Saturday Aug 20, 2011 at 8:00am to Sunday Aug 21 at 4:00pm
The Bakery
233 James St
Northbridge,
Perth
Western Australia,
Australia
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Affirmative Architecture is a two-day symposium and exhibition convened by Dr Martyn Hook (Design Research Institute at RMIT University), Simon Pendal, Dr Stephen Neille (Pendal and Neille, Curtin University) and Adrian Iredale (iredale pedersen hook). 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 and Australian architects and landscape architects who have demonstrated commitment to a social agenda and have made significant contribution to the public realm. Curated as a series of interactive lectures and panel discussions the speakers will describe their predominately built work and 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 and the individual. In a contemporary context their work deals with positive consideration of social engagement, careful analysis of existing conditions and 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 and remote locations.
Speakers
Takaharu Tezuka
Tezuka Architects, Tokyo
Anthony Hoete
WHAT Architecture, London
Simon Pendal & Stephen Neille
Pendal and Neille, Perth
Diego Ramirez-Lovering
Monash University, Melbourne
Melanie Dodd
muf, Melbourne & London
Emma Williamson & Kieran Wong
CODA Studio, Perth
Rachel Neeson
Neeson Murcutt, Sydney
Michael Banney
m3architecture, Brisbane
Marco Vittino & Katherine Ashe
vittinoAshe, Perth
Richard Black
Times Two Architects, Melbourne
Nigel Bertram & Marika Neustupny
NMBW, Melbourne
Scott Balmforth
TERROIR, Hobart, Sydney & Copenhagen
Jennie Officer & Trent Woods
Officer Woods, Perth
Stuart Vokes
Owen and Vokes, Brisbane
Adrian Iredale, Finn Pedersen & Martyn Hook
iredale pedersen hook, Perth & Melbourne