Speaking at Affirmative Architecture Symposium, RMIT 20th - 21st August
Affirmative Architecture is a two day symposium convened by Dr Martyn Hook of the Design Research Institute at RMIT University, Melbourne. The event seeks to define an emergent trend amongst young architects to re-engage with the ability of architecture to make life better.
The symposium draws together international & Australian architects & landscape architects who have demonstrated commitment to a social agenda & have made significant contribution to the public realm. Curated as a series of interactive lectures & panel discussions the speakers will describe their predominately built work & real projects that address real problems.
Arguably these young practitioners are revising the Modernist ethos that architecture should provide effective solutions that benefit the community & the individual. In a contemporary context their work deals with positive consideration of social engagement, careful analysis of existing conditions & a deliberate, often challenging architectural response.
Organised in terms of geographic situation the symposium shall explore projects that expand the potential of architectural intervention in the city, the suburbs, the urban fringe, rural towns & remote locations.
Speakers include:
Mark Smout (Smout Allen & The Bartlett, UCL London)
Takaharu Tezuka (Tezuka Architect & Tokyo City University, Tokyo)
Leon van Schaik AO (RMIT Architecture, Melbourne)
Michael Banney (M3 Architecture, Brisbane)
Veronika Valk (zizi & yoyo, Tallinn)
Deborah Saunt & David Hills (DADHA, London)
Richard Black (Times Two Architects & RMIT Architecture, Melbourne)
Finn Pedersen (iredale pedersen hook architects, Perth)
Graham Crist (antarctica & RMIT Architecture, Melbourne)
Diego Ramirez (Monash University, Melbourne)
Stephen Neille (pendal and neille & Curtin University, Perth)
Melanie Dodd (muf_aus & RMIT Architecture, Melbourne)
Peter Ho (PHOOEY Architects, Melbourne)
Nigel Bertram (NMBW & RMIT Architecture, Melbourne)
Sue Anne Ware (RMIT Landscape Architecture, Melbourne)
Scott Balmforth (Terroir, Hobart)
Mat Ward (Managing Editor ar Magazine)
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