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LOWER-POOL DESIGN STUDIO PROJECTS

RMIT Bachelor of Architectural Design, Semesters 2-5

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2008


Each semester around 15 design studios are commissioned and offered to a vertically integrated  cohort of  Lowerpool students enrolled in Design levels 2-5. Studios are led by RMIT Architecture academic staff, design researchers, sessional staff from innovative local practices, and visiting international practitioners and academics. Each studio is run autonomously over a single semester with studio leaders setting studio briefs and thematics which they present to students in the week prior to semester. Students then ballot for a place in a studio. Studios generally operate on a 1:14 staff/student ratio.

Lowerpool Studios in Semester 02 2008 included:


TRANSFORM: a partnership project constructing civic space in suburban commercial environments
RMIT Urban Architecture Laboratory & RMIT Public Art
RMIT Architecture Lowerpool Design Studio,
Semester 2, 2008
Studio Leaders:
Simon Whibley
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Fraser Paxton, RMIT Architecture, Urban Architecture Laboratory
Anthony McInneny, RMIT School of Art, RMIT Public Art

Funded by RMIT Design Research Institute: Urban Liveability
Partner: Knox City Council
In Transform architectural processes of transformation are to be used to frame students investigations. Changes of use, of building shape, and of material create exciting and disturbing newness. The focus of the studio will be the transformation of the Lewis Park flood retarding basin to a residential, civic and educational precinct. Students will to undertake and present a series of esquisse projects within this site area, utilising different investigations of transformation. Each student will then develop these initial investigations to design an educational project within the site area. This eco-learning centre is a key element of the Knox City Council’s vision for Lewis Park. Site research and design workshops will occur in conjunction with RMIT Public Art Students and invited guests from the Knox City Council. This project is strongly supported by the Knox City Council. There will be a subsequent publication and exhibition of the studio work.




RMIT Architecture Lowerpool Design Studio, Semester 2, 2008
Studio Leader: Jenny Lowe




RMIT Architecture Lowerpool Design Studio, Semester 2, 2008
Studio Leader: Dianne Peacock




RMIT Architecture Lowerpool Design Studio, Semester 2, 2008
Studio Leader: Sean McMahon





Lowerpool Design Studios
Semester 2, 2008

Gollings Foundation - Kirsten Day
Studio Studio - Dianne Peacock
Life Support - Martin Musiatowicz
Modernist Makeover - Stuart Harrison & Antony Martin
Exposed Ground - Richard Black & Michele Black
Living High: Melrise Place - Enza Angelucci
No Country for Old Avatars - Greg More & Ed Carter
Reciprocity - Anna Johnson & Damien Thackray
Transform - Simon Whibley & Fraser Paxton
Ventnor Beach Road - Rochus Hinkel
Interfacing Change - Jenny Lowe
Mediating Architecture - Anna Tweedale
Bodies - Stas Mantzis & Christine Phillips
Rooflessness 2 - Greg Buhagiar + Neel Charitra
Image - Sean McMahon


Lowerpool Design Studios
Semester 1, 2008

Co Housing - Lou Sauer
Metabolism & Symbiosis - Enza Angelucci
Welcome Back Gothic - Stuart Harrison & Antony Martin
Lightness + Movement - Richard Black & Michelle Black
Super Brick - Martyn Hook & Rodney Eggleston
Life Support - Martin Musiatowicz & Bruce Rowe
Image - Sean McMahon
Circus - Ben Statkus & Eugene Chieng
Formal Ware - Paul Minifie & Tim Schork
Rooflessness - Greg Buhagiar & Neel Charitra
Studio Studio - Dianne Peacock
Journals of Andre Gide - Peta Carlin & Spooner
Collecting Illusion - Anna Tweedale
Venice Bienalle Pavilion - Kirsten Day
Football Meatpies & Holden cars - Stas Mantzis & Christine Phillips




Lowerpool Design Coordinator:
Richard Black, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer
richard.black@rmit.edu.au































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