Architects for Peace

When: Thursday 7 August, 7pm
Where: RMIT building 50, Orr St (off Victoria St) Carlton

” Melissa Bright & Tarryn Boden from MAKE architecture studio will present the Bird Hide Project at Westgate Park, Melbourne.

Westgate Park is an inner metropolitan park in the heart of industrial Melbourne. It was a former rubbish tip that has been transformed into a flourishing ecological and recreational wetland environment. The bird life in the park is considerable and the park has become popular with bird observers. A bird hide is proposed on the fresh water lake to address the lack of purpose built bird watching facilities.

MAKE architecture studio was connected to non-profit group, Friends of Westgate Park, through the Architects for Peace Pro Bono service and is now providing design services to the group.
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Following the completion of the design studio and an exhibition at RMIT, MAKE has developed the schematic design of the bird hide. The design has been developed with consultation with the Friends of Westgate Park, ERM and Parks Victoria.

about MAKE architecture studio…

MAKE is one of the new small Melbourne design studios set up in recent years. Directors Shelley Freeman and Melissa Bright, bring together their combined local & international experience to create a young and innovative approach to architecture.

MAKE strives to create individually crafted buildings with a sustainable ethos and site responsive design process. Both directors are actively involved in academic and community work.

Entry by gold coin donation, refreshments and plenty of food for thought provided.

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WALLPAPER

“If you’re a fan of contemporary architecture then you’ve probably encountered the work of Dominique Perrault, the prolific French architect, famous for designing the four symmetrical L-shaped towers comprising the Bibliothèque Nationale de France on the banks of the river Seine.
More than just modern, Perrault’s work can feel positively futuristic, evoking a sense of dynamism and wonderment more often reserved for the CGI creations of science fiction films. Yet despite their boldness and scope, his buildings display a traditional sense of geometry, shape and line, a timeless elegance and grace amidst the drama. Read the full story

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15 till 24 August - An International Summer Workshop in Beirut

Archis

Studio Beirut offers its second international workshop for architects, graphic designers, social scientists, urbanists, artists, and related disciplines in the arts and sociology. This workshop, extending over the last two weeks of August 2008 will address the topic “Rescripting Beirut.” In conjunction with the commission Studio Beirut has received to produce an Alternative Guidebook to Beirut, we propose research and design projects to confront the obvious lack of spatial history in the region, to revive and reassess the past, the present and the future as they manifest themselves in the spaces, the narratives and the plans for reconstruction and development that proliferate in the city and nation. Areas of the city that have now been leveled by war and real estate will be re investigated and interventions proposed to revive an awareness of their ongoing history. Wadi Abu Jamil, the old Jewish Quarter, or Northern Saifi, the traditional red-light district a “behind the bank”could be examples, but the city, transformed by conflict and development, abounds with such charged and undocumented zones. Research and active creative proposals will be seen as one synonymous system implemented by the directors and the many instructors along with the primary contribution of the participants in the workshop. Read the full story

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RiverArt
Report by Ahmad Nadalian

Photos by Raheleh Zomorodinia & Ahmad Nadalian

“During last week (April 29 –May 4, 2008) a new environmental art festival was held on the coast of Caspian Sea, in the north of Iran. More than 140 artists from different part of Iran gathered on this beautiful region to create environmental installations and sand sculptures. The festival also included a number of art performances. I was responsible to act as an art director….”

“…I used red earth and painted portraits of young artists. I often depict mythological symbols. Snakes can frequently be seen in my works. I use this symbol as a reference; the exclusion of Adam and Eve in heaven. Many of his themes find their roots in the beginning of time when humans first started to evolve global mythologies in relation to their lives on earth. They have old meanings but new applications. ..”

Check some photos of the event in this post or read the report here

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XXIII UIA WORLD CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTURE

Workshop: May 6-8
Conference on May 9 at 15:00
Casa Albero can be visited from May 9 to 23

Castello del Valentino:
- casa Albero installation in the Cortile d’Onore
- conference in the Salone d’Onore
Viale Mattioli, 39 -10125 Torino

Monday - Friday (9 a.m. to 7 p.m.)

Building a tree house (Casa Albero) at the Castello del Valentino has educational worth and spreads knowledge about new kinds of housing.

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The Architectural League - NY

Young Architects Forum: Lecture
Xu Tiantian, DnA_Design and Architecture, Issaquah, WA & Beijing, Geoffrey Thün & Kathy Velikov, RVTR, Toronto

Thursday, May 8 - 7:00 p.m.
The Urban Center - 457 Madison Avenue

Xu Tiantian is founding principal of DnA _Design and Architecture, an interdisciplinary practice of city planning, urban design, and architectural design based in Beijing and Issaquah, WA. The office’s projects address “new relationships between architecture and urbanism in contemporary culture” particularly in the “interaction of program and context.” Recent projects include the Ordos Art Museum, Inner Mongolia; Xiaopu Culture Center, Beijing; Songzhuang Art Centre; Jinhua Architecture Park Public Toilet; public activity centers in Baixi Resort, Changbai Mountain; and private residences in Tokyo and Seattle. Read the full story

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Forum Of Urban Design

The Forum of Urban Design is organizing DIVERGENCE/CONVERGENCE a forum for urban designers. With the participation of: AIA New York Chapter - Center For Architecture and sponsored by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

DIVERGENCE: The creative economy is more important than ever to New York’s status as a global city, yet creative workers and culture producers are struggling to live and work in NYC.

Meanwhile, London not only continues to challenge New York’s financial preeminence, but is proactively addressing the problems that its creative workers face.
Should New York formally convene stakeholders of the creative economy the way London has to come up with proposals before the city loses its edge? Or is the city’s creative team doing just fine?

MAY 12, 6:00 PM - NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - 235 BOWERY, NEW YORK, NY 10002
COCKTAILS 6:00 PM - PANEL 6:30 PM - FOLLOWED BY PARTY

Moderator: Joseph Grima, director of the Storefront for Art and Architecture

PANELISTS:
- Elizabeth Currid, professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Policy, Planning and Development and author of The Warhol Economy:How Fashion, Music and Art Drive New York City (Princeton University Press)
- James Surowiecki, New Yorker Financial Page columnist, favorably reviewed The Warhol Economy and disagreed with some of Currid’s conclusions and recommendations
- Francis Greenburger, chairman and CEO of Time Equities, supporter of emerging artists through scholarships and by providing lobby space for art exhibits in commercial buildings
- Paul Owens, co-director and founder of BOP, a consulting firm in London focusing on culture and creative industries and urban economic and social development.
Entrance: Free Read the full story

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