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Tickets
FIRST RELEASE
Symposium only | 11 October
Individual: $405
Group offer (3+): $355 per person
Includes all sessions, morning tea, lunch and closing drinks.
Symposium + On Site | 11–12 October
Individual: $555
Group offer (3+): $505 per person
Extremely limited tickets.
Includes the full symposium and a guided walkthrough of four unique homes on day two, followed by lunch at the Five Mile Radius studio and workshop. Transport is not included.
A discount is available for full-time university students. To access this offer, please submit proof of full-time enrolment to designspeaks@archmedia.com.au.
In an increasingly digital world, many architects find inspiration in escaping the office and engaging directly with materials and trade knowledge. Collaborative prototyping, sketching and open conversation on site can lead to new design possibilities that respond to the many environmental, technological and economic challenges we face today. This symposium explores and celebrates the opportunities of being “out of office.” Speakers from across Australia and abroad will share stories from site, their collaboration with builders, and their hands-on models of practice and education.
2.00 pm
Virtual Presentation Laurens Bekemans, BC Architects and Studies (Brussels, Belgium)
2.30 pm
Presentation Lucinda McLean, NMBW Architecture Studio (Melbourne, Vic)
3.00 pm
Presentation Scott Burchell, Comb Construction (Melbourne, Vic)
3.30 pm
Curators' comments Guest curators Clare Kennedy (Five Mile Radius) and John Ellway (John Ellway Architect)
3.45 pm
Final words Georgia Birks, Architecture Media
4.00
Closing drinks
5.00
Delegates depart
12 October
DAY TWO: ON SITE – OPTIONAL
8.45 am
Exclusive access to four inspiring Brisbane homes Verandah Terraces by Phorm Architecture and Design, hosted by Paul Hotston
Cascade House by John Ellway Architect, hosted by John Ellway
Red Hill House and Studio by Zuzana and Nicholas, hosted by Zuzana Kovar and Nicholas Skepper
Narrow House by Vokes and Peters and Five Mile Radius, hosted by Stuart Vokes
12.25 pm
Lunch At the Five Mile Radius studio and workshop, hosted by Clare Kennedy.
2.00 pm
Delegates depart
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Additional Information: Transport is not included. Delegates are required to arrange their own transport and we encourage carpooling wherever possible.
Day two groups and the order of locations will be confirmed in the week preceding the symposium. Tickets purchased together will be allocated to the same group. If you have an allocation request, please email us at designspeaks@archmedia.com.au and we will accommodate where possible.
Tomoaki Uno was born in the Aichi Prefecture in Central Japan in 1960 as the eldest son of a plasterer. Because of this, he was surrounded by the work of craftsmen and became interested in architecture from an early age. However, instead of following in his father's footsteps, he went to university and later established an architectural firm in 1990, and since 2003 has became fully involved in the construction process.
Uno spends his days deeply involved in architecture, mainly with designing and constructing houses and carrying out regular maintenance for projects. Ever since he started, what he has been striving for is "unprecedented ordinary architecture.”
Chloe Naughton first practiced architecture solo in regional North Queensland before transitioning to medium practice and working at a commercial scale in Brisbane. Lima, Peru was next, and for the past five years, Chloe has enjoyed scaling her experience to large practice across multiple sectors at BVN Architecture.
Her early days of site exposure sparked an ongoing curiosity in working closely with contractors to develop details and workshop ideas in real time, relevant to the skills and expertise of local trade and material availability. Committed to creating climate-responsive architecture wherever possible, Chloe prioritises on-site problem solving to reach a united outcome with the design team, the contractor, sub-contractors and client.
Daniel is an architect, a licenced builder, and the founder of Blok Modular, an architecture practice and modular factory. Blok focuses on simple, sensitive, small-scale buildings, which utilise a replicable structural system to produce architecture in a more efficient and controlled factory environment, as volumetric modules.
In 2017 Daniel established an ongoing collaboration with Vokes and Peters. Last year the team won a Houses Award and were shortlisted for the Robin Boyd Award for a small suburban modular house in Stafford Heights. The collaboration explores the relationship between modular construction as a future procurement model and architecture which responds to a growing need for more agile housing models.
Sarah Lynn Rees is a Palawa woman descending from the Plangermaireener and Trawlwoolway people of North-East Tasmania. Based in Birrarung-ga (Melbourne), she is an architectural practitioner, academic and writer. She is also prominent advocate and advisor with a firm commitment to Indigenising the built environment.
Sarah is an associate principal at Jackson Clements Burrows Architects and a lecturer at Monash University. Some of her numerous industry appointments include co-chair of the Australian Institute for Architects First Nations Advisory Committee, Program consultant and curator of the BLAKitecture series at MPavilion and a director on the board of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Sascha Solar-March is a founding partner and principal architect at SAHA, a multi-award-winning architecture studio based in Sydney committed to realising beautiful, hardworking and environmentally sensitive buildings.
Sascha began his career as a foreman and project manager on residential and medium high-rise construction projects. This experience in both architecture and construction has informed his love for how buildings go together. A commitment to community enrichment has been a constant throughout his career, reflected in his ongoing work with Healthabitat, a registered not-for-profit organisation working with First Nations communities to improve housing for better health outcomes.
Kim Baber is principal of Brisbane-based architecture practice Baber Studio. His practice is interested in using materials in a direct way and exploring structures that have an inherent tectonic expression, where spaces are given character through this approach, but also yield tangible benefits for the building’s carbon footprint as a result.
Kim is a recipient of the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architect Prize and Karl Langer Award, and a Gottstein Fellowship. He is currently also a part-time fellow at the University of Queensland.
Claire Markwick-Smith is an interior, spatial and object designer based in South Australia. Influenced by her interior design background, Claire’s object design practice focuses on composition, construction processes and materiality. Being heavily involved in the fabrication processes of both her object and interior practice, Claire applies these learnt principles and knowledge to all aspects of her design process, exploring the aesthetic influence this has on her work.
Yolandé Vorster is a heritage architect with experience in the conservation and adaptive reuse of culturally significant buildings. She has a particular interest in understanding how built fabric is impacted over time, and what can be done to increase the lifespan of both existing and new materials. She has deepened her knowledge by working closely with specialist tradespeople, and attending practical and theory-based building conservation workshops at Longford Academy in Tasmania. Yolandé is focused on making buildings more resilient, designing for longevity and reuse.
Lucinda McLean is a founding director of NMBW Architecture Studio, a Melbourne-based practice established in 1997. The design methodology of the practice is place-based with a strong focus on materiality and cultural experience.
The NMBW team's attention to the relationships between things allows them to strategically link large and small actions in each environment, focus on both buildings and landscapes and create holistic, inclusive and culturally deep design responses. On the ground research and experience is a vital part of the design process, and intricate working with existing conditions carries through all stages of projects.
Scott Burchell is a residential builder based in Melbourne, specialising in complex architectural builds at a variety of scales. As director of Comb construction, he has had the pleasure of working with some of the very best architects and designers in the country.
Having started out with a couple of years studying architecture at Sydney University, he has never lost his passion for architecture in general, and especially for a finely crafted modernist detail. In 2017 his love of Brazilian modernism led to the extraordinary opportunity of spending a number of days in studio with Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha in Saõ Paulo, Brazil.
Clare Kennedy is an architect and director of design studio Five Mile Radius. Clare is interested in local, bio-based and recycled construction materials, which she explores through both practice and research. Five Mile Radius is founded on a tradition of making and has operated a workshop alongside its architecture practice since its foundation.
John Ellway runs a small architectural practice with a love for creating places where people live, inspired by their stories of travel and family memories. His goal is to create simple functional buildings that delight and surprise through the control of light, shadow and landscape, with a focus on local materials, climate, and social relationships.
