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RMIT ARCHITECTURE EVENTS current | past events ARCHIVE OF EVENTS IN 2010 SEMESTER 1  PUBLIC LECTURE Perry Kulper Augmenting Realities Time: Friday July 2, 6pm, drinks @ 5.30pm Venue: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Room 8.11.68 Convenor: Gretchen Wilkins, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer The current generation of architecture students will likely retire between 2050 and 2070. Given the present range and speed of cultural, geographic and political changes, it is impossible to determine what questions will be on the table for the architect between now and then. To participate with these inevitable shifts Kupler suggests broadening and diversifying our skills sets. Given the expanding roles of the architect, he campaigns for increased design versatility and dexterity focusing on three areas that might further open our capacities to contribute to the cultural imaginary over the next decades: design methods; visualizing, drawing and imaging spatial propositions; and broadening our conceptions of architecture. Perry Kulper is an architect and a faculty member at the University of Michigan where he has taught architecture for the past four years. He graduated from Columbia University and worked in the offices of Eisenman/ Robertson, Robert A.M. Stern and Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown. He worked in Los Angeles for 16 years, making speculative projects, primarily through drawings and taught at SCI_Arc. Some of his recent interests include the roles that representation, history/ theory, studio culture, pedagogical models, reviews, lectures, post-educational practices and so on, play in architecture education. EXHIBITION OPENING PARTY Design Thesis Major Project Examination Exhibition, Semester 01, 2010 RMIT Master of Architecture (Professional) This examination exhibition features the culminating Design Thesis Major Projects of students in the final year of the RMIT Master Architecture Professional Degree in Semester 01, 2010. Exhibition Opening Party: 6pm Friday 18 June, 2010 Exhibition Dates: Monday 21 June - Friday 2 July, 2010 Exhibition Times: Mon-Sat 11-3pm Venue: RMIT Building 45, 33 Lygon Street (corner of Earl Street opp Trades Hall) To purchase past Catalogues contact: Email: architecture@rmit.edu.au Phone: +61 3 9925 9799 Fax: +61 3 9925 3507  EXHIBITION OPENING PARTY End of Semester Exhibition Lowerpool and Upperpool Design Studios RMIT Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Professional) Exhibition opening party: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 6:00pm Exhibition dates: Wednesday, June 23 - Friday, July 2, 2010, 10-5pm Location: RMIT Building 8, Levels 11 & 12  Mixed-use proposal for the re-use of the Old Midura Base Hospital by RMIT Architecture masters student David Greco SYMPOSIUM, PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITION BASE Mildura 2010 12 mixed-use design proposals for the re use of the Old Base Mildura Hospital. SYMPOSIUM Wednesday 9th June 12:30pm with Paul Carter, Melanie Dodd, Alex Lawlor and Sophie Patitsas 39 Langtree Avenue, Mildura. PRESENTATIONS Thursday 10th June 11:00am with Stuart Harrison, Johan van Schaik and Gretchen Wilkins 39 Langtree Avenue, Mildura. EXHIBITION OPENING Wednesday 9th June 5:30pm, 39 Langtree Avenue, Mildura EXHIBITION DATES: 9th - 15th June, 39 Langtree Avenue, Mildura. 16th - 21st June, Mildura Visitor Centre, Cnr Deakin Avenue & 12th Street, Mildura RMIT University with Mildura Rural City Councol and supported by Mildura Brewery, Qantas Link and TASCO. www.mildura.vic.gov.au www.mildurabrewery.com.au www.qantas.com.au www.tasco-inland.com.au oldmildurabasehospital.com Facebook Events Page NEWS MEDIA http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/19/2850254.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/25/2908902.htm?site=milduraswanhill  EXHIBITION Constellations: A Large Number of Small Drawings Curator: Vanessa Gerrans RMIT Gallery Exhibition dates: 8 April – 26 June 2010 A major component of the RMIT University and University of Arts London conference Drawing Out, Constellations explores the role of drawing in a wide range of professions. Constellations brings together a large number of small Australian drawings from disciplines such as Music; Architecture; Art; Cartography; Design; Fashion and Textiles; Film; Photography and Science. This diverse selection of work by familiar and unfamiliar contemporary artists is linked by both intense curiosity and focused research. Constellation. n. * A gathering or an assemblage, especially of prominent persons or things * A set or configuration, as of related items, properties, ideas, or individuals Exhibitors include: Nigel Bertram, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer, Director, RMIT Urban Architecture Laboratory, Director, NMBW Paul Minifie, RMIT Architecture Assoc Professor, Director: Minifie Nixon Vivian Mitsogianni, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer, Director, Customising Space Stream, RMIT Design Research Institute Howard Raggatt, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, Director, ARM Michael Spooner, RMIT Architecture Professional degree alumnus, current RMIT PhD candidate Leon van Schaik, AO, RMIT Professor of Architecture, Chair of Innovation Jen Woods, RMIT Architecture Professional degree alumnus Held in conjunction with:  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Drawing Out RMIT University and University of Arts London April 7-9, 2010 Convener – Professor Elizabeth Grierson, Head of School, Art, RMIT University Convener – Professor Stephen Farthing, Director, The Centre for Drawing, University of the Arts London Co-convener – Keith Cowlishaw, Head of School, Fashion and Textiles RMIT University DRAWING OUT is a creative collaboration between RMIT University and the University of the Arts London. It is a trans-disciplinary conference that explores drawing across the boundaries of disciplines. It addresses drawing as a way of thinking and communicating in the twenty-first century. Whoever we are, drawing is part of our everyday and professional lives.  RMIT ARCHITECTURE STUDENT LECTURE SERIES 2010: FROM SKETCH TO SOLID This student curated lecture series aims to expose the development of an architect's design process, from idea to the built form, discussing how a project maintains its coherence and integrity through the development process. Series Convenor: Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture student, SSCC  PUBLIC LECTURE John Wardle, Director, John Wardle Architects Time: Friday May 7, 2010, 6.00pm. Drinks after the lecture. Venue: Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 Convenor: Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture student, SSCC "The process of sketching provides a framework for engagement, firstly as a focus for creative discussion, then in translation to more exacting documentation the sketch provides a point of reference, both abstract and inspirational. John Wardle's talk will elaborate on both the attractions and distractions that fuel the concept process at JWA" John Wardle founded the Melbourne-based practice John Wardle Architects (JWA) in 1986. The practice have received numerous awards for residential, commercial and institutional projects that include: Nigel Peck Centre for Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Grammar School AIA Vic Victorian Architecture Medal, 2008 AIA National Award for Public Architecture, 2008 Urban Workshop, Melbourne RAIA Vic Commercial Architecture Award and Melbourne Prize, 2006 UniSA Kaurna Building, The University of South Australia, Adelaide RAIA National Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings, 2006 RMIT Biosciences Building, Bundoora Campus, Melbourne RAIA National Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings, 2002 International Centre of Graphic Technology, RMIT University, Brunswick Campus, Melbourne RAIA Vic William Wardell Award: New institutional building category, 2000 JWA have designed a substantial body of university projects that include the RMIT campus commissions above, and have recently won the competition to design the new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning building at Melbourne University. The practice places great emphasis on the detail of every building, regardless of scale. Built-in joinery and architectural elements often reinforce overarching project ideas, or appear as an expressive internal landscape. The practice is widely published, including the monograph authored by Prof Leon van Schaik, Volume: John Wardle Architects, published by Thames & Hudson, 2008. John Wardle is an alumnus of the RMIT Master of Architecture (Research by Project) - Invited stream, 2001. Practice: John Wardle Architects  ASIAN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM PUBLIC LECTURE "More with Less" Chris Bosse, Practice Director: LAVA Time: 11.30am, Wednesday 28th April, 2010 Venue: RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Rm 8.11.68 German-born architect Chris Bosse is director of LAVA Laboratory for Visionary Architecture, based in Sydney and Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology in Sydney. LAVA was founded in 2007 with offices in Sydney, Stuttgart and Abu Dhabi. For a number of years Chris has based his work on the computerised study of organic structures and resulting spatial conceptions. His research lies in the exploration of unusual structures pushing the boundaries of the traditional understanding of structure and architecture by means of digital and experimental form finding. Chris Bosse's Masters’ degree dealt with the implementation of virtual worlds into architecture. LAVA have recently completed the Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower, Abu Dhabi; the Future Hotel Showcase Germany, winner of 2009 Australian Interior Design Awards; architectural installations 'Green Void', runner up at the 2009 AA|FAB Awards, UK, and ‘Digital Origami Tigers’ in Sydney and at Kuala Lumpur Design Week; the Sherman Bibliotheca at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney nominated for the 2009 contract world awards; the 2009 Vodaphone MTV Awards set in Sydney; 'Tower Skin' a speculative transformation of the UTS tower Sydney and winner in the ZEROprize Re-Skinning Awards, a Zerofootprint/United Nations Habitat competition; and the VIP and Sponsor Hospitality Village for the Qatar Tennis Tournament. LAVA won an international competition to design the city centre [plaza, hotel, convention centre, entertainment complex and retail facilities] of Masdar, the world’s first eco city in the UAE. LAVA was chosen over 400 entries and strong competition from some of the world’s most high profile architects. Masdar won the Special Award - Environmental Category in the 2009 Cityscape Dubai Awards and was short listed at the 2009 World Architecture Festival, Barcelona. Whilst Associate Architect at PTW Architects in Sydney, he was key designer of the Watercube for Beijing Olympics [winner of Atmosphere Award at the 9th Venice Architecture Biennale] and he was recognized in the 2007 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture, RIBA London. Asian Architecture and Urbanism Lecture Series Convenors: Sand Helsel and Anna Johnson asian architecture & urbanism  PUBLIC LECTURE Clinton Murray, Architectural Design Director, S2F; Practice, Clinton Murray Architects, NSW Time: Friday April 30, 2010, 6.00pm. Drinks after the lecture. Venue: Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 Convenor: Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture student, SSCC   extra/ordinary 2010 National Architecture Conference Australian Institute of Architects. 22 - 24 April 2010, Sydney Creative Director: Mel Dodd, RMIT Architecture Program Director, Practice Director: muf art and architecture extra/ordinary will dwell on the culture of the extraordinarily ordinary. As an antidote to the incessant abstractions of globalisation, we will be gathering together those who have an enthusiasm for engaging with the contingency of the everyday: inventing new ways of operating; embracing collaborative approaches and initiating direct action on the ground. Producing outcomes that are innovative and utilitarian, provocative and pragmatic. Resolving ordinary problems in extraordinary ways. Eight unconventional architects headline one ‘extra/ordinary’ national conference Australian Institute of Architects Media Release Sunday 11 April 2010  PUBLIC LECTURE Heribert Alucha, Practice Director, Open Studio Time: Friday April 23, 2010, 6.00pm. Drinks from 5.30pm Venue: Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 Convenor: Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture student, SSC  DESIGN LIFE BALI EXHIBITION | Melbourne April 9th - 16th 2010 RMIT Building 8, Level 11 Gallery This is the Melbourne showing of an inaugural exhibition showcasing RMIT Architecture & Design Alumni who gathered in Ubud, Bali in 2009. The Design Life events aim to re-connect like-minded individuals from RMIT Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Industrial Design and Fashion who are based in Australia and Asia and spread out around the world. DESIGN LIFE BALI EXHIBITION | Melbourne CLOSING DRINKS PARTY Friday April 16th at 5:30pm RMIT Architecture Alumni Events: http://architecture.rmit.edu.au/Events/Alumni.php RMIT Architecture + Design Alumni Facebook Events page: Design Life: RMIT Architecture + Design Alumni Events related event: Design Life 09 RMIT Architecture + Design Alumni Events Exhibition, Public Lectures, Site Visits Ubud, Bali RMIT ARCHITECTURE - ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE LECTURE  PUBLIC LECTURE: Kokkugia - Experiments in the Behavior of Matter Roland Snooks, Practice Director: Kokkugia Time: Wednesday, March 31 at 4:30pm Venue: Story Hall Basement Theatre, RMIT Building 16, 342 Swanston St. Convenor: Johan van Schaik, RMIT Architecture Lecturer Kokkugia is an agency for experimental architecture - a collaboration between Jonathan Podborsek and Roland Snooks (who are both recent RMIT Architecture alumni) and Rob Stuart-Smith. Kokkugia has been published and exhibited internationally, including at the Beijing Biennale and Chernikhov Prize in Moscow in addition to being named the Australian Curator for the 2008 Beijing Biennale. Roland Snooks is a partner of the architecture practice Kokkugia. He holds a masters in advanced architectural design from Columbia University where he studied on a Fulbright scholarship after graduating from RMIT Architecture in 2002. Roland teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University GSAPP and USC, has directed design studios and seminars at the Pratt Institute, SCI-Arc, UCLA, RMIT, and the VCA. Roland’s current teaching and research interests focus on emergent and algorithmic design processes involving genetic and agent based techniques. Facebook event page RMIT ARCHITECTURE STUDENT LECTURE SERIES 2010: FROM SKETCH TO SOLID This student curated lecture series aims to expose the development of an architect's design process, from idea to built form, discussing how a project maintains its coherence and integrity through the development process.  PUBLIC LECTURE "Less Noise: Proposing an architecture that sits in contrast to the iconic (and iconoclastic)" Jillian Garner, Practice Director: Garner Davis Architects, Melbourne Associate Government Architect, State of Victoria Time: Friday March 26, 2010, 6.00pm, Drinks from 5.30pm Venue: Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 Introduced by Prof Tom Kovac Convenor: Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture student, SSCC  Australian Institute of Architects Combined University Schools of Architecture Graduate Prize Exhibition Exhibition Opening: 6 pm, Thurs 18 March, 2010 Venue: Eckersleys Open Space Gallery, 97 Franklin Street, Melbourne Exhibition Dates: 18-26 March, 2010 This is a unique opportunity to view the work of Victoria's most outstanding architecture graduates of 2009 and celebrate the ongoing development and high standards of architectural education. The AIA Graduate Program provides encouragement and support for architectural graduates as they embark on their professional careers. This prize is awarded to a graduating student in every architecture school in Australia and will be awarded jointly by the institute and the co-sponsor practice. Australian Institute of Architects AIA Graduate Program Deakin University; Practice sponsor: McGlashan Everist RMIT Architecture; Practice sponsor: BVN University of Melbourne; Practice sponsor: Bates Smart RMIT ARCHITECTURE STUDENT LECTURE SERIES 2010: FROM SKETCH TO SOLID This student curated lecture series aims to expose students and practicing architects to the development of an architect's design process, from idea to built form, discussing how a project maintains its coherence and integrity through the development process.  PUBLIC LECTURE "Recent Works" Sean Godsell, Practice Director: Sean Godsell Architects, Melbourne Time: Friday March 19, 2010, 6.00pm, Drinks from 5.30pm Venue: Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 Convenor: Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture student, SSCC  PUBLIC LECTURE "It’s Circuitous" Rob McBride, Practice Director: McBride Charles Ryan, Melbourne Time: Friday March 12, 2010, 6.00pm, Drinks from 5.30pm Venue: Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 Convenor: Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture student, SSCC  PUBLIC LECTURE Goetz Stoeckmann, Practice: Seifert Stoeckmann/Formalhaut, Frankfurt Time: Friday March 5, 6.00pm, Drinks from 5.30pm Venue: Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 8.11.68 Convenor: Elke Howard, RMIT Architecture student, SSCC Compiled by Brent Allpress, RMIT Architecture Research Director | ||||||||
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