EMERITUS PROFESSOR LEON VAN SCHAIK AO, EMERITUS PROFESSORIAL LECTURE

10/19/18

RMIT Design Hub Building 100, Level 3, Lecture Theatre (100.03.001)

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RMIT Architecture invites you to the EMERITUS PROFESSORIAL LECTURE by EMERITUS PROFESSOR LEON VAN SCHAIK AO.

“BUILDING A CULTURE: Reflections on three decades of design practice at RMIT”

This lecture uses archival documents to trace the origin and evolution of design practice research at RMIT in the context of the School of Architecture and Urban Design and its various forebears.

Join us for a celebration of Professor Leon van Schaik’s appoinment to Emeritus Professor.

Leon van Schaik AO, B.Arch. Studies (Ncle), AADip (SADG), M.Arch (UCT), PhD (CNAA), RIBA, LFAIA, LFAA is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). He has promoted local and international architectural culture through an influential practice-based research program and the commissioning of innovative architecture. His publications include:  Architecture in its Continuums (URO 2018); Suburbia Reimagined (Routledge 2018 with Nigel Bertram); Practical Poetics in Architecture (Wiley 2015); Meaning in Space (Lyon Housemuseum 2012); Procuring Innovative Architecture (Routledge 2010, with Geoffrey London); Spatial Intelligence: New Futures for Architecture; Mastering Architecture (Wiley Academy 2005 & 2008).

DATE: Friday 19 October, 2018
TIME: 6.30-7.30PM. Doors open at 6.15PM.
LOCATION: RMIT Design Hub
Building 100, Level 3, Lecture Theatre (100.03.001),
Corner Victoria and Swanston Streets, Melbourne, VIC, 3000