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NEW TRENDS OF ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE & ASIA PACIFIC, 2004-2005
International Travelling Exhibition
below:
international travelling exhibition + public lecture + symposium & events
QV Creche and carpark, Melbourne, 2004, Exhibiting Practice: Kerstin Thompson Architects.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
New Trends of Architecture in Europe & Asia Pacific 2004-2005
RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall
9th August to 17th September 2005
Australian Curator and Advisor:
Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture
This biennial travelling exhibition seeks to create dynamic encounters between Europe, Asia and the Pacific architects and architectural cultures promoting an international exchange of innovative and diverse architectural ideas and practices, and public discourse on architecture with associated public events, symposia and workshops.
The New Trends of Architecture Europe & Asia Pacific 2004-2005 exhibition presents the work and ideas of 10 European and 10 Asia-Pacific architects, selected by the Commissioners Mr. Dominique Perrault and Prof. Hiroshi Hara. The exhibition is travelling to European and Asia-Pacific cities, including Lille and Cork, the European Capitals of Culture, as well as Hong Kong, Tokyo, Anyang and Melbourne.
participating exhibiting architects include:
BKK-3, Austria
Kerstin Thompson Architects, Melbourne, Australia (RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor)
Ocean Nort, Finland
Yung Ho Chang / Atelier FCJZ, China
dECOi Architects, France
Rocco Design Ltd., Hong Kong
J. Mayer H., Germany
Yi, Jongho, Korea
Hassett Ducatez Architects, Ireland
ZLG Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
EL A S T I C O, Italy
Atelier Bow-Wow, Japan
Rene van Zuuk Architekten b.v., Netherlands
Shigeru Ban Architects, Japan
Didier Fiuza Faustino/Bureau des M�sarchitectures, Portugal
Nobuaki Furuya, Japan
Sadar Vuga Arhitekti, Slovenia
Kengo Kuma & Associates, Japan
RCR Aranda Pigem Vilalta Arquitectes, Spain
Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama + AMORPHE, Japan
» Participating exhibiting architects profiles
» New Trends of Architecture in Europe & Asia Pacific 2004-2005 Exhibition - home website
» RMIT Gallery website
Presented as part of the Victorian Government State of Design Initiative
PUBLIC LECTURE
New Trends of Architecture in Europe & Asia Pacific 2004-2005
Leon van Schaik (Chair)
with participating exhibiting architects
6 pm Thursday 11th August 2005,
RMIT Story Hall, Swanston Street.
Free Entry
Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Achitecture, will present a number of the architects participating in the New Trends of Architecture travelling exhibition, including:
Rene van Zuuk, Netherlands
Rocco Yim, Hong Kong
Nobuaki Furuya, Japan
Kerstin Thompson Architects, Melbourne, Australia (RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor)
Grainne Hassett, Ireland
Elastico, Italy
Jurij Sadar, Slovenia
EXHIBITION SYMPOSIUM AND EVENTS
Exhibition Opening, Architectural Tours, Exhibition Symposium
Exhibition related events included:
Exhibition opening
Opening Address: Daniel Besen
RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall
Evening, August 9th
Practice Network Dinners
Evening, August 9th
Following the exhibition opening, local architects hosted the visiting participants to dinners around the central city, extending the networks that the exhibition has been developing.
Tour of new architecture in central Melbourne
Tour guide: Kerstin Thompson, Practice: KTA
Morning, August 10th
Symposium on the Exhibition
Chair: Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture
RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall
Evening, August 10th
Each participant described the propositional basis of their work, and this was discussed with an invited audience of local architects and academics. The seminar was concluded with remarks from RMIT Adjunct Professors and RMIT Honorary Doctors of Architecture William Lim (Singapore) and Peter Corrigan (Melbourne)
Exhibitors Lunch and Site Visit
at Tarrawarra Museum of Modern Art
Healesville, Victoria
Designed by Alan Powell Architects
Lunch hosted by Daniel Besen
August 11
Public Lecture
Chaired by Leon van Schaik
Speakers:
Exhibiting Architects
Storey Hall Lecture Theatre
Evening, August 11th
Exhibitors Dinner
Hoted by Kerstin Thompson at her Practice Studio
Evening, August 1th
Related Exhibition
New Trends of Architecture in Europe & Asia Pacific, 2006-2007
international travelling exhibition
exhibitors:
Martyn Hook, Iredale Pedersen Hook, Perth/Melbourne
Sean Godsell, Sean Godsell Architects, Melbourne
Australian curator and advisor:
Leon van Schaik, RMIT Innovation Professor of Architecture
Official New Trends Travelling Exhibition Website
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