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SEMESTER 2 2008 EVENTS





BIACS3: INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART BIENNALE, SEVILLE
Visualising the Virtual Concourse Installation
Exhibitor: Tom Kovac, RMIT Professor of Design, Practice: Kovac Architecture
DESIGN YOURSELF Exhibition
3rd International Contemporary Art Biennale, Seville Spain,
Oct 2 2008 - Jan 11 2009
Curator and artistic director: Peter Weibel

RMIT Exhibitors:
Prof Tom Kovac,
with Sean Kelly, Prof Leon van Schaik, Alvin Lowe
Project team:
RMIT Architecture Professional Degree students
Visualising the Virtual Concourse Elective
RMIT Master of Architecture Professional Degree, Semester 01/02, 2008

BIACS Tom Kovac Exhibitors Page: Visualising the Virtual Concourse, 2008, Installation
VVC Installation Exhibition (Facebook photos)







INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Prof Mark Burry
, exhibition opening lecture
Gaudi Unseen
Stockholm Architectural Museum, Sweden
27.11.2008

EXHIBITION CURATION
Gaudi Unseen Exhibition
Prof Mark Burry, Curator
Stockholm Architectural Museum, Sweden
November 2008







BIENNIAL EXHIBITION, BOOK & ONLINE PROJECT ARCHIVE
PARA: RMIT ARCHITECTURE DESIGN THESIS PROJECTS  06|07
MAJOR PROJECT, DESIGN 10
Final Year, Semester 10
RMIT Architecture Professional Degree, 2006-2007

Curator/Exhibition Designer:
Christine Phillips, RMIT Architecture Lecturer
with a team of participating graduate alumni

EXHIBITION OPENING PARTY: Friday 14 November 2008, 6:30-9.30 PM
EXHIBITION VENUE: RMIT Building 45, 33 Lygon Street (corner of Earl Street opp Trades Hall)
EXHIBITION DATES: Friday 14-21 November 2008
EXHIBITION HOURS: Monday to Friday 12:00-6:00 pm


EXHIBITION CATALOGUE BOOK
PARA: RMIT ARCHITECTURE DESIGN THESIS PROJECTS  06|07
Leanne Zilka (Ed), Melbourne: RMIT Architecture, 2008
This book was produced by a team of participating graduate alumni.

The PARA exhibition, book and online publication draws together the best student Major Projects from 2006 and 2007. The Major Project is the final design thesis project undertaken in the RMIT Architecture Professional Degree and represents the culmination of five years professional degree study.







END OF SEMESTER DESIGN STUDIOS EXHIBITION
RMIT Architecture + Landscape Architecture
Lowerpool Design Studios  | 
Upperpool Design Studios
Semester 02, 2008

OPENING PARTY WITH DRINKS + DJ
TIME: Wednesday 12th November 2008, 6-9 pm
VENUE: RMIT Building 8 Level 11 and 12 Studios

EXHIBITION DATES: 12th-21th November 2008
EXHIBITION HOURS: Monday to Friday 9:00-6:00 pm


This exhibition documents and celebrates the work produced by students across the RMIT Architecture and Landscape Architecture Lower and Upper Pool Design Studios in Semester 02 2008.


FEATURED ONLINE STUDIO PAMPHLETS

HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Aboriginal Remote Community Health Facilities.  Upperpool Design Studio, RMIT Master of Architecture Professional Degree, Semester 02, 2008.  Studio Leader: Brendan Jones.


TRANSFORM
Lowerpool Design Studio.  RMIT Bachelor of Architectural Design Degree, Semester 02, 2008. Studio Leaders: Simon Whibley and Fraser Paxton





MAJOR PROJECT EXHIBITION, SEM 02, 2008
Major Project Design Thesis Examination Exhibition
Final Year, RMIT Master of Architecture Professional Degree
Semester 02, 2008
Coordinator: Nigel Bertram

Examination Exhibition Closing Drinks
TIME: Monday 10th November 6pm,
VENUE: RMIT Building 45, 33 Lygon Street (corner of Earl Street opp Trades Hall)

This event celebrates the outcomes of the RMIT Architecture final year Design Thesis Major Project examinations for students who have completed the professional degree in Semester 02, 2008.


Examination Exhibition Catalogue, Melbourne: RMIT Architecture, November 2008.
Program Director: Melanie Dodd.
Major Project Coordinator: Nigel Bertram.
Catalogue Design: Stuart Geddes – Chase & Galley.
Production & Coordination: Stuart Harrison.







BEIJING BIENNALE AUSTALIAN EXHIBITION
Australian Exhibition, 3rd Beijing Architecture Biennale ,Beijing China, 2008
Curator: Roland Snooks, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2002

Exhibitors included:
Minifie Nixon Architects, Melbourne
Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture Lecturer, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 1995, Master of Architecture (research by project), 2001.
Jan van Schaik, RMIT Architecture Lecturer, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2001.
Mesne, Melbourne/NY
Tim Schork, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2005. RMIT PhD in Architecture, SIAL, candidate.
Jerome Frumar, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2005. RMIT PhD in Architecture, SIAL, candidate.
Paul Nicholas, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2004. RMIT PhD in Architecture, SIAL, candidate.
Kokkugia, Melbourne/NY
Jono Podborsek, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2004
Roland Snooks, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2002
& Rob Stuart-Smith
Cache, Melbourne
Farzin Lotfi-Jam, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2008
Sam Rice, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2008
Luke Waldron, RMIT Bachelor of Architecture, 2008

BEIJING BIENNALE SCHOOLS EXHIBITION
RMIT Architecture, Schools Exhibition, 3rd Beijing Architecture Biennale ,Beijing China, 2008

RMIT exhibitors included:
- Prof Tom Kovac, Jerome Frumar, FabHab, Upperpool Studio
- Paul Minifie, Upperpool Studio
- Prof Mark Burry, Prof Peter Downton, Prof Andrea Mina, Homo Faber, Upperpool Studio
- Gregory More/Andrew Burrow, SIAL Synthetic Environments

RMIT Architecture and SIAL have been invited to submit projects to the 3rd Beijing Architecture Biennial ABB2008 '(Im)material Processes: New Digital Techniques for Architecture'.







URBAN LIVABILITY EXHIBITION
ULCE 001: Urban Livability Collective Exhibition
Design for Everyday, Exhibition Catalogue.
Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, 01/10/08-21/10/08.
RMIT Architecture, Industrial Design, & Landscape Architecture,
Upperpool Design Studios, 2008, 
RMIT School of Architecture & Design.
Supported by the RMIT Design Research Institute - Urban Livability Program.
Curator: Sue Anne Ware.







Abundant Australia Exhibition
Australian Pavilion, Giardini
Out There: Architecture Beyond Building
11th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice
Sunday, September 14th to Sunday, November 23rd 2008
The Exhibition is directed by Aaron Betsky and organised by the Venice Biennale presided over by Paolo Baratta.

Australian Pavilion Creative Directors:
Neil Durbach, Practice: Durbach Block, Sydney
Vince Frost, Practice: Frost Design, Sydney/London
Wendy Lewin, Practice: Wendy Lewin Architect, Sydney
Kerstin Thompson, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Practice: Kerstin Thompson Architects, Melbourne
Gary Warner, Practice: CDP Media, Sydney
Australia Pavilion Commissioner:
Lucy Turnbull

Exhibition Outline:
In the upper gallery the historical context for today’s strands of thinking within the canon of Australian architecture is shown through immersive projections of over 270 buildings. In the lower gallery a garden of 300 commissioned models, current work by a vast range of emerging and established practices, demonstrates divergent approaches.

Australian Pavilion Exhibitors include:

13 RMIT academic staff:
Mauro Baracco, Practice: Baracco Wright; Nigel Bertram, Practice: NMBW Architecture Studio; Richard Blythe, Practice: Terroir; Mark Burry, RMIT Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL); Peter Corrigan, Practice: Edmond and Corrigan; Graham Crist, Practice: Antactica; Stuart Harrison, Practice: Harrison and White Architects; Martyn Hook, Practice: Iredale Pedersen Hook; Tom Kovac, Practice: Kovac Architects; Paul Minifie, Practice: Minifie Nixon; Greg More, RMIT Sial; Jan van Schaik, Practice: Minifie Nixon; Simon Whibley, Practice: Antactica, Melbourne

2 Past RMIT Academic staff:
Shane Murray, Practice: Shane Murray Architect; Fiona Nixon, Practice: Minifie Nixon

3 RMIT Adjunct Professors:
Ian MacDougall, Practice: Ashton Raggatt MacDougall; Howard Raggatt, Practice: Ashton Raggatt MacDougall; Kerstin Thompson, Practice: Ashton Raggatt MacDougall

Plus 31 RMIT Architecture postgraduate degree candidates and alumni, and 12 RMIT Architecture professional degree alumni.

Further details available here:
Abundant Australia Exhibition







SHANGHAI ART AND ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE EXHIBITION
"RMIT Architecture + Design and Art Postgraduate Research by Project"
Education Exhibition
,
Shanghai Art and Architecture Biennale, 2008
Opening: 8 September
Dates: 9 September - 16 November 2008
Artistic Director: Zhang Qing
Biennale Curators: Julian Heynen and Henk Slager
RMIT Curators:
Adrea Mina, Brent Allpress, RMIT School of Architecture + Design
Lesley Duxbury, RMIT School of Art
Exhibition Design: Stuart Geddes, Chase and Galley
Exhibitors include RMIT School of Architecture + Design Postgraduates: Han Li, Shane Murray, Paul Minifie, Sue Anne Ware, Roger Kemp, Scott Balmforth, Gerard Reinmuth, Qinghseng He

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES ONLINE
Brent Allpress,
"Postgraduate Architecture and Design Research by Project at RMIT,"
Lesley Duxbury,
"Postgraduate Art Research by Project at RMIT,"
Catalogue Essays in
RMIT Architecture + Design and Art Postgraduate Research by Project, Exhibition Catalogue,
Education Exhibition
,
Shanghai Art and Architecture Biennale, 2008







PUBLIC ART AND URBAN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
Rembrandt's: 9 Installations
Knox City, Melbourne

9 Artists and Architects interrogate a faux, French 19th Century function centre named after the 17th Century Dutch painter and built in 1970’s Melbourne suburbia.

featuring:
Antarctica; Jillian Allan; Greg Creek; Herbert + Mason; Sean Loughery; Sally Mannall; Sanne Mestrom; Vin Ryan; Workshop Architecture

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OPENING:
Saturday 22 November 2008, 1.00pm

EXHIBITION LOCATION:
Rembrandt's
on Burwood Highway, cnr of Tyner Road, Wantirna,
opposite the Knox City Council Civic Centre Building and Knox City Shopping Centre.
Melways Map 64 A12

EXHIBITION DATES: Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 November, Thursday 27 - Sunday 30 November
EXHIBITION TIMES: 10.00am - 5.00pm

RMIT Architecture Projects - Transform:
http://architecture.rmit.edu.au/Projects/Transform.php


This is a joint public art and urban architecture project between RMIT Architecture, RMIT Fine Art/Public Art, sponsored by our project partners:

RMIT Design Research Institute - Urban Liveability
Knox City Council, City Development and Cultural Services
Victorian State Government, Department of Planning and Community and Development
Rembrandt’s Entertainment Centre Owners







BOOK LAUNCH
OPPORTUNISTIC URBANISM
Diego Ramirez-Lovering  (Ed),
Melbourne, RMIT Press, 2008

sample pages from the book

This book was launched by Melanie Dodd, Architecture Program Director, RMIT University

DATE: Wednesday 19th November 2008, 6pm - 8pm
VENUE: "The Basketball Court", RMIT Building 45 Studios (Rear), 33 Lyon Street Carlton (corner of Earl Street opp Trades Hall)

key themes: globalisation, rapid third-world urbanisation, low-income housing, community infrastructure, opportunistic local development, mexican/latin american urban culture





2008 EVENTS

Semester 2 | Semester 1




Compiled by Brent Allpress, RMIT Architecture Research Director
























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