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UniSA EveryCity Symposium puts the decline of public space on the agenda
In a time where corporate buildings and sprawling shopping complexes
dominate cities, and the traditional public buildings of the colonial era
are disappearing without modern equivalents – there are some important
questions that need to be asked:
Where are all the ‘places for the people’? What can be done about this loss
of public ownership?
In one of the most innovative projects of the year, the University of South
Australia’s The Workings of Structure and Edifice delves into the
intellectual core of what constitutes the best in architectural ideas and
practice of civic space in Australia.
EveryCity Edifice, chaired by elected Adelaide City councillor Judith Brine
– will see key practitioners and theoreticians in the field debate issues
critical to the future of our cities. Contributors will present their
opinions in a dynamic and interactive process, and national speakers include
Australian studies expert Nikos Papastergiadis and award-winning architects
John Wardle and Kerstin Thompson.
Topics to be discussed include:
- Who do Australian cities serve and who should they serve?
- Are our cities neglecting human needs to cater for corporate demands?
- What creative ideas should be applied to modern cities and their architecture to make them more inclusive and stimulating?
- How can collaborative and multidisciplinary practices contribute to making new constructed ecologies in public spaces where people are invited to relate and participate with one another?
THE WORKINGS OF STRUCTURE AND EDIFICE
Level 5 Kaurna Building
City West Campus
University of South Australia
STRUCTURE
An interdisciplinary visual art and design collaboration
Assoc Prof Domenico De Clario School of Contemporary Fine Arts Edith
Cowan University, Assoc Prof Peter Bishop School of Communication
Information and New Media UniSA, Pia Ednie-Brown Spatial Information
Architecture Laboratory RMIT, Dr Dusan Losic School of Chemistry Physics
and Earth Sciences Flinders University, Assoc Prof Lyndal Jones
Multimedia School of Creative Media RMIT, Leigh Warren Artistic Director
Leigh Warren and Dancers. Discussant: Assoc Prof Nikos Papastergiadis
The Australia Centre University of Melbourne.
Convenors: Steve Loo and Dr Linda Marie Walker UniSA.
EVERYCITY EDIFICE
Architects
and academics discuss urban planning’s impact on society
Keynote speakers: Assoc Prof Nikos Papastergiadis The Australia Centre
University of Melbourne and Kerstin Thompson Kerstin Thompson
Architects. Panelists include: John Wardle John Wardle Architects, Phil
Harris Troppo Architects Adelaide, Kate Cullity Taylor Cullity Lethlean,
Steve Loo Mulloway Studio and UniSA, Dr Heather Kerr English Department,
University of Adelaide.
Chair: Cr Dr Judith Brine Adelaide City Council.
LIST ING
An interventionist exhibition where participants creatively react to the concept of Structure – a vital word in the discipline of architecture.
*The Workings of Structure and Edifice is a simultaneous event with the Architecture Symposium of the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts 2006, and is part of the Centenary celebrations of the Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design, and produced in collaboration with The Hawke Centre.
Contact for interviews
Gini Lee office (08) 8302 0203 email
virginia.lee@unisa.edu.au
Elizabeth Ho office (08) 8302 0651 email
elizabeth.ho@unisa.edu.au
Media contact
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