2007 National Architecture Conference

Friday 20th April, 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Melbourne Convention Centre

As part of reflecting on how design or experiences of the physical environment might be valuable to Australians, let’s hear from a paradoxic bundle…an extravert Englishman who thrives in Japan by making elements of the environmental experience that are often not architecture. Looks wonderful, so what’s the story? Some big ones from the Crew will be prompted; are there cultural conditions in Japan that indicate Australia will just have to be patient for a couple more centuries for a ’tipping point’? Does practice outside of ‘Architecture’ signal its demise as a profession…should we just move quickly toward the industry of product enhancement? Is it all about events and not places after all?

“An unusual ability to combine London’s scavenging instincts with Tokyo’s technological abundance,” was architecture critic Deyan Sudjec’s summation.

The easy dissolve into Pecha Kucha enables certain maximalisations….

Home Introduction Program Speakers Events Registration	Supatute What is BIM? Tough vs Tender Marko Kivistö Corporate Package Pilot Project Studio Package Sydney Opera House Mark Dytham’s ‘Design Life’ Gunnar Naess Cross-Over Package Seeing is Believing Reward with Awards Cross the Streams Being Benedetta’s Guests	MARK DYTHAM’S ‘DESIGN LIFE’ - Japanese will, Anglo-Saxons won’t Friday 20th April, 8:00pm – 10:00pm Melbourne Convention Centre As part of reflecting on how design or experiences of the physical environment might be valuable to Australians, let’s hear from a paradoxic bundle…an extravert Englishman who thrives in Japan by making elements of the environmental experience that are often not architecture. Looks wonderful, so what’s the story? Some big ones from the Crew will be prompted; are there cultural conditions in Japan that indicate Australia will just have to be patient for a couple more centuries for a ’tipping point’? Does practice outside of ‘Architecture’ signal its demise as a profession…should we just move quickly toward the industry of product enhancement? Is it all about events and not places after all? “An unusual ability to combine London’s scavenging instincts with Tokyo’s technological abundance,” was architecture critic Deyan Sudjec’s summation. The easy dissolve into Pecha Kucha enables certain maximalisations….