2024
DULUX STUDY TOUR
meet the 2024 winners
EMMA CHRISP (VIC)
Emma Chrisp’s awareness of the potential for connection and wellbeing through spatial design and architecture is a pivotal attribute. Her understanding of the potency of thoughtful and considered environments demonstrates an intellectual awareness of how people are moved by architecture.
Her strong people-focused approach is a key component of her commitment to quality, enriching outcomes. Her willingness to impart knowledge via the observation and assessment process was evident in her role as a juror for the Victorian Architecture Awards in 2023.
Emma’s involvement with practice in predominantly educational projects has given her an excellent understanding of what makes good space for people. Her burgeoning thinking around how cities might become more community-focused is highly relevant in societies grappling with exponential growth and climate change.
FLYNN CARR (NT)
As a generalist architect based out of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Flynn Carr has put into practice his passion for addressing inequality, cultural issues and climate change in remote communities. Carr studied architecture at the University of South Australia, achieving a bachelor and a master’s degree. He completed a student internship at Foster and Partners, London before relocating to Alice Springs in 2016 to work with Susan Dugdale and Associates.
While progressing from graduate architect to project architect and now associate at the practice, Carr has made significant contributions to several projects in Central Australia, including the Akeyulerre Healing Centre, the Northern Territory government’s Room to Breathe remote housing program, and the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Aboriginal Corporation (Congress) Health Hub. As an active member of the Northern Territory Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects and NT EmAGN, and an elected NT Chapter Councillor advocating for Alice Springs, Carr promotes conversations regarding regional and remote architecture through his practice and continuing professional development.
Jamileh Jahangiri (NSW)
As the founder of Studio Orsi, a research- and design-focused architectural studio based in Seaforth, New South Wales, and a sessional academic at the University of Sydney, Jamileh Jahangiri has made significant contributions to the architectural profession in Sydney and beyond. Having completed her bachelor degree at the University College of Omran and Toseeh (UCOT) in Iran, and her master’s of architecture at the University of Sydney, she has practised in Iran with Maher and Associates, and in Australia with Gran Associates, TKD Architects and Cox, where she was project lead.
In 2023, Jahangiri was appointed as the Australian Institute of Architects’ Alternative Council Member to the International Union of Architects – Region IV. She has also been an active member on the Institute’s National Climate Action and Sustainability Committee, Sustainability Working Group, NSW Cities Committee, and EmAGN NSW, as well as the Northern Beaches Council – Strategic Reference Group. Through her teaching and numerous published works, Jahangiri supports and nurtures future built-environment professionals.
Simona Falvo (VIC)
In her influential role as a design educator, Simona Falvo imparts not only technical skills but also a comprehensive understanding of the prospects and challenges awaiting her students as they enter the architectural profession. Her dedication to nurturing intellectual rigour in her practice and among her students reflects her commitment to cultivating a mindset that values critical thinking, creativity and attention to detail.
Falvo’s ability to bridge the gap between architectural practice and education, facilitated by her involvement in the Study Tour, will contribute to the holistic development of future architects. It will inspire students, allowing them to witness the dynamic interplay between theory and practice, empowering them to become well-rounded professionals poised to tackle the challenges and shape the future of the architectural landscape.
Mike Sneyd (WA)
Working in the remote, hot and highly sensitive environment of the Kimberley, Mike Sneyd has shown resourcefulness and inventiveness to arrive at solutions that create social uplift in regional communities. He understands that the primary responsibility of architecture is to people.
Sneyd’s recognition of the vital intersection between architecture in the Kimberley and First Nations cultural exchange is clear in his healthcare project work and his involvement on regional advisory groups. His dedication to the profession is evident in his commitment to resourceful and people-centred development, despite the challenges of tight budgets and a volatile climate.
Although Sneyd’s work occurs in an isolated context, its broader impetus is instructive for the entire profession: observing the absence of community amenity and then initiating a solution is both generous and courageous.
TOUR ITINERARY
TOKYO | BERLIN | MADRID
2024 dulux study tour blog
Follow along with the 2024 Dulux Study Tour Blog
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Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily the Australian Institute of Architects. The Institute encourages a space for conversation and continued dialogue so there can be meaningful change and progress across the built environment and our wider community.
DST Wrap Up – Gumji Kang
The Australian Institute of Architects Dulux Study Tour 2025 wasn’t about chasing architectural icons or ticking cities off a list. It was about attuning ourselves to difference, tempo and place. We travelled through Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Barcelona, yet more profoundly, we travelled through questions.
DST Day 9 – Kate Shepherd
Our last day on the Dulux Study Tour felt like peeling an onion. An unusual metaphor, repeated by many of the architects we visited, was used to describe Barcelona. Like the city, our day was layered, textured and sometimes raw.
DST Day 8 – Jimmy Carter
In Barcelona, there appears to be an ingrained consideration of the past, whether that be formal, symbolic or environmental. This could be through the display of history’s complexity with structural composition, or through the elemental re-utilisation of the past’s physical materials (tiles, bricks, doors, etc) to continue the layered history of an individual building.
DST Day 7 – Nick Souksamrane
We began our day outside the Santa Caterina Market, coffee in hand, when a memory from first-year design studio came flooding back. A tutor had once declared – perhaps a little dramatically – that a single day spent inside an Enric Miralles building could teach you more than five years of architecture school.
DST Day 6 – Marni Reti
Walking through Rotterdam feels like wandering through a city that is both self-assured and perpetually curious.
DST Day 5 – Gumji Kang
Walking through Rotterdam feels like wandering through a city that is both self-assured and perpetually curious.
DST Day 4 – Jimmy Carter
After six hours on a bike looking at the insurmountable number of new of housing in Amsterdam, one takes in a bathroom as the most poignant piece of architecture.
DST Day 3 – Nick Souksamrane
Day 3 began with a visit to the studio of Lundgaard & Tranberg, a practice whose ethos echoed themes explored over the previous days, while also setting the stage for those still to come.
DST Day 2 – Marni Reti
Copenhagen’s architecture is generous to the public realm and Copenhagen’s architects were even more so to us. Day two began at the shared office space of Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter, Djernes & Bell and Kim Lenschow, over coffee and Baku pastries.
DST Day 1 – Kate Shepherd
As we cycled through the city, it became clear that Danish architecture has evolved beyond the icon. The focus has shifted to the edge condition – where building meets street, and the private recedes to make room for the public.
Post Tour Reports
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Dulux Study Tour participants are invited to share their experiences in blog and editorial content as part of the program.
Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily the Australian Institute of Architects. The Institute encourages a space for conversation and continued dialogue so there can be meaningful change and progress across the built environment and our wider community.
2025 DULUX STUDY TOUR
You can now enter into the 2025 dulux study tour!
Entries are open for next year’s tour and we encourage you to APPLY soon!
Closing date: 11.59pm 4 October 2024.
The Australian Institute of Architects Dulux Study Tour is a collaborative initiative between Dulux, the Australian Institute of Architects and EmAGN (the Emerging Architects and Graduate Network)
