FRIDAY 28TH OF OCTOBER

Conference Day, Yeppoon Town Hall

9.00 – 9.25 AM OPENING FORMALITIES

Welcome to Country

Creative Director Cameron Bruhn, and Queensland Chapter President Amy Degenhart

9.25 – 10.45 AM SESSION 1

ARCHITECTURAL WORKS THAT ELEVATE AND PROMOTE AUSTRALIA’S REGIONS

Two presentations that highlight architectural works that are shaping regional Australia and inspiring an optimistic future for diverse communities

Topic: Stories from the Edge

Peta Heffernan, Co-founding Director of LIMINAL Studio will share how living on a creative island informed the Studio’s creation, collaborations and bespoke outcomes with a global outlook. Key to LIMINAL’s philosophy is curating opportunities that spark the imaginative potential of a project that speaks of its place and community, tuned to making a positive difference. As a result, people and place underpin LIMINAL’s approach to shaping their culture and processes. Through sharing projects that have different regional interactions , Peta will reveal how LIMINAL’s ‘convivial collaboration’, coupled with the significance of place, has shaped the Studio’s philosophy driving their project processes.

Topic: The same but different.
Peter Williams, Founding Director of Williams Boag Architects (WBa), will provide a professional reflection on why practice in the regions feels different to the practice in the metropolitan context. By using case studies of projects delivered by WBA over the decades, Peter will contribute to a better understanding of relationships between the brief, context and reality of architectural project development. Further, he will share his insight into the meaning and criteria of successful architectural design in regional contexts; and illuminate specific aspects of regional practice that may not be experienced in the not regional work.

Presenters

• Peta Heffernan, Liminal Studio
• Peter Williams, Williams Boag Architects

10.45 – 11.15 AM MORNING TEA

11.15 AM – 12.35 PM SESSION 2

AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTS WORKING ACROSS REMOTE AUSTRALIA AND THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION

Theme: Australian architects working across remote Australia and the Asia Pacific Region

Two presentations that highlight impactful architectural works in remote Australia and across the Asia Pacific Region by Australian architects.

Topic 1: A changing engagement: PTW and the Asia Pacific in 2022
Diane Jones, Executive Director at PTW International, will reflect on practice-building, and explain how the well-being and professional aspirations of PTW staff have altered the way they now engage in overseas projects. Further, she will look in detail at the construction phase of the courtrooms of the Waigani National Courts (designed in collaboration with Peddle Thorp, Brisbane) and address the challenges presented by a specialist building type, and requirements for qualities and precision.

Topic 2: IPH - Architectural Acupuncture in an Ancient Land.
Adrian Iredale, Founding Director of IPH, will presents significant projects designed by IPH for regional and rural locations. Adrian will explore the complex parameters that influence the outcomes of our regionally based projects. We will explore the impact of recent and ancient history and the role that architecture may have to help provide a voice for minority groups. He will share experiences in delivery architecture that rejecting the idea of ‘signature style’ and seek to response the unique local conditions and contribute to environmental, social and cultural sustainability.

The Q&A session will be curated by Michael Keniger

Speakers

• Diane Jones, PTW
• Adrian Iredale, Iredale Pedersen Hook

12.35 – 1.00 PM MORNING SESSIONS WRAP-UP, Q+A 

Michael Keniger, Honoured Professor at Bond University

1.00 PM – 2.00 PM LUNCH

2.00 – 3.00 PM KEYNOTE

KEYNOTE SESSION WITH KERSTIN THOMPSON

Kerstin Thompson will present three selected projects – small, medium and large – completed in regional Victoria and NSW. Narrating a series of images, Kerstin will offer insights into the characters, collaborations, contexts and considerations behind the design processes and built outcomes with an emphasis on the positive legacies of these projects for their clients and the wider public.

Speaker

Kerstin Thompson, KTA 

3.00 – 3.30 PM AFTERNOON TEA

3.30 – 4.45 PM SESSION 3

OUR REGIONAL FUTURE: COLLABORATIVE PERSPECTIVES

A panel discussion about the role of architects, planners, and elected officials in shaping the future of regional Australia.

Moderator – Jennifer Michelmore, Chief Executive, THI
Panelists - Ed Johnson, Cairns Regional Council, Leah Lang, Queensland Government Architect, Russel Claus, Livingston Shire Council, Kirsty Volz, Queensland University of Technology

Moderator

Jennifer Michelmore, Chief Executive, THI

Panelists

• Leah Lang, Queensland Government Architect
• Ed Johnson, Director – Planning, Growth & Sustainability, Cairns Regional Council
• Kirsty Volz, Lecturer in Architecture, Queensland University of Technology
• Russel Claus, Urban Strategist, Livingston Shire Council

4.45 – 5.00 PM

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Michael Keniger and Queensland Chapter President Amy Degenhart

6.00 – 10.00 PM

DINNER AT ALLEY RESTAURANT

We conclude the day with a dinner at the Alley Restaurant in Yeppoon.

The dinner is proudly supported by Arts Processors Pty Ltd