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URBAN ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS research, supervision, teaching, publications, exhibitions, urban design consultancy page 1 | page 2 keywords: urban architecture, bottom-up urbanism, design research, urban design, urban environments, urban liveability, social infrastructure, master-planning, sustainable development, suburban densification, rural towns and regional development, urban history and theory, asian architecture and urbanism, cosmopolitanism  ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY & THEORY COURSE Asian Architecture and Urbanism Coordinators: Sand Helsel, RMIT Architecture Assoc Prof, Director of International Development, School of Architecture & Design with Nigel Bertram, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer, Director of Urban Architecture Laboratory Anna Johnson, RMIT Architecture Lecturer recurring offering, 2008- This new course examines contemporary architecture in Asia in the context of the urban, social and cultural changes being driven by globalisation and rapid economic development. Case study Asian cities will be studied looking at the significant stages of historical development and emerging architectural design responses to urbanisation. Design practice strategies for working in an Asian urban context will be presented by architects actively practicing in the region. related projects: asian architecture & urbanism projects  MATCHPOINT.MELBOURNE An urban research and design project that investigates how our everyday social sports could help to meet local and global challenges of urban design. Presented as an exhibition and public symposium at the ‘State of Design’ festival 2010. Exhibition Informal Exhibition Opening: July 1, 2010, 6pm Exhibition Dates: July 2–18, 2010, open daily 9-5pm, with extended events, 5-8pm Venue: RMIT Building 45, 33 Lygon Street Symposium July 15, 2010, 1-6pm, Party: 6pm RMIT Building 45, 33 Lygon Street Following a presentation on Matchpoint.Melbourne, a public symposium explores and debates the themes centred around the project. The event concludes with a summary speech in the evening and a public party afterwards. Potential participants include representatives from the City of Melbourne, Sports and Recreation Victoria, Committee for Melbourne, Victoria Major Events Company, Big Issue, representatives from Adidas or Nike as well as architects and urban planners. The purpose of the symposium is to initiate a public discussion and put the topic on the agenda. The outcomes of these events will be published in a book through RMIT/Innesbruck University Press Websites: http://stateofdesign.com.au/Public-Events/talks/MatchpointMelbourne-Talk http://stateofdesign.com.au/Public-Events/Exhibitions/matchpoint-melbourne Contact: Thomas Fussenegger mail@thomasfussenegger.com 0410 271120   Dayne Trower, RMIT Master of Architecture (Professional) student URBAN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION Peripheral Living Installation Project Leaders: Nigel Bertram & Gretchen Wilkins - RMIT Architecture Urban Architecture Laboratory with RMIT Master of Architecture (Professional Degree) Urban Architecture Design Studio students & RMIT Master of Architecture (Research by Project) Urban Architecture candidates. exhibited in: Bushfire Australia Tarrawarra Museum of Art Healesville, Victoria 28 March - 25 July 2010 Bushfire Australia will examine the recurrence of bushfire imagery in the work of Australian artists. The exhibition will draw on works from state, public and private collections, including Australian historical paintings and new works made in direct response to the 2009 fires, creating a reflective, poignant and ultimately hopeful exploration of this dramatic Australian phenomenon.  RMIT ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STAFF AND ALUMNI WIN DESIGN CHALLENGE COMPETITION 2009 Design Challenge: Fire Competition and Exhibition Presented by the Design Research Institute, RMIT University The 2009 Design Challenge: Fire has brought together a diverse range of more than 75 researchers and experts to generate innovative transdisciplinary design projects in response to bushfires. This exhibition of the finalist teams' ideas is an insight into the role of design in fire prevention and planning, emergency response and the mitigation of fire impact and post-fire regeneration in our communities. Design Competition Winners: Polytactics, Team members: Firoz Alam, Jordi Beneyto-Ferre, Nigel Bertram (RMIT Architecture), Laura Harper (RMIT Architecture Alumni), Professor David Mainwaring (RMIT Applied Chemistry), Professor Robert Shanks, Victoria Smith and Associate Professor SueAnne Ware (RMIT Landscape Architecture) The winning team received the RMIT Design Research Institute Challenge Award, a grant contribution to the value of $25,000 toward research and development of the proposal in 2010. EXHIBITION DATES: 11 Nov 2009 - 28 Feb 2010, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EXHIBITION VENUE: Melbourne Museum, Discovery Centre, Lower Foyer, Nicholson St, Carlton Shortlisted Exhibited projects included: Communication and Community Shelter Networks. Team Members: Luke Adams, Travis Dean, Jacqueline Edge, Rory Fort, Stuart Harrison (RMIT Architecture), Marcus White (RMIT Architecture) and Matt Tonner Judges: Gavin Jennings, Victorian Sate Government Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Innovation Professor Margaret Gardner AO, RMIT Vice-Chancellor and President Jenny Bonnin, City Director, Clinton Climate Change Initiative Naomi Brown, CEO, Australian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Brandon Gien, Executive Director, Australian International Design Awards and General Manager, Corporate Services, Standards Australia Justin Leonard, Research Scientist, CSIRO Tim Shannon, Managing Director, Hassell Architects The competition is supported by: Standards Australia Australian International Design Awards State of Design Festival Victorian State Government RMIT NEWS ARTICLE Design challenge searches for fire solutions  INTERNATIONAL HOUSING EXHIBITION Kazunari Sakamoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology House: Poetics in the Ordinary RMIT Design Research Institute Exhibition Curator: Nigel Bertram, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer; Co-Director: DRI Urban Liveability with Prof Sue Anne Ware; Director: RMIT Urban Architecture Laboratory; Practice Director: NMBW Exhibition Dates: 08.04.09–02.05.09 Public Lecture: Wednesday 29.04.09 at 6.00 pm Exhibition Closing Party: Wednesday 29.04.09 at 7:30pm Venue: The Atrium, Federation Square, Corner Swanston & Flinders St, Melbourne Prof. Sakamoto, of the Tokyo Institute of Technology is an internationally renowned Japanese architect. He was a student of Kazuo Shinohara and the teacher of Kaijima and of Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow, also of TITech. This exhibition presents Sakamoto's major works in residences and collective housing from the past 30 years. Kazunari Sakamoto’s architectural works emerge at the boundaries of everyday life. These consciously inconspicuous forms, both in a haphazard suburban setting or in the density of Tokyo, provide an entirely new spatial sensation. This exhibition continues the Design Research Institute’s interest in the discussion that expands the conventional focus on “housing” as a general economic or social condition to include examination of the individual dwelling and its spatial contexts. Moving beyond the large scale and the spectacular, this exhibition will demonstrate the importance contemporary Japanese culture attaches to the activities and environments of everyday life.  PUBLIC LECTURE Kazunari Sakamoto "House: Poetics in the Ordinary" RMIT Design Research Institute Public Lecture Introduced By Prof Geoffrey London, Victorian Government Architect Date: Wednesday 29.04.09 Lecture Time: 6:00pm Exhibition Closing Party: from 7.30 pm onwards Venue: ACMI Cinema 1, Federation Square, Corner Swanston & Flinders St , Melbourne VIC 3000 The RMIT Design Research Institute invites you to a public lecture by visiting Professor Kazunari Sakamoto of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It is an opportunity to hear Professor Sakamoto discuss his architectural composition and how it finds greater significance in everyday life than in aesthetic expression. It is this ‘absolute commonness of the everyday’ that presents to him a space of freedom that enables a communication between the body and the world. This lecture is followed by an exhibition closing party and drinks. related projects: asian architecture & urbanism  EXHIBITION Shared Space Hobart: An exhibition of RMIT Architecture student projects for Sullivans Cove Exhibition Venue: Australian Institute of Architects, Tasmanian Chapter, 1/19a Hunter Street, Hobart Exhibition Dates: 26 March - 9 April 2009 Opening: Thursday 26 March, 5.30 - 7.00pm to be launched by James Jones, Tasmanian Chapter President Curator/Studio Leader: Nigel Bertram, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer, Director: Urban Architecture Laboratory. Practice Director: NMBW; Member, Sullivans Cove Design Panel Exhibiting RMIT Architecture Students: Nur Syazana Adnan, Lap Top Au, Alfred Jun Keat Chuah, Charles Dewanto, Marcello Donati, Helen Duong, Kylie Freeman, Joachim Hackl, James Jamison, Jelena Knezevic, Sam Perversi-Brooks, Augustine Savage, Anson Tsui Sponsoring partner: Sullivans Cove Watefront Authority, Hobart  URBAN LIVABILITY EXHIBITION ULCE 001: Urban Livability Collective Exhibition Design for Everyday, Exhibition Catalogue. Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, 01/10/08-21/10/08. RMIT Architecture, Industrial Design, & Landscape Architecture, Upperpool Design Studios, 2008, RMIT School of Architecture & Design. Supported by the RMIT Design Research Institute - Urban Livability Program. Curator: Sue Anne Ware.  RMIT URBAN ARCHITECTURE LABORATORY BOOK RE: HOUSING Shane Murray, Diego Ramirez-Lovering, Simon Whibley (Eds) Melbourne: RMIT Press, 2008 REHOUSING examines recent transformations in the contexts surrounding housing in Australia and reconsiders architecture's involvement in, or contribution to the general provision of housing. It presents a survey of 24 illustrated case studies and 3 thematic essays focusing on the relationship between architecture and housing and the opportunities for architecture to contribute to these conditions. Publication project leader: Simon Whibley, RMIT Architecture Lecturer, RMIT Urban Architecture Laboratory RMIT Architecture student publication project team: Allison Claney, Karim Chami, Mariana Jahufer, Rachel Soo, Rueben Kuah and Samantha Chang Related event: reHousing: UAL International Housing Conference and Exhibition RMIT, Melbourne, October, 2006 Co-Convenors: Shane Murray, Diego Ramirez and Simon Whibley  URBAN ARCHITECTURE LABORATORY BOOK OPPORTUNISTIC URBANISM Diego Ramirez-Lovering (Ed), Melbourne, RMIT Press, 2008 sample pages from the book This book was launched by Melanie Dodd, Architecture Program Director, RMIT University DATE: Wednesday 19th November 2008, 6pm - 8pm VENUE: "The Basketball Court", RMIT Building 45 Studios (Rear), 33 Lyon Street Carlton (corner of Earl Street opp Trades Hall) key themes: globalisation, rapid third-world urbanisation, low-income housing, community infrastructure, opportunistic local development, mexican/latin american urban culture  URBAN ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE Building Tokyo Bachelor of Architectural Design Elective, Semester 1, 2008 Gretchen Wilkins, Visiting Academic, University of Michigan This elective investigates the urban development of Tokyo in the post-war period. related projects: asian architecture & urbanism  ASA/RMIT ARCHITECTURE - INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR ASA/RMIT Architecture - International Architecture & Urban Design Study Tour, 2008 Contemporary European Architecture & Urban Design and the Heritage of Modernism International Travelling Urban Seminar & Study Tour Tour Leader, 2008: Stuart Harrison, RMIT Architecture Lecturer Tour participants: practitioners; students; interested travellers 2008 Itinerary: Finland: Helsinki (5 nights), Jyväskylä (2 nights), Netherlands: Amsterdam (4 nights), Rotterdam (3 nights), UK: London (5 nights) For further information go to: - ASA/RMIT Study Tour Itinerary, 2008 (pdf) - ASA: CC608 Modern and Contemporary European Architecture & Urban Design - ASA Home page Previous Intineraries 1998-2005 included: Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic Tour Leader 1998-2005: Shane Murray, Urban Architecture Laboratory Director Tour Leader 2002: Brent Allpress, RMIT Architecture Program Director Homeless World Cup, Copenhagen, 2007 DESIGN STUDIO Homeless World Cup, Melbourne 2008 Upperpool Design Studio, Semester 2, 2007 Sudio Leader: Nigel Bertram, Director, Urban Architecture Laboratory, Practice: NMBW This studio was commissioned to develop proposals for the siting and hosting of the Homeless World Cup, Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup - Melbourne 2008 Melbourne bid (pdf) Wikipedia entry partners: Homeless World Cup The Big Issue City of Melbourne  UAL STUDIO AND EXHIBITION M: URBAN - MODIFYING THE CITY RMIT Architecture Exhibition Studio Leaders/Curators: Shane Murray and Nigel Bertram Venue: Melbourne Central Skybridge, Level 2, between Melbourne Central and Myers, across Lonsdale Street Exhibition Opening Time: 6.00 pm, Thursday 28th June, 2007 Opening Address: John Denton, Victorian Government Architect partners: Committee for Melbourne Winning exhibited project: Melbourne Vacancy Exchange 
INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE EXHIBITION
UMAP FUNDED INTERNATIONAL URBAN ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
UAL HOUSING CONFERENCE UAL HOUSING EXHIBITION
page 1 | page 2 UAL Projects Coordinator: Nigel Bertram, RMIT Architecture Senior Lecturer Director: Urban Architecture Laboratory, RMIT Architecture; Co-Director: Urban Liveability Projects, RMIT Design Research Institute, with Prof Sue Anne Ware; Practice Director: NMBW, Melbourne email: nigel.bertram@rmit.edu.au related projects: asian architecture & urbanism | ||||||||
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