EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE EXHBITIONS AND EVENTS Maribor2012, European Capital of Culture Creative Director: Tom Kovac, RMIT Professor of Architecture, RMIT Alumni (Professional, Masters by Research) Curator: Fleur Watson, RMIT Architecture + Design PhD candidate The City of Maribor, Slovenia, throughout 2012
Director and curator Tom Kovac and Fleur Watson are currently leading a group of international thinkers and educators investigating the future of the city of Maribor in Slovenia, which has been named European Capital of Culture for 2012.
Events include:
2112Ai [Architectural intelligence] 100YC (100 Year City) a multidisciplinary project inviting visionary ideas for the Maribor 2012 European Capital of Culture.
2112 Ai 100YRC will investigate and identify disruptive patterns of global change and envisage impacts on architecture, urbanism and life in the extreme future – demonstrating how new forms of practice are responding to external demands on architecture.
2112Ai 100YC brings together 100 visionaries including progressive international architecture schools under the directorship of many of the world’s most innovative architects. Each school is invited to propose a visionary project or master plan for the City of Maribor and work within trans-disciplinary teams that may include architects, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, economists, artists and urbanists amongst others.
Participating RMIT Architecture exhibitors include: Assoc Prof Paul Minifie, Assoc Prof Vivian Mitsogianni and RMIT Architecture students.
In addition to the European Capital of Culture program, a curated selection of the submitted master plan visions will also be presented within the Australian and Slovenian Pavilions at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale.
VENICE BIENNALE AUSTRALIAN PAVILION EXHIBITION Formations: New Practices in Australian Architecture Creative Directors: Anthony Burke and Gerard Reinmuth, UTS Australian Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale September-November 2012
RMIT affiliated Exhibitors include:
2112 Ai (100YR City) Tom Kovac, RMIT Professor of Architecture, RMIT Alumni (Professional, Masters by Research) Fleur Watson, RMIT Architecture + Design PhD candidate Director and curator Tom Kovac and Fleur Watson are currently leading a group of international thinkers and educators investigating the future of the city of Maribor in Slovenia, which has been named European Capital of Culture for 2012. As part of the city’s festivities, 2112 Ai (100YR city) will investigate and identify disruptive patterns of global change and envisage impacts on architecture, urbanism and life in the extreme future – demonstrating how new forms of practice are responding to external demands on architecture. A curated selection of the submitted master plan visions will be presented within the Australian Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale in conjunction with a related exhibition in the Slovenian Pavilion.
The Architects Radio Show Stuart Harrison, RMIT Architecture Lecturer (1999-2011), Alumni (Professional, Masters by Research) Simon Knott, RMIT Architecture Alumni (Professional) Christine Phillips, RMIT Architecture Lecturer, Alumni (Professional) Rory Hyde, RMIT Architecture Alumni (Professional, PhD) Launched in 2004 by Harrison and Knott, The Architects is a not-for-profit weekly radio program promoting architecture to a broader audience. Joined in 2008 by RMIT lecturer and architect Phillips and with Hyde first as a producer and now international correspondent, the program covers local and international architecture, urban design and sustainability issues.
VENICE BIENNALE SLOVENIAN PAVILION EXHIBITION Creative Director: Tom Kovac, RMIT Professor of Architecture, RMIT Alumni (Professional, Masters by Research) Curator: Fleur Watson, RMIT Architecture + Design PhD candidate Slovenia Pavilion Galleria A+A, Venice September-November 2012
2112 Ai (100YR City) Director and curator Tom Kovac and Fleur Watson are currently leading a group of international thinkers and educators investigating the future of the city of Maribor in Slovenia, which has been named European Capital of Culture for 2012.
As part of the city’s festivities, 2112 Ai (100YR city) will investigate and identify disruptive patterns of global change and envisage impacts on architecture, urbanism and life in the extreme future – demonstrating how new forms of practice are responding to external demands on architecture.
2112Ai 100YC brings together 100 visionaries including progressive international architecture schools under the directorship of many of the world’s most innovative architects. Each school is invited to propose a visionary project or master plan for the City of Maribor and work within trans-disciplinary teams that may include architects, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, economists, artists and urbanists amongst others.
A curated selection of the submitted master plan visions will be presented within the Slovenian Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale in conjunction with a related exhibition in the Australian Pavilion.
