2009 EVENTS ARCHIVE
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 December 2009
Friday 27 November - Friday 11 December
EXHIBITION
Graduate Design Exhibition
Exhibition of projects of graduating students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
9.00am – 5.00pm Ground floor and levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Architecture Building
Friday 27 November - Friday 11 December
EXHIBITION
Virginia International Travelling Studio
Exhibition of projects of students who participated in the Virginia Travelling Studio
9.00am – 5.00pm Ground floor and levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Architecture Building
Wednesday 9 December
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Karina Sehested
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Collaborative innovation in urban planning
Seminar details
1pm e-Zone Theatre First Floor Architecture Building
 November 2009
Friday 6 November
SPECIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Marco Frascari
Carlo Scarpa’s view of construction drawings
5.30pm, Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Basement, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Friday 13 - Monday 23 November
EXHIBITION
EYES (Everyone's Year End Show)
Exhibition of student design projects
9.00am – 5.00pm, Ground floor and levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Architecture Building
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 November
EXHIBITION
Ahmedabad Travelling Studio Exhibition
Opening on Wednesday 18 November at 6.30pm
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Wednesday 18 - Thursday 26 November
EXHIBITION
Santiago Travelling Studio Exhibition
Opening on Wednesday 18 November at 6.30pm
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 23 November
SPECIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Jorge Almazán
The Domesticated City: Contemporary Public Spaces in Tokyo and Seoul
1.00pm - 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Friday 27 November - Friday 11 December
EXHIBITION
Graduate Design Exhibition
Exhibition of projects of graduating students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
9.00am – 5.00pm, Ground floor and levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Architecture Building
 October 2009
Monday 5 - Friday 16 October
EXHIBITION
Overlooking
Student projects - Master of Architecture design studio
Exhibition details
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor , Architecture Building
Thursday 8 October
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Flavia Marcello, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Identities and Innovations in 20th Century International Expositions: the Italian Case
1:00pm - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Friday 9 - Friday 16 October
EXHIBITION
Footprints, Fables, and Blisters: An exhibition of a fieldtrip to Gunditjmara & Ngarrindjeri country
Student projects - Master of Landscape Architecture design studio
Exhibition details
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, First Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 12 - Friday 23 October
EXHIBITION
feminist practices: 14 women architects investigating 3rd wave feminism
Exhibition details
9.00am – 5.00pm, Atrium Annex Gallery, First Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 13 October
SPECIAL PUBLIC FORUM
Copenhagen: on a [bike] path to sustainability
Niels Tørsløv, Traffic Director, City of Copenhagen
Forum details
7:00pm - 8.30pm, Prince Philip Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 15 October
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Kate Shaw, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Planning the creative city
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 15 October
AND LECTURE SERIES
Roger Wood, Wood Marsh
6:30 - 7:30pm, Sisalkraft Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 20 October
INAUGURAL PROFESSORIAL LECTURE
Professor Paolo Tombesi, Chair in Construction
Inventing Innovation
6:30pm, Prince Philip Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 20 - Friday 23 October
EXHIBITION
Redesign of Carlton Baths
Exhibition of student work - Master of Architecture studio
Exhibition details
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 22 October
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Professor Richard Tomlinson, ABP, The University of Melbourne
The Beijing Olympics Through American and South African Eyes
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 22 October
AND LECTURE SERIES
Debate/ Discussion/ Forum
6:30 - 7:30pm, Sisalkraft Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 26 October - Friday 13 November
EXHIBITION
Public Works
Exhibition of work from Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design
Exhibition details
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor , Architecture Building
Monday 26 October - Monday 2 November
EXHIBITION
Talking Spaces: Smart Green Schools
Exhibition being held in conjunction with the Talking Spaces Symposium
Symposium details
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 29 October
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Ajibade Ayodeji Aibinu & Mr Blair Gardiner
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Australia: Trends and Developments
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
 September 2009
Tuesday 1 - Wednesday 30 September
EXHIBITION
Architectural Design Competition: new building for the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Exhibition of 132 expressions of interest and 6 shortlisted finalists
See competition website
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday to Friday , Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 3 September
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Janet McGaw, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Performative Spatial Practices in the Urban realm: a ‘tactic’ for transcendence
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 3 September
AND LECTURE SERIES
Graham Crist, Antartica
6:30 - 7:30pm, Sisalkraft Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 7 - Monday 14 September
EXHIBITION
Designing Environments
Student projects from the Bachelor of Environments subject Designing Environments
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 8 September
DEAN'S LECTURE SERIES
Vladimir Djurovic, Principal, Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture
This is a free public lecture but registrations are recommended
7.00pm, Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Basement, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Thursday 10 September
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Blair Gardiner, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Follow my Bangalorey Man
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 10 September
SPECIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Dr Ian Weir, Lecturer Landscape Architect, School of Design, QUT
Bushfire responsive architecture: reconciling bushfire and biodiversity with everyday life
6:30pm, James Hardie Theatre, 2nd Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 10 September
AND LECTURE SERIES
Riccardo Zen, Zen Architects
6:30 - 7:30pm, Sisalkraft Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 17 September
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Ms Clare Mouat, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Counting on Community
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 17 September
AND LECTURE SERIES
Clinton Murray, S2F
6:30 - 7:30pm, Sisalkraft Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 24 September
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Bambang Hari Wibisono, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Post Earthquake Redevelopment of Kasongan Pottery Village, Yogyakarta: a multidisciplinary approach towards an effective local community empowerment in generating sustainable village
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 29 September
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Professor Kevin Nute, University of Oregon
Time in Architectural Space: Designing the Past, Present and Future into Built Forms
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
 August 2009
Monday 3 - Friday 14 August
EXHIBITION
Selected works from the Studio of Carme Pinós
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 4 August
DEAN'S LECTURE SERIES
Carme Pinós, Studio Carme Pinós, Barcelona
'From the Context'
7.00pm, Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Basement, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Tuesday 4 - Wednesday 12 August
EXHIBITION
Combined University Architecture Student Ideas Competition: Parliament House
Exhibition details
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, First Floor, Architecture Building
Wednesday 5 August
PUBLIC FORUM + ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
Combined University Architecture Student Ideas Competition: Parliament House
Forum details
5:30 - 7:30pm, Prince Philip Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 6 August
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Robert Crawford, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Assessing indirect environmental impacts in the built environment
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 10 - Monday 31 August
EXHIBITION
ODBC Architects, Paris
Exhibition of selected projects
Jointly produced by the Association Française d'Action Artistique, AFAA/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Architecture and Heritage Department/Ministry of Culture and Communication
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 13 August
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Alan March, ABP, The University of Melbourne
An Urban Planning Diagnostic: explaining success and failure
1:00 - 2:00pm, Room 142, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 20 August
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Carolyn Whitzman with Dana Mizrachi, Megan Worthington, and Jana Perkovic, ABP, The University of Melbourne
From Battery-Reared to Free-Range Children: Planning for children’s independent mobility
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 20 August
AND LECTURE SERIES
Fiona Dunin, FMD Architects
6:30 - 7:30pm, James Hardie Theatre, 2nd Floor, Architecture Building
Wednesday 26 August
INAUGURAL PROFESSORIAL LECTURE
Professor Richard Tomlinson, Chair in Urban Planning
Shaping Urban Policy: Googling 'best practice' in developing countries
6:30 - 7:30pm, Prince Philip Theatre, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 27 August
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Victor Chen, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Private participation in infrastructure development in China
1:00 - 2:00pm, Japanese Room, First Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 27 August
AND LECTURE SERIES
Emilio Fuscaldo, Nest Architects
6:30 - 7:30pm, James Hardie Theatre, 2nd Floor, Architecture Building
 June 2009
Monday 1 - Thursday 4 June
EXHIBITION
Integrated Arcade
Master of Architecture studio projects of a design site waterfront development in Taman Ponderosa, south of Malaysia
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 1 - Friday 5 June
EXHIBITION
From Urban Morphology to Building Typology: Ljubljana's new CBD
Models and drawings from students in the Master of Architecture
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 4 June
SYMPOSIUM
Crossing Boundaries: Interrogating Identity Politics and Meanings of Built Form in South East Asia
Symposium details
9.00am – 5.00pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Friday 5 - Friday 19 June
EXHIBTION
Instruments + Environments
Master of Architecture design studio projects
Upper Level, Lonsdale Street Bridge, Melbourne Central Shopping Centre
Tuesday 9 - Friday 12 June
EXHIBITION
Representing and Remembering Place: an exhibition of ATLAS projects
Master of Architecture student projects
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 11 June
COLLOQUIUM
Re-Forming Health: Architecture, Politics and Landscapes of Healthcare 1880 - 1960
Colloquium details
1.00pm – 6.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 15 - Saturday 20 June
EXHIBITION
Liquid Futures
Master of Architecture student projects. Booklaunch and exhibition
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 15 - Friday 26 June
EXHIBITION
Sticks + Stones
Master of Architecture student projects
9.00am – 5.00pm, Ground Floor Concourse, Architecture Building
Monday 22 June - Friday 31 July
EXHIBITION
Abstraction Fabrication: Fabrication Design Studio
Master of Architecture student projects
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 23 - Monday 29 June
EXHIBITION
Grid, Corridor and Field
Master of Architecture Studios Exhibition
The Open Space Gallery, Eckersleys, 97 Franklin Street, Melbourne
 May 2009
Monday 4 May
AND LECTURE SERIES
John Wardle, John Wardle Architects
6.30 – 7.30pm, James Hardie Theatre, 2nd Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 7 May
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Louis Mills , Texas Tech University
Environmental Assessment of Wind Turbine Farms - A View from Texas & Australia
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 7 - Tuesday 22 May
EXHIBITION
Master of Architecture studio
Works from the Master of Architecture studio: Instruments and environments
9.00am - 5.00pm, Concourse, Ground Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 11 May
AND LECTURE SERIES
Callum Fraser, Ellenberg Fraser
6.30 – 7.30pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 12 – Tuesday 19 May
EXHIBITION
Urban Design Theory
Projects by students in the subject Urban Design Theory
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, 1st floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 14 May
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Professor Mark Eppli, Marquette University, USA
Do Single-Family House Price Premiums Exist in Smart Growth Communities and are They Sustained Over Time?
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 18 May
SPECIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Professor Michael Dutton, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Buildings, Gifts, Politics
1.15 – 2.15pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 18 – Thursday 28 May
EXHIBITION
Energy efficient buildings and rating
An exhibition of projects by students
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground floor, Architecture Building
Monday 18 May
AND LECTURE SERIES
Architecture Debate
Does a good architecture student make a good architect?
7.00pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 19 – Thursday 28 May
EXHIBITION
Urban Design Studies
An exhibition of projects by students
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Friday 22 May
BOOK LAUNCH
Associate Professor Darko Radovic
eco-urbanity: towards well-mannered built environments
The Atrium, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 28 May
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Harry Karamujic, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Cyclicality and Seasonality of Home Loan Interest Rates in Australia
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
 April 2009
Wednesday 1 – Friday 3 April
EXHIBITION
Melbourne Art Exchange
A collaborative art event between the VCA and the Parkville Campus presenting an exhibition by competition with the topic of ‘I don’t know if it’s Art, but I know I like it’ featuring 2D and 3D works.
9.00am – 5.00pm, Concourse, Ground floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 2 April
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Clare Newton
ABP, The University of Melbourne
Half time reflections: The joys and sorrows of ARC Linkage Grants
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 2 April
GAMUT PRESENTS
Dr Mikael Granberg
Örebro University, Sweden
Climate Change and Local Governance: The Swedish Example
6.00 – 7.00pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 6 – Friday 17 April
EXHIBITION
Stuttgart Design Workshop
This exhibition features the work of a recently held studio in Stuttgart Germany where eight students created models based on the theme of energy efficient buildings.
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground floor, Architecture Building
Monday 6 – Friday 17 April
EXHIBITION
AIA presents: 2008 Colorbond Steel Student Biennale Travelling Exhibition
An exhibition of outstanding architectural design projects of 10 student finalists selected from 159 entries in the 2008 Student Biennale Award Prize.
9.00am – 5.00pm, The Atrium, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 9 April
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Andrew Grant, Charter Keck Cramer
Property and the Global Financial Crisis
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 20 April
SPECIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Professor Harrison Fraker, University of California, Berkeley, USA
The EcoBlock, Sustainability at the Neighbourhood Scale in China
1.15 – 2.15pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 20 April
AND LECTURE SERIES
Professor Geoffrey London
Victoria State Architect
6.30 – 7.30pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 20 – Friday 27 April
EXHIBITION
Designing Environments Exhibition
Projects undertaken in the subject Designing Environments, Bachelor of Environments, year 1
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground floor, Architecture Building
Thursday 23 April
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Professor Kim Dovey
ABP, The University of Melbourne
Place as Assemblage
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 27 April
AND LECTURE SERIES
Daniel Flood & Sam Slicer, Flood Slicer Architects
6.30 – 7.30pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
Monday 27 April - Friday 15 May
EXHIBITION
Integrated Design Associates, Hong Kong
Selected projects
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground floor, Architecture Building
Tuesday 28 April
DEAN'S LECTURE SERIES
Winston Shu, Integrated Design Associates, Hong Kong
Integrated Design – a Holistic Approach and a Business Model
7.00 – 8.00pm, Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Basement, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Thursday 30 April
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Siqing Chen, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Ecological Carrying Capacity Assessment of Metropolitan Melbourne: A GIS-based Approach
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture Building
 March 2009
Thursday 5 March
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Toong-Kuan Chan, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Increasing Construction Value Added: A Malaysian Case study
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture building
Thursday 12 March
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Scott Drake, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Research Opportunities for the New ABP Building
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture building
Monday 16 March
AND LECTURE SERIES
Simon Knott & Julie Kosloff , BKK Architects
6.30 – 7.30pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture building
Monday 16 – Monday 23 March
EXHIBITION
Selected works by the Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground floor, Architecture building
Tuesday 17 March
DEAN'S LECTURE SERIES
Sheela Patel, Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC), Mumbai
Reconciling Poverty, Climate Change and Urbanisation in the 21st Century
7.00 – 8.00pm, Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Basement, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Thursday 19 March
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Associate Professor Paolo Tombesi, ABP, The University of Melbourne
Cities, finance, polity, industry: The multiple uses of buildings
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room , 1st Floor, Architecture building
Monday 23 March
AND LECTURE SERIES
Dianna Snape, Dianna Snape Photography
6.30 – 7.30pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture building
Thursday 26 March
RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Leon Zhang-Li, Tongji University
China New Trends on Regional Disparities in China’s Urbanization, 1982 – 2007
1.00 – 2.00pm, Japanese Room, 1st Floor, Architecture building
Friday 27 March – Friday 3 May
BOOK LAUNCH & EXHIBITION
EYES 2008
Book launch and exhibition of selected projects from EYES 2008: The annual publication of student projects. The book is available for $20 from the University Bookshop.
9.00am – 5.00pm, Wunderlich Gallery, Ground floor, Architecture building
Monday 30 March
AND LECTURE SERIES
Kerstin Thompson, Kerstin Thompson Architects
6.30 – 7.30pm, e-Zone Theatre, 1st Floor, Architecture building
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