf) full timetable of lectures, exams and postgrad presentations RMIT SIAL - DRINK + THINK SERIES Michael Spooner, RMIT Architecture Bachelor of Architecture Alumni, 2007 Steven Swain, RMIT Architecture Bachelor of Architecture Alumni, 2006 Danny Griffin with half-time entertainment by GIMMIX VENUE: RMIT Design Institute :: SIAL Gallery/Project Space, RMIT Building 91, Level 1, 110 Victoria Street TIME: 6 pm, 10 October 2007 Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory Events RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Robert Simeoni, Practice: Robert Simeoni Architects CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 1 pm Thursday 04 October RMIT Architecture - Design Lecture Series: Projects & Practice RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Martyn Hook, Practice: Iredale Pedersen Hook, Perth/Melbourne CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 1 pm Thursday 20 September RMIT Architecture - Design Lecture Series: Projects & Practice RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Keith Brewis, Practice: Grimshaw Architects CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 1 pm Thursday 13 September RMIT Architecture - Design Lecture Series: Projects & Practice RMIT DESIGN INSTITUTE FORUM "Urban Settings" Elizabeth Grierson, Head of School of Art VENUE: RMIT Design Institute :: SIAL Gallery/Project Space, RMIT Building 91, Level 1, 110 Victoria Street TIME: 3-5 pm, 13 September 2007 ARCHITECTURE + PHILOSOPHY LECTURE SERIES "Urban Screens Project" Scott McQuire CONVENORS: Esther Anatolitis, Express Media, General Manager Helene Frichot, RMIT Architecture VENUE: Federation Square BMW Edge Theatre TIME: 6.00 pm Thursday 13 September Architecture + Philosophy Series RMIT SIAL - DRINK + THINK SERIES Rory Hyde, RMIT PhD in Architecture (by Project) - SIAL Stream candidate VENUE: RMIT Design Institute :: SIAL Gallery/Project Space, RMIT Building 91, Level 1, 110 Victoria Street TIME: 6 pm, 12 September 2007 Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory Events RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Richard Blythe, Practice Director: Terroir CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 1 pm Thursday 06 September RMIT Architecture - Design Lecture Series: Projects & Practice RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Callum Fraser, Practice Director: Elenberg Fraser Architecture CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 1 pm Thursday 30 August RMIT Architecture - Design Lecture Series: Projects & Practice RMIT DESIGN INSTITUTE FORUM "Intelligent Space" Leon Van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture VENUE: RMIT Design Institute :: SIAL Gallery/Project Space, 110 Victoria Street, Level 1 TIME: 4:30-6.00 pm, 29 August 2007 SIAL COLLOQUIUM PRESENTATION Professor Jordi Oliveras, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya in Barcelona VENUE: RMIT Building 9 Level 1, SIAL Sound Lab n-space TIME: 12.30 pm, 28 August 2007 Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory Events URBAN ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURE "Recent Projects by Flores Prats" Ricardo Flores & Eva Prats, Practice: Flores Prats, Barcelona CONVENOR: Nigel Bertram, RMIT Architecture Urban Architecture Laboratory VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 6 pm Friday 24th August Urban Architecture Laboratory Lecture Series RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Nigel Bertram, Practice Director: NMBW Architecture Studio CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 1 pm Thursday 23 August RMIT ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURE "From Open Form to Electric Labyrinth: Operations Within the System" Felicity Scott, Columbia, NYC CONVENOR: Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 6.30 pm Friday 17th August RMIT Architecture Public Lecture Series RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Randall Marsh, Practice: Wood Marsh Architecture CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 1 pm Thursday 16 August ARCHITECTURE + PHILOSOPHY LECTURE SERIES "Ant Farm" Felicity Scott, Columbia, NYC CONVENORS: Esther Anatolitis, Express Media, General Manager Helene Frichot, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 6.30 pm Thursday 16 August RESEARCH EXHIBITION Homo Faber: Modelling Ideas VENUE: Melbourne Museum OPENING: 9th August, 6 pm REGISTRATION: http://homo-faber.net/ EXHIBITION TIMES: 10th August - 16th September, 2007 Melbourne Museum - Homo Faber Exhibition webpage Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory Events EXHIBITION SYMPOSIUM Homo Faber: Modelling Ideas REGISTRATION: http://homo-faber.net/ VENUE: Age Theatre, Lower Level, Melbourne Museum TIMES: 3-5 pm, 6-8 pm, 13 Aug 2007 Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory Events RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE "Ten Years After" Donald Bates, Practice: LAB Architecture Studio CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Large Lecture Theatre (8.11.68) TIME: 1 pm Thursday 9th August RMIT Architecture - Design Lecture Series: Projects & Practice The end of last month marked the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the winning project in the Federation Square Architectural Design Competition. RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE "Melbourne Convention Centre: The Private Life of Public Architecture" Hamish Lyon, Practice: NH Architecture CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 1.00 pm Thursday 02 Aug 2007 "This talk is not just about a building. It is about how big architecture gets done in Australia today. In this case big architecture is the new Melbourne Convention Centre currently being built on the edge of the Yarra River. It might also be described as a city within a city." RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE "Threading the eye of the storm, the Turbulence House phenomena" Kramer E. Woodard, Practice: Session Design Studio, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 1.00 pm Thursday 26 July 2007 This lecture is based on a book Kramer Woodard is currently writing about the bizarre and fascinating story of the conception and evolution of Turbulence House-an artist’s guest house in Abiqui New Mexico. Aptly named, it is the story of unusual site circumstances, untested technologies and eccentric people coming together in the hopes of accomplishing something extraordinary. Kramer Woodard is an Architect in Albuquerque New Mexico where he is an Associate Professor of Architecture at UNM School of Architecture and Planning. His work has received numerous awards and has been published world wide. He and Katya Crawford are cofounders of Session Design Studio an interdisciplinary practice that critically investigates Architecture, Landscape, and Product design. Both are presently teaching upper-pool Landscape and Architecture Studios at RMIT. RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Kerstin Thompson, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Practice: Kerstin Thompson Architects (RMIT Master of Architecture – Invited Stream Alumni) CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 1.00 pm Thursday 19 July 2007 EXHIBITION OPENING M: URBAN - MODIFYING THE CITY EXHIBITION CURATORS/STUDIO LEADERS: Shane Murray/Nigel Bertram, RMIT Urban_Architecture_Laboratory LOCATION: Melbourne Central Skybridge, Level 2, between Melbourne Central and Myers, across Lonsdale Street EXHIBITION OPENING: 6.00 pm, Thursday 28th June, 2007 OPENING ADDRESS: John Denton, Victorian Government Architect EXHIBITION TIMES: June 28th-July 11th EXHIBITORS: RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Students - Urban Architecture Stream M: Urban - Modifying the City Studio/Exhibition Website Melbourne Vacancy Exchange - Exhibited Project Partners: Committee for Melbourne RMIT ARCHITECTURE - URBAN ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURES F I B E R C I T Y : T O K Y O 2 0 5 0 Hidetoshi Ohno, Prof of Architecture, Tokyo University T O K Y O C A T A L Y S T Nobuyuki Nomura, Practice: Tele-Design, Tokyo CONVENOR: Nigel Bertram VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 5 pm Wednesday June 27th, 2007 EXHIBITION OPENING New Trends of Architecture in Europe & Asia-Pacific 2006-2007 Exhibition LOCATION: RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall Swanston Street, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS TIMES: 20th June to 28th July 2007 Monday – Friday 11.00 AM – 5.00 PM Saturday 2.00 – 5.00 PM Closed public holidays and Sundays Australian Curator and Advisor: Prof Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture EXHIBITION OPENING: Wed 20th June 2007, 6 pm OPENING ADDRESS: Hon Justin Madden, Minister for Planning State Government of Victoria RMIT ARCHITECTURE - NEW TRENDS EXHBITION PUBLIC LECTURES New Trends of Architecture Europe & Asia Pacific 2006-2007 Exhibition Lectures Leon van Schaik (Chair) with participating exhibiting architects: Gary Chang, Practice: Edge Design Institute, Hong Kong Minsuk Cho, Practice: Mass Studies, Korea Benoit Durandin, Practice: R&Sie, France Veronika Valk, Practice: Zizi & YoYo, Estonia Taira Nishizawa, Practice: Taira Nishizawa Architects, Japan Martyn Hook, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer, Invited Phd Candidate Adrian Iredale, RMIT Invited M.Arch Candidate Practice: Iredale Pedersen Hook, Perth/Melbourne Sean Godsell, RMIT Invited M.Arch Alumni, Practice: Sean Godsell Architects, Melbourne VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: Friday 22nd June at 6.30 pm BOOK LAUNCH Mobile Landscapes Richard Black and Martyn Hook Melbourne: RMIT University Press Book Launch Address: Kerstin Thompson, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Practice: Kerstin Thompson Architects Time: Wednesday 30 May 2007, 6.00pm-7.00pm Location: Metropolis Bookshop (above Cookie) Level 3 Curtin House, 252 Swanston Street, Melbourne, 3000 MOBILE LANDSCAPES includes design investigations and research on the implications for towns on the Murray River of managed environmental flooding of the Murray Darling River system. This book features essays and project-based research along with RMIT Architecture projects originally exhibited at the Mobility: 1st International Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2003. Related Video-based Exhibition Project Archive (requires Broadband) RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Melanie Dodd, RMIT Architecture Lecturer, Practice: Mufaus, Melbourne Australia & Muf Architecture + Art, London UK CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 17 May 2007 RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Neil Appleton, Director, Practice: Lyons Architects (RMIT Master of Architecture – Urban Architecture Stream Alumni) CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 10 May 2007 RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Rob McBride, Practice: McBride Charles Ryan Architects (RMIT Master of Architecture – Invited Stream Alumni) CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 3 May 2007 RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Louis Sauer, Practice: Louis Sauer Associates, Philadelphia (1961-1979) Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Carnegie-Mellon University (1979-1985) Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Colorado (1985-89) Practice: Director of Urban Design, Daniel Arbour and Associates, Montreal (1989-1996) CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 26 April 2007 Louis Sauer was a prolific practicing architect whose extensive body of work across the 1960's and 70's in the USA focused on innovative low-rise high-density housing and community developments. He subsequently took on a series of high profile academic leadership roles as the Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Carnegie-Mellon University (1979-1985), and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Colorado (1985-89). He is semi-retired and based in Melbourne where he led an RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio with Mel Dodd in Semester 1 2007 on community architecture and urban design. He is offering an RMIT Architecture Lowerpool Design Studio on community housing in Semester 2, 2007. Louis Sauer - Wikipedia Profile Jim Morgan, The Work of Louis Sauer, Toshi Jukatu Japanese Press, 1980 - website with book extracts including a critical essay and detailed design project documentation Louis Sauer Associates - design project information RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Howard Raggatt, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Practice: Ashton Raggatt MacDougall (RMIT Master of Architecture – Invited Stream Alumni) CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 19 April March 2007 RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Ian McDougall, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Practice: Ashton Raggatt MacDougall (RMIT Master of Architecture – Invited Stream Alumni) CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 12 April 2007 RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Paul Morgan, Practice: Paul Morgan Architects (RMIT Architecture Alumni) CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 29 March 2007 ARCHITECTURE + PHILOSOPHY LECTURE SERIES "Arcane of Achitecture" Kim Halik CONVENORS: Esther Anatolitis, Express Media, General Manager Helene Frichot, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 7.30 pm Thursday 29 March RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer, Practice: Minifie Nixon (RMIT Master of Architecture – Urban Architecture Stream Alumni) CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 22 March 2007 RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE "Architectural Design Discourse" Shane Murray, Director, RMIT Urban Architecture Laboratory, Practice: Shane Murray Architects CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 15 March 2007 "If we explore contemporary architectural discourse and its relationship to architectural execution we find that fundamental issues of design composition remain unarticulated. If we look more carefully at how we undertake design culd we find accurate ways to describe what we do when we design?" RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE Peter Corrigan, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Practice: Edmond & Corrigan; Peter Corrigan: Opera and Theatre Scenography Design Projects Winner of the RAIA Gold Medal, 2003 CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 8 March 2007 RMIT ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC LECTURE "seifert.stoeckmann@formalhaut.de - Recent Works" Gabby Seifert, Professor, TU Innesbruck, RMIT Architecture Visiting Fellow Gotz Stoeckmann, RMIT Architecture Visiting Fellow Practice: Seifert Stoeckmann/Formalhaut CONVENOR: Richard Black VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 6 pm 9 March 2007 RMIT ARCHITECTURE - DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: PROJECTS & PRACTICE "Practice in Innesbruck" Gabby Seifert, Professor, TU Innesbruck, RMIT Architecture Visiting Fellow Practice: Seifert Stoeckmann/Formalhaut Eric Sidorof, Assistant Professor, TU Innesbruck, Architect CONVENORS: Vivian Mitsogianni and Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture VENUE: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 TIME: 12.30 pm Thursday 1st March 2007 Professor Gabby Siefert of TU Innesbruck led a study tour of Austrian students and staff to Melbourne, hosted by RMIT Architecture. Gabby Seifert is a partner of Seifert Stoeckmann and the collaborative practice Formalhaut. Her practice partner Gotz Stoeckmann also travelled to Melbourne and they undertook a light installation photographic project in Guilford, Victoria on the same site as their tent installation project Out-back in 2004. Their visit was coordinated by RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer Richard Black. RADIO INTERVIEW Gabriela Seifert.mp3 Practice: Seifert Stoeckmann/Formalhaut interviewed by Stuart Harrison (RMIT Architecture Lecturer), Simon Knott, Rory Hyde The Architects RRR Radio Show 6 March 2007 Compiled by Brent Allpress, RMIT Architecture Research Director + | ||||||||
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