AGENCY2017 BOOKLET by AGENCY 2017

Australian & New Zealand Student Architecture Congress

28.11.17â&#x20AC;&#x201C;02.12.17

Programme Booklet

Acknowledgement of Country Agency2017 acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional owners and holders of knowledge where all buildings and university campuses in Sydney now stand. Agency2017 also pays respect to Elders past, present and future for sharing their knowledge and the significant contribution that Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first peoples make to the academic and cultural life of our city.

WEDNESDAY 29.11 UNSW

08:30 09:00 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00

FRIDAY 01.12 UTS

SATURDAY 02.12 SYDNEY

REGISTRATION + BREAKFAST

INTRODUCTION

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K O

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13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00

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CLARE SOWDEN AECOM, SYDNEY, AUS

THE DARK MATTER SHAPPING REGULATION + PLANNING POLICY

STACIE WONG GLUCK+, NEW YORK, USA

JULIE EIZENBERG KONING EIZENBERG, LOS ANGELES, USA

CLINTON COLE CPLUSC ARCHITECTURAL WORKSHOP, SYDNEY, AUS

JULIAN BOLLETER AUDRC, PERTH, AUS

JEREMY TILL CENTRAL ST. MARTINS, LONDON, UK

EMMA WILLIAMSON + KIERAN WONG CODA STUDIO, PERTH, AUS

VIRGINIA SAN FRATELLO RAEL SAN FRATELLO, USA

PETER RICH PETER RICH ARCHITECTS, JOHANNESBURG, SA

ROBERT BESON AR-MA, SYDNEY, AUS

CONGRESS PITCH

YOSHIHARU TSUKAMOTO ATELIER BOW WOW, TOKYO, JPN

CLOSING REMARKS

17:30 18:00

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MARC VLESSING POCKET LIVING, LONDON, UK

12:00 12:30

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UNSW GRADUATE EXHIBITION PARTY _

USYD GRADUATE EXHIBITION PARTY _

AGENCY2017 WAREHOUSE PARTY _

RED CENTRE, UNSW

WILKINSON BUILDING, USYD

DETAILS VIA W.O.M.

PROGRAMME

11:30

THURSDAY 30.11 USYD

UNSW AFTER PARTY _ STANDARD BOWL

Agency2017 would like to thank the many participating practices and organisations that have helped shape this years congress : NSW Architects Registration Board Made by the Opera House Terroir Save Our Sirius WeLiveHere; Future Method Architectus Johnson Pilton Walker BVN CplusC Architectural Workshop Durbach Block Jaggers Lendlease Scale Architecture Candalepas Associates CHROFI Sydney Architecture Walks Peter Rich Architects Stewart Hollenstein COX Architecture Atelier Jiri Lev BTB Architecture Cave Urban Urban Growth Rena Architects AR_MA

Peter Nguyen Estelle Rose Rehayem Jacques Chevrant Elise Vanden Dool David Gan Fiona Robertson Dominika Duchna Sam Williams Shuang Wu Sophie Canaris Dana Marjan Michael Diedricks Amanda Sun Nicholas Bucci Vanessa Coxhead Deirdre Mair Karin Ke Kainaaz Variava Jacqueline Oliver Jeremiasz Sieczko Paul Violett Alistair Munro Jiri Lev

THANKS

Agency2017 would not have been possible without the generous help from the organising committee:

A FEW WORDS Welcome to Sydney and to the 2017 Australasian Student Architecture Congress, Agency.

Today we celebrate 56 years since that fateful night, and 18 years since the last student congress in Sydney. Things have changed significantly since the last congress in 1999 when the Sydney Town Hall venue only cost $100 to hire (according to the past organisers) and the average house in Sydney was a mere $250,000. Since our initial pitch in 2015, talk of investment property flipping has become commonplace amongst young professionals over the nowinstitutional Sunday brunch of smashed avocado and soy-lattes. A 12sqm car spot in Kirribilli was sold for a record of $120,000. In the media, thentreasurer Joe Hockey was lambasted after telling young Australians that “the starting point for a first home buyer is to get a good job that pays good money”, whilst old mate Frank Gehry sent a middle-finger salute to a journalist saying, “98% of everything that is built and designed today is pure shit”. This year we wanted to reconcile the idealism of the design studio with the dependency of the architectural profession on the world of property development, construction, politics and wider society. AGENCY will question the limits and extents of the power possessed by architects to influence a world facing ever pressing challenges. We wanted to find out first hand from those who possess real agency in their daily practice. “[We] really do believe that the world can be saved through design,” as the great visionary Kanye

West once said, and perhaps “everything needs to actually be ‘architected’”. AGENCY2017 has been a remarkable journey stretching over almost 30 months. This is the first congress in about eight years run purely on student energy without significant institutional support. It has been two years ranging from moments of hopelessness, to unbridled optimism and everything in between. A sincere thanks our fabulous group of over twenty committed souls who have been with us all the way through thick and thin - you know who you are. Thank you to the unlimited generosity of our sponsors, university supporters, moderators, speakers and workshop hosts - without your dedication, time and financial support this congress would have never seen the light of day.

WELCOME

It is with great joy and anticipation that we welcome you to AGENCY2017, the next edition of the Australian and New Zealand Architecture Congress. The congress has played an integral part in shaping the careers of young future built environment professionals since its inception in the early 1960s. Recounted by an anonymous Professor of Architecture in 1961: “When I was a final year student (around 1960 or 1961) a group of us went to a Congress in Sydney, about which I don’t remember much except spending a night in the Phillips Street Jail after 3 of us went on an allday crawl attempting to visit every pub in Sydney -which we regarded as a great achievement at the time.”

Finally thank-you to you, for being part of the 33rd chapter of the Australia and New Zealand Student Architecture Congress. You are now part of a much broader legacy; a community, while temporary, nomadic and changing every two years or so, never wavers in energy and enthusiasm. Many years from now, when you reflect upon the early stages of your careers, you may not remember the exact conversations you had or where you ended up after closing party, but you will remember the spirit of those you met in Sydney. You being here today is a small miracle itself, a testament to the dedication and commitment to making the world better through design. So whether you’ve come from across the seas, over land or a short train ride or walk away, we welcome you to Sydney. Let us make AGENCY2017 a provocation, a celebration and most importantly a call to arms.

Peter Nguyen (M.Arch USYD 2016) Estelle Rose Rehayem (M.Arch UTS 2017, B.Arch UNSW 2014) Co-creative directors, AGENCY2017

THEMES In light of rapid globalisation, architecture’s role as social, cultural and artistic expression has become secondary to its potential to generate financial return. Over the past few years, Sydney’s median house prices have skyrocketed to over $1,100,000, while the median apartment is now worth over $710,000. According to the Demographia International Housing Affordability survey 2017, Sydney has the 2nd most expensive housing in the world (12.2x median household income), followed closely by Auckland in 4th place (10x) and Melbourne in 6th place (9.5x). In the quest for the ever-elusive Australasian Dream of homeownership, a building is not only a means of providing shelter, it is also a source of wealth creation. Architecture in the modern city is becoming less valued for its potential to foster community and enhance culture. It is worth is whatever someone else is willing to pay for it.

Australian and New Zealand cities consistently rank in the top 10 of the world’s most livable cities, boasting relaxed urban lifestyles, excellent access to nature, diverse and tolerant societies and sustainable economic growth. While the challenges are many, the opportunities are endless. The next generation of architects must be able to navigate the complexity of the modern world and the transformative role of architecture, between what Buddhist thinker Sogyal Rinpoche calls “gaps, spaces in which profound chances and opportunities for transformation are continuously flowering-if, that is, they can be seen and seized”. It requires architects to understand the power and limits of our own AGENCY: our capacity to steer the juggernaut of modernity to enhance the rich cultural life of our cities, ensure equitable access for all and capitalise on the boundless opportunities therein.

Intended to serve the needs of humanity in the “ A building is no longer something to use, but to here-and-now, architecture is increasingly subject own…once discovered as a form of capital, there to the forces of globalisation and modernity. is no choice for buildings but to operate according As the sociologist Anthony Giddens suggests, to the logic of capital” modernity can be seen as a juggernaut, like Reinier de Graaf “a runaway engine of enormous power which, Architectural Review, April 2015. collectively as human beings, we can drive to some extent but which also threatens to rush out of our control and which could rend itself asunder… [we are] caught up in a universe of events we do not fully understand, and which seems in a large part outside of our control”. The inability to “grapple with the juggernaut” has recently played out in the global political sphere, most notably in the US and Europe, as populations struggle to reconcile their identity with a world which is becoming more standardized and less specific to local culture. In the face of impatient global capital, the future of architecture faces an existential threat, in both its forms as physical space and as an abstract conception of space embodying memory, culture and connection to the spirit of place. Yet despite these challenges, the recent influx of substantial capital to our cities has created an enormous opportunity to improve the life of the global city.

Agency 2017 will explore three sub-themes: AGENCY TO CULTIVATE; AGENCY TO ACT; AGENCY TO CATALYSE. Each Session will run across a whole day and will be anchored by leading practitioners and academics from Australia, New Zealand and around the world.

AGENCY TO CULTIVATE: Are the current modes of architectural education relevant to the practice of architecture? In a time of profound technological and structural change, is the modern architecture student fit for practice? What is the potential for material, computational and construction innovation? AGENCY TO ACT: What is the expanding role of future architectural practice? Why making matters: Why we build (and why you should too)! What could an architectural start-up culture look like? What is the value of visual aesthetic? What is the role of history, culture, art and ethics in the face of rapid economic change? Apartment Design regulations: setting standards or obstructing housing innovation?

THEMES

We are interested in the agency that architects have to encourage and ensure equitable access to the rich cultural life of the global city and its peripheries. How do we, as future built environment professionals, question the centre and boundaries of the status-quo? Some of the questions we aim to address include:

AGENCY TO CATALYSE: How can we, as the architects of tomorrow, mobilise capital for socially, economically and e nviro n me n tall y respo nsible desig n outcomes? Property development: mythbusting pre-conceptions of the dark side. How can architecture be a more equitable profession? Is there such thing as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;humanitarian architectureâ&#x20AC;??

OPENING PARTY

TUESDAY 28.11

6PMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;11PM

Where? Australian Institute of Architects NSW Chapter

Food will be served at 6.00PM sharp. Presentations start at 7.30PM sharp.

3 Manning St Potts Point, Sydney (5min. walk from Kings Cross station)

Pecha Kucha Featuring:

Sarah Lynn Rees M.Arch University of Cambridge

Barnaby Bennett PhD Candidate, UTS

msd.unimelb.edu.au/ sarah-lynn-rees

barnabybenett.com

Owen & Bobbie M.Architecture University of Newcastle

Andrew Kerr AKA Architects, M.Arch, Tasmania

The Grand Section thegrandsection.com

The 60.000 House 60khouse.com.au

Tom Rubenach M.Arch, University of Sydney

Compact Living Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship

MODERATORS Tim Horton is a Sydney-based architect with an unhealthy interest in how decisions get made, and why. An awarded architect and life-long political tragic, Tim got his chance to bring his love of politics and design together when, at the age of 36, he was appointed by South Australian Premier Mike Rann to be a Commissioner for Integrated Design. Since then, Tim has sought to occupy the precise intersection of political decision-making and the design industry.

Wednesday 29 th November UNSW

At times this has proved difficult to find. He is currently the Registrar of the NSW Architects Registration Board, coauthored Sydney’s bid to be declared World Design Capital in 2020 (shortlisted as one of only 2 cities in July 2017) and is national host for ‘Australia by Design’ – a 28-part series on contemporary architecture, industrial design and landscape architecture airing nationally on Network Ten.

Dr Chris L. Smith is the Associate Professor in Architectural Design and Technê in the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Chris has lectured internationally. His research is concerned with the complex connection of bodies and buildings—a connection he locates at the interdisciplinary nexus of philosophy, biology and architectural theory. He has published on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; technologies of the body; and the influence of evolutionary biology on contemporary architectural theory. His recently published book titled Bare Architecture: a schizoanalysis (Bloomsbury, London, 2017) is a breakthrough critical analysis that explores the architecture of the 21st century poststructural body. Presently Chris is concentrating upon the architectural expression of scientific ideals in biomedical laboratories.

Thursday 30 th November USYD

Melonie Bayl-Smith is the Director of Sydney-based practice Bijl Architecture, whose considered and purposeful approach to architecture and its broader context is evident in the practice’s award-winning and widely-published projects. An Adjunct Professor at the UTS School of Architecture, Melonie is presently an elected Board Member of the NSW Architects’ Registration Board, and is the incoming Registration Convenor for NSW.

Friday 1st December UTS

Known as an outspoken advocate for architectural education, gender equity and good design, Melonie is involved in the broader profession as an educator, speaker and commentator, her research interests situated in the field of present and future architectural practice.

The program provides advanced knowledge in architectural design and related technical and academic knowledge. It prepares you to work in architecture and other design-based industries, and to operate at a professional level in the practice of Architecture.

Key Areas of Study – Architectural Design – Architectural Science and Technology – Architectural Construction and Structures – Architectural History & Theory – Professional Practice

be.unsw.edu.au

Shaping Future Cities

Master of Architecture at UNSW Built Environment

Stream Options of Study High Performance Technology Housing Social Agency Urban Conditions Generalist (No Stream)

For more information or to apply visit us at: be.unsw.edu.au/master-of-architecture

Built Environment

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CULTIVATE 29.11

CULTIVATE

Wednesday, 29 th November

Location: University of New South Wales Law Building; Law Theatre K-F8-G04 (First theatre, left on entry from main walkway) Transport: Bus services arriving at Anzac Parade (leave 1 hour for travel time):

Central Station, Eddy Ave Stand C: 391, 393, 395 Circular Quay, Alfred St, Stand E and City, Elizabeth St: 390-2, 394, 396-9 Bondi Junction and Burwood: 400 Coogee, Newtown, Sydney University, Leichhardt: 370 Drummoyne, Rozelle, Town Hall, Surry Hills, Kensington, UNSW, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Coogee Beach: M50 Metrobus

Here’s a map so you don’t get lost. (Please don’t get lost)

LAW THEATRE /VENUE BUS ACCESS / ENTRY COFFEE ON CAMPUS

CULTIVATE

Central Station, Eddy Ave Stand D: UNSW Express (free bus)

Barnaby Bennett + Byron Kinnaird What is Agency + A history of The Congress

Barnaby Bennett

Barnaby is a publisher, designer and writer. He is currently completing a Ph.D at UTS examining the political life of temporary projects in postdisaster Christchurch. Barnaby has been widely published and currently teaches architecture at universities in Australia and New Zealand. Barnabyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current teaching and research looks at temporality as a design driver. He is one of the founders of the cooperative publishing company Freerange Press. With Byron Kinnaird, he is one of the self-appointed historians of the infamous Student Architecture Congress.

Byron Kinnaird

Byron Kinnaird is a researcher and teacher with an interest in the cultures of architecture. Kinnaird is currently working in research and policy at the NSW Architects Registration Board, and is completing a PhD through the University of Melbourne that explores the negotiation of architectural education through accreditation and institutional discourse. He is one of the Directors of the Freerange Press and for the last ten years has progressively been building a history of Australasian architecture student culture.

Marc Vlessing Pocket Living: London, UK

Marc is Co-founder and CEO of Pocket, London’s first private developer that focuses exclusively on delivering intermediate housing for the starter market. Pocket’s award winning housing requires no grant, is secured as affordable in perpetuity and sold outright to people on low to moderate incomes. The company has delivered over 400 homes over the past decade and has a pipeline of over 700 homes that will be delivered across 9 schemes by 2020. Pocket is investing c.£200m in affordable homes over the next 4 years. Marc Vlessing has had a broad career working in the City as well as the property and media sectors as a CEO, Chairman, NED and consultant. In between jobs, Marc has produced a number of award winning feature films. He maintains his sanity by playing the saxophone (jazz).

Clare Sowden AECOM: Sydney, AUS

In 2014 Clare Sowden was voted as one of the top 40 people in the world, under 40, in the Property sector by the US magazine, UrbanLand. She recently joined Aecom, as the General Manager of Development, following her previous role as the Director of Development at PwC, where she was responsible for a Development pipeline of over $1billion. In this role she led an international bid on the White Bay Power Station site, and worked with Government on transport led development as well as leading the strategic investments of offshore Asian entrants into the Australian property market. Clare has worked as the Development Manager on several multi-billion dollar residential and commercial developments including Green Square in Sydney for Mirvac and Lockerbie in Melbourne for Stockland. She is on the Board of the Australian Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the not for profit group Sunnyfield as well as being an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. She studied Real Estate Management at the Harvard Business School and Graduated first in Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. 15

Dark Matter Shaping Planning Policy Roundtable Discussion

AGENCY2017 seeks to reveal the skills, tools and mindsets required by a new generation of architects empowered to create social impact. In order to make change however, we must first understand how change is made, and how the process is changing.

Kim Crestani

Political leaders from all sides are seeking to reduce escalating future costs by reducing the size and scale of the public sector, where public interest has traditionally been served. Arguably, the ability for the public sector to respond is in peril; locked in to applying one-size-fits-all policy to hyper-local issues in an economy whose geography is seemingly at odds with climate, environment with agriculture; fueled by a splintering of traditional political parties chasing an increasingly disengaged electorate.

Prof. Rod Simpson

At the same time, social technologies are able to connect communities more intuitively, enabling broad, purpose-driven coalitions around local issues they believe in (the re-birth of Jane Jacobs as a reader for communities; pop up and tactical urbanism). Top-down is shedding while bottom-up is still forming. Left and right politics is fracturing, and yet the mechanics of the middle are missing. Is this where the agency of professionals is needed most? Is it relevant that a 2016 paper by the ARB argued that engaging citizens more effectively seems a skill-set elusive to many architects?

Registrar NSW Architects Registration Board

In July 2016, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan noted that architects had all but disappeared from roles advising government; reducing from 50% in the 1970s to around 1% in 2017. At the same time, the role these architects play has changed, moving from project office and Clerks of Works to strategic advisors in the room as positions are argued and policy is formed. Is the public interest served by a well detailed signal box when billions of dollars are invested in new schools, and transport infrastructure that are scoped, budgeted and delivered with no advice on design or delivery? How many policies, programs and projects related to housing, land use or pubic space are drafted without the spatial intelligence or data sources native to architectural experience? Is external advocacy and activism alone an effective tool to make change, or are experts needed as options are explored in the high-risk game of politics and public policy? Or are we the problem; allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good? Do we really have the means to make an impact? Hear how the rules of the game are changing. Hear from those who have been in the room as the imperfect art of politics has played out as they share insights in to the dark matter that gives shape to education, planning and regulation policy. This is strictly Chatham House Rules.

The Pod System

Peter Mould

NSW Government Architect 2006â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2012

Environment Commissioner Greater Sydney Commission

Dr. Geoff Gallup AC

27 th Premier of WA, Director of the Graduate School of Government, USYD

MC: Tim Horton

Julie Eizenberg

Koning Eizenberg: Los Angeles, USA

Julie Eizenberg, FAIA brings leadership, design vision, and great expertise in working with cities, non-profit agencies, institutions and private developers to generate inventive master plans and public places. Julie is an astute observer leading investigations that reshape the way we think about conventional building typologies. Her focus on the user experience—whether it is an individual, under-served community or the public at large—brings an empathetic perspective that translates seemingly mundane programs into places of ease and generosity. Julie teaches and lectures around the world, is a frequent advisor to the U.S. Mayor’s Institute on City Design and on the board of Public Architecture. Her most recent book, titled ‘Architecture isn’t just for special occasions’, offers more insight into the philosophy and work of a practice that aligns humanist values with inventive architectural form making.

Peter Rich

Peter Rich Architects: Johannesburg, SA

Peter has built an architectural practice and career upon the foundation of spatial uses. Lessons learnt from being a pupil interacting with Africans in their traditional villages and evolved spaces of urbanity. It has taught Peter respect for working with cultures other than his own, and how they interpret space differently. We are all equal, but different in language, belief systems and how we ritualize and conduct our lives. It is the difference and consequent hybridity that results through interaction that particularly interests Peter and influences his work. Peter has been made a Fellow of the following institutions in recognition for his contribution to African Architecture and Space Making; FAIA, FRIBA, Fellow Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge, England. His designs have been realized at the scale of Home, Village, Neighbourhood and City. 17

Kieran Wong + Emma Williamson CODA Studio / COX Arhcitecture: Perth, AUS

Kieran co-founded CODA in 1997 and since then Kieran has been involved in a broad range of architecture and design projects ranging in value from $250,000 to $75 million. Local authorities, government agencies and private developers seek his input in developing innovative, pragmatic and sustainable design responses to urban and community challenges across the state. Under his leadership, CODA is now recognised as a leader in research and innovative design, providing advice and input into community infrastructure, built form guidelines and sitespecific housing typologies. Kieran is a valued contributor to the design, sustainability and artistic dialogue of Perth. His keen interest in research and teaching has seen him speak regularly at national conferences as well as contribute to university architecture programs. In recent years he has developed a reputation as an authoritative voice on issues surrounding social housing and residential affordability.

In 1997 Emma co-founded CODA and since then has been involved in all aspects of the practice, bringing her passion for architecture, interiors and product design into the studio. Over a ten year period, Emma combined practice with an academic position at Curtin University. In this role she was involved in the development of course content for the architecture and interior architecture courses delivered both locally and through Curtinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international campuses. In 2006, Emma took on the role of Practice Director in a full time capacity. She now leads the practice through the day to day running of the studio, project programming through to staff development. Emma oversees the design of all projects within the office, acting as an important critic to the projects as they move through their various stages. She focuses particular attention on a projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior and is able to cut through to the core of an idea quickly and to test against the desired outcome. Emma has been published widely in academic journals and national magazines, reviewing recent works and discussing the state of architecture more broadly.

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ARCHEX is a combined showcase of the UNSW Master of Architecture and Bachelors of Architectural Studies studio courses. OPENING NIGHT

UNSW REDCENTRE W E S T - W I N G

29th

NOV

STARTS

6PM

7-9 PM DRINKS +

CELEBRATIONS

AFTER PARTY ENTRY FROM THE STANDARD

9:30PM PRINCIPAL SPONSORS

BOWL

3/383 BOURKE ST, DARLINGHURST

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ACT 30.11

ACT

Thursday, 30 th November

Location: The University of Sydney New Law Building Annex (Building code: F10A) (Auditorium below ground, enter the new law building and take one flight of stairs down) USYD Exhibition from 6:30PM, Wilkinson building (on City Rd). Transport: If you’re too good for buses, the venue is a 10 min (fast paced) walk from central station Bus services arriving at Eastern Avenue off City Road (we recommend you leave 30 min travel time from workshops):

L23, L28, M30, M10, M30, M40

There’s a bridge, use it.

LAW THEATRE / VENUE

USYD EXHIBITION

ACT

352, 370, 422, 423, 426, 428

Stacie Wong GLUCK+: USA

Stacie Wong is a principal at GLUCK+, named by Fast Company as one of the top 10 most innovative companies in architecture in 2014. GLUCK+ is recognized for Architect Led Design Build: single-source responsibility with architects leading the building process. The practice is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of design with real-world expertise to craft bold and conceptually unique architecture. The firm was featured in Architectural Record ‘The New Master Builders’, The Architect’s Newspaper ‘Inside Architecture’s One-Stop Shop’, and Architect ‘Best Practices: Engaging in Architect Led Design Build’. Projects were recently featured in AD Architectural Design, Wallpaper* and Interni magazines. GLUCK+ works throughout the United States. Notable award-winning projects include Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning, a public/private partnership project for NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and New York Junior Tennis & Learning; Pilkey Laboratory, a LEED Gold research facility for Duke University; and The Stack, the first prefabricated steel and concrete modular residential development in New York City. Stacie Wong holds a BA in Architecture from University of California at Berkeley and M.Arch from Yale University.

Clinton Cole

CplusC Architectural Workshop: Sydney, AUS

Clinton Cole is the founder and director of CplusC Architectural Workshop; a registered Architect; licensed Builder and an accredited Construction Supervisor. With over twenty years’ experience in the architecture and construction industries, the success of the CplusC brand can be attributed to Clinton’s unwavering dedication to producing premium quality, genuinely sustainable architectural solutions. Projects Clinton has been involved with have been recognised across the architecture, construction and sustainability sectors, both national and internationally. Regularly invited to present his ideas to industry peers, academic panels and design publications, Clinton is a highly respected member of the profession and his company is at the forefront of Building Information modeling.

Virginia San Fratello Rael San Fratello: USA

Virginia San Fratello is an architect, artist and educator. She is a partner at Rael San Fratello and in Emerging Objects, which is a pioneering design and research company that specializes in 3D printed materials and objects for the built environment based in Oakland, California. She is an associate professor in the area of design at San Jose State University in Silicon Valley. Virginia holds a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University in the City of New York. Her design studio, Rael San Fratello, was the recipient of the Emerging Voices Award given by the Architectural League of New York, Metropolis Magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next Generation Design Award, a winner in the WPA 2.0 design competition and winner of the Van Alen Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Life at the Speed of Rail competition. In 2016 the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) selected San Fratello as Educator of the Year and in 2017 Rael San Fratello received the ACADIA Digital Practice Award.

Robert Beson AR-MA: Sydney, AUS

Robert Beson is a registered architect and founding director of AR-MA. Robert has led AR-MA as a trans-disciplinary architectural practice, merging award-winning design with proven expertise in the delivery of challenging buildings. This mixture responds to changing supply chains affecting how we design, manage and manufacture buildings for construction. Throughout his career, Robert Beson has been involved in architectural research and teaching. He has taught at various architecture schools in Australia since 2006, and continues to lecture worldwide. Robert studied architecture at the University of Sydney, where he received his Bachelor of Design (Architecture), and the University of Technology Sydney, where he received his Master of Architecture. Prior to studying architecture, Robert studied Classics (Latin and Greek) at the Colorado College. He wrote his thesis on the origins of the novel and received his Bachelor of Arts in 2000.

UTS School of Architecture

Graduates who are shaping the future of the profession. â&#x20AC;&#x153;UTS excels in teaching students how to create new conceptual ideas that break boundaries allowing for new ways of thinking. The best thing I learnt was definitely from my first studio: that design thinking is very important in producing a successful project, to be able to justify our design choices and to have design integrity.â&#x20AC;? Chloe Yuen UTS Master of Architecture graduate 2016 Architects Medallion winner, NSW Architects Registration Board

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CATALYSE 01.12

CATALYSE

Friday 1st December

Location: University of Technology Sydney Gutherie Theatre: Level 3 702–730 Harris St, Broadway 2007 (Enter via stairs to building 6 off Harris St) Transport: Venue is a 2min. walk from central station / railway square.

Yep, another map... Seriously, don’t get lost.

UTS GUTHERIE THEATRE

CATALYSE

Train to CENTRAL

Host the next student congress in your city in 2019!

Photography Credit: Daniel Lawson

On the final day of the student congress (Friday 1st December), each city will have the opportunity to give a pitch about their ideas for the 2019 Australasian Student Architecture Congress. We encourage you to get together with a group of peers as a (recommended) group of 3 and start brainstorming! Pitches for the 2019 congress will take place on Friday 1st December 3.30pm following the break. Each team will have five-minutes to present a PDF/Powerpoint Presentation to convince the audience why your city should be the next to host the Australasian Student Architecture Congress is 2019! The city with the most votes will become creative directors and will be provided with a modest amount of seed funding to get started! You do not need to register to give a pitch, but we highly recommend you make yourselves known to Estelle, Peter or a volunteer in an AGENCY t-shirt prior to the 1st Dec. Contact us at asac2017agency@gmail.com for more info, or ask someone wearing one of the shirts.

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Julian Bolleter AUDRC: Perth, AUS

Julian Bolleter is an Assistant Professor at the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) at the University of Western Australia. His role at the AUDRC includes teaching a master’s program in urban design and conducting urban design related research and design projects. Julian Bolleter is an awarded landscape architect and urban designer and has worked in Australia, the USA, the UK and the Middle East on a range of projects. He has completed a PhD concerning landscape architecture in Dubai and has published three books, including ‘Made in Australia: The future of Australian cities’ (with Richard Weller), ‘Take me to the River: A history of Perth’s foreshore’ and ‘Scavenging the Suburbs’, a book which audits Perth for ~1,000,000 possible urban infill dwellings. In 2014 Julian was awarded the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects WA gold medal award (in conjunction with Richard Weller).

Jeremy Till

Central St. Martins: London, UK

Jeremy Till is an architect, educator and writer. He is Head of Central Saint Martins and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of the Arts London. Till’s extensive written work includes the books Flexible Housing, Architecture Depends and Spatial Agency, all three of which won the prestigious RIBA President’s Award for Research. As an architect, he worked with Sarah Wigglesworth Architects on their pioneering building, 9 Stock Orchard Street, winner of many awards including the RIBA Sustainability Prize. Jeremy curated the UK Pavilion at the 2006 Architecture Biennale in Venice and also at the 2013 Shenzhen Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.

Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Atelier Bow Wow: Tokyo, JPN

Atelier Bow-Wow is a Tokyo-based firm founded in 1992 by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima. Yoichi Tamai joined as partner in 2015. Their interests lie in diverse fields ranging from architectural design to urban research and the creation of public artworks, which are produced based on the theory known as ‘behaviorology’. The practice has designed and built houses and public spaces in Japan, Europe and the United States. Their most famous published works include ‘Behaviorology’ and ‘Graphic Anatomy’. Atelier Bow-Wow have also had their urban research published, titles including ‘Made in Tokyo’, ‘Pet Architecture Guide Book’, ‘Void Metabolism’ and ‘Commonalities’. ‘Micro Public Space’ a series of critical intervention into public spacehas been published worldwide. Tsukamoto is a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kaijima is associate professor of ETH and Tsukuba University. They have taught as guest professors in Harvard GSD, Columbia University GSAPP, UCLA, Cornell University, ETH, TU Delft and the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen.

01.12.17

CLOSING PARTY Secret Warehouse Party_ Location: Details via word of mouth_ Ticket + ID or no entry_ Free Drinks_ Free Food_

Useful Information Registrations / Locations

Congress Registrations: Upon registration you will have received your agency lanyard. Please ensure you wear this throughout all sessions and workshops as you will not be permitted in to sessions without it. Losing it is not an excuse. Workshop Registrations:

Please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to ask our volunteers questions throughout the days and at the registration desks. Venues: All sessions will take place at venues listed in the timetable, across the 3 universities in Sydney.

INFO

A full list of workshops and their attendees will be available at the registration desk. Ask a volunteer to double check what session you are booked into as names might have been shuffled.

The opening party will be held at the NSW Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, located at 3 Manning St, Potts Point. No entry without a ticket and no tickets to be sold at entry. Your ticket should note whether or not you have entry to this party (not all registrations have a ticket, make sure you double check!). The closing party will be held in Marrickville. All registrations will include a ticket to the closing party and tickets will not be available at the door. You must ask a volunteer or other congress guests to find out the location and details.

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