AUGUMENTED AUSTRALIA
Australian Exhibition
International Architecture Biennale, Venice, 2014
Creative Directors: Craig McCormack, Professor Rene van Meeuwen (University of WA), Matt Delroy-Carr and Romesh Goonewardene, Practice: Felix; Sophie Giles (University of WA); Professor Simon Anderson (University of WA); Professor Philip Goad (University of Melbourne)
Tags BiennaleCraig McCormackMatt Delroy-CarrProfessor Philip GoadProfessor Rene van MeeuwenRomesh GoonewardeneSophie Giles
Responding to Biennale curator Rem Koolhaas’s focus on historical importance and national identity, Australia’s exhibition creative directors plan to bring twenty-one unrealized Australian projects to life through three-dimensional augmented models, images, voice-overs and animations. Ten of the projects will be unbuilt public buildings by contemporary architects, plus the new Australian Pavilion by Denton Corker Marshall (which will be underway during the 2014 Biennale). A further ten projects will be unbuilt historical designs of note, as selected by Professor Goad. Visitors to Australia’s exhibition exploring unbuilt contemporary and historical projects in 3D walkthroughs using a smartphone app, such as Luminous, created by Felixlab for protoyping.
RMIT affiliated exhibitors and projects include:
RMIT Student Housing, (Victoria)
Pacific Central Development, CUB site
Architects: Ashton Raggatt McDougall
Unbuilt Proposal, 1995
Practice Directors:
Ian McDougall, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, RMIT B.Arch (Prof) alumni, RMIT M.Arch (Research) alumni
Howard Raggatt, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, RMIT M.Arch (Research) alumni
RMIT Campus Project Gallery: RMIT Student Housing, Pacific Central Development, CUB site
RMIT Recreational Facilities Building, Swanston Street (Victoria)
Architects: Lyons Architects
Unbuilt Proposal, 1997
Practice Director: Carey Lyons, RMIT Architecture Adjunct Professor, RMIT M.Arch (Research) alumni
RMIT Campus Project Gallery: RMIT Recreational Facilities Building, Swanston Street