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WORLD ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP SERIES
Design workshops offered by a consortium of educators and practitioners
hosted annually by one of the academic institutions
2002-2009

RMIT Architecture Workshop leaders have included:
Stuart Harrison, RMIT Architecture, Practice Director: Harrison and White
Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture, Practice Director: Minifie Nixon
Gretchen Wilkins, RMIT Architecture, formerly University of Michigan
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio

Practitioners include:
Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sedai, Japan
Minifie Nixon, Melbourne, Australia
N+B Architects, Montpellier, France

Participating International Schools include:
RMIT Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
Institut d’Arquitectura Avancada de Catalunya (IAAC), Barcelona, Spain
Universtitat Internacional de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain
University of Michigan College of Architecture, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier (ENSAM), Montpellier, France
Migayi University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University of Technology, Sendai, Japan
Facultad de Arquitectura, Eastern Repùblica LED Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
Nanjing Forestry University, China
Sanjiang University, China






INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP + DESIGN STUDIO
Post-Waterfront City: The planning and design of next generation living
WAW2009: World Architecture Workshop
Lianyungang, China
November, 2009.

Lianyungang, Post Waterfront City - Population 30,000,000
The planning & design of next generation living
WAW2009: World Architecture Workshop

Since 2002 the World Architecture Workshop has undertaken interrogation through design in cities around the world. In 2009 the workshop turned its attention to the urbanism of population bursts in the context of water based city expansion in Lianyungang, China. Seven groups each obtaining students from Australia, China, France, and Japan produced projects which address global worming, complexity in the instant city, diversification of traffic systems and the merging of salt and fresh water systems and urban design strategies for the city.

Given China's current rate of urbanisation the projects go on to propose engagement with primary industries as employment generators for recently re-located populations from rural areas. Massive population increase raises questions of identity for a city. The projects thus treat the histories of the city as building blocks for designing new identities for Lianyungang to guide it through the shifts, growth and iterations of change that its extraordinary ambition will bring.

Participating Universities:
Miyagi University Japan
Nanjing Forestry University, China
RMIT Architecture, Australia
Sanjiang University, China
Tohoku Institute of Technology, Japan
Tohoku University, Japan
l'Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Montpellier, France

RMIT Faculty
Johan van Schaik, Lecturer RMIT Architecture, Director: Minifie Nixon Architects
Paul Minifie, Associate Professor RMIT Architecture, Director: Minifie Nixon Architects
Gretchen Wilkins, Senior Lecturer RMIT Architecture
Stuart Harrison, Senior Lecturer RMIT Architecture, Director: Harrison and White

RMIT Students
Marco Lavit Nicora, Hannah Rowe, Mari Poll Lien, Chris Gilbert, Sylvio Eckermann, Chen Liu, Selene Wong, Aurelia Gachet, Chris Haddad, Jacqueline O'Brien, Nicholas Rossetti




RMIT ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION OPENING
Lianyungang, Post Waterfront City - Population 30,000,000
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Foyer Gallery, Level 11, RMIT Building 8, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Refreshments provided.
Facebook event page







INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP + DESIGN STUDIO
Post-Oil City: World Architecture Workshop 7,
Institut d’Arquitectura Avancada de Catalunya (IaaC), Barcelona, 2008

RMIT Workshop Participants:
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio students, Semester 2, 2008
RMIT Studio Leaders:
Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture, Practice: Minifie Nixon
Gretchen Wilkins, RMIT Architecture

Workshop hosts:
Institut d’Arquitectura Avancada de Catalunya (IaaC)

 Post-Oil Cities Workshop - IaaC website

Design workshop collaborations will be undertaken with students and faculty from RMIT Architecture, Melbourne, France, Japan and Spain.

Workshop leaders:
Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture, Practice: Minifie Nixon
Gretchen Wilkins, RMIT Architecture
with Ignasi Perez Arnal; Ricard Fayos; Josep Anton Acebillo; Vincente Guallart; Vincens Arrablo; Borja Ferrater; Carlos Ferrater; Benedetta Tagliabue; Manuel Castells; Miguel Barcelo; Manuel Sangenis; Josep Maria Rosello; Alica Framis; Manuel Bailo; Lluis Sabadell; Belinda Tato; Jospe Lluis Mateo; Edward Bru; Hitoshi Abe

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
RMIT Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
Institut d’Arquitectura Avancada de Catalunya (IAAC), Barcelona, Spain (hosts)
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier (ENSAM), Montpellier, France
Migayi University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University of Technology, Sendai, Japan
Universtitat Internacional de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain




 WORKSHOP PUBLICATION
Post-Oil City: World Architecture Workshop
Montpellier: Association Champ Libre, 2008




INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP + DESIGN STUDIO
Borderlands: International Architecture Workshop 6
Detroit, Michigan USA, 2007
Workshop Coordinator:
Gretchen Wilkins, University of Michigan College of Architecture, Detroit, Michigan, USA
RMIT Architecture Workshop leaders:
Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture, Practice: Minifie Nixon
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio

PRACTITIONERS:
Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sedai, Japan
Minifie Nixon, Melbourne, Australia
N+B Architects, Montpellier, France

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
RMIT Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
University of Michigan College of Architecture, Detroit, Michigan, USA (hosts)
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier (ENSAM), Montpellier, France
Migayi University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University of Technology, Sendai, Japan
Universtitat Internacional de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain
WORKSHOP PUBLICATION
ENTROPIA: Incremental Gestures Towards a Possible Urbanism
International Architecture Workshop,
Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2007
Gretchen Wilkins, Editor
Montpellier: Association Champ Libre, 2008
ISBN: 2-9519793-2-0




INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP + DESIGN STUDIO
Nano City: International Architecture Workshop 5
Montpellier France, 2006
RMIT Architecture Workshop leaders:
Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture, Practice: Minifie Nixon
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio

PRACTITIONERS:
Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sedai, Japan
Minifie Nixon, Melbourne, Australia
N+B Architects, Montpellier, France

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
RMIT Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
L’Ecole d’architecture longuedoc Rousillon Montpellier, France
Migayi University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University of Technology, Sendai, Japan
University of Michigan College of Architecture, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Facultad de Arquitectura, Eastern Repùblica LED Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay


Open publication

WORKSHOP PUBLICATION
Nano City: International Architecture Workshop
 Montpellier: Association Champ Libre, 2006






INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP + DESIGN STUDIO
City of Innocence: International Architecture Workshop 4
Sendai Japan, 2005

RMIT Architecture Workshop leaders:
Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture, Practice: Minifie Nixon
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio

PRACTITIONERS:
Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sedai, Japan
Minifie Nixon, Melbourne, Australia
N+B Architects, Montpellier, France

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
RMIT Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
L’Ecole d’architecture longuedoc Rousillon Montpellier, France
Migayi University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University of Technology, Sendai, Japan
University of Michigan College of Architecture, Detroit, Michigan, USA


Open publication

WORKSHOP PUBLICATION
City of Innocence: Workshop international d'Architecture Sendaï Japon, 
Montpellier: Association Champ Libre, 2005




INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP + DESIGN STUDIO
Leisurelandz: International Architecture Workshop 3
RMIT Melbourne, 2004
RMIT Architecture Workshop leaders:
Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture, Practice: Minifie Nixon
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio

PRACTITIONERS:
Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sedai, Japan
Minifie Nixon, Melbourne, Australia
N+B Architects, Montpellier, France

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
RMIT Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
L’Ecole d’architecture longuedoc Rousillon Montpellier, France
Migayi University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University of Technology, Sendai, Japan






 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP + DESIGN STUDIO
Easily Flooded Architecture: International Architecture Workshop 2
Montpellier France, 2003
RMIT Architecture Workshop leaders:
Paul Minifie & Jan van Schaik - RMIT Architecture, Practice: Minifie Nixon
RMIT Architecture Upperpool Design Studio

PRACTITIONERS:
Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sedai, Japan
Minifie Nixon, Melbourne, Australia
N+B Architects, Montpellier, France

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
RMIT Architecture, Melbourne, Australia
L’Ecole d’architecture longuedoc Rousillon Montpellier, France
Migayi University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tohoku University of Technology, Sendai, Japan





























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