Information Architecture
1 November, 2018
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About
Living Closer Together Symposium | Assemble Papers
This symposium analyses what an open city would look like, taking into consideration how cities build equity, livelihood and diversity. It also takes into consideration how cities can grow to be socially and environmentally good.
Assemble Papers’ #10 edition, ‘Housing’, included an intersectional analysis of the way cities are experienced influced by design and planning. This symposium will follow up with some of those ideas.
See full program below for details.
Drinks and light refreshments will follow the symposium, with guest and local DJ Annaliese Redlich of Neon Sunset at Triple R, joining.
Date and time: Saturday 20 October 2018, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm AEDT
Location: MPavilion, Saint Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Cost: $22.81
Register here.
Program
Panel 1: New Pathways to Affordable Housing / 10.00am – 11.30am
Speakers
Andy Fergus (City of Melbourne, Nightingale)
Ben Keck (Assemble, Fieldwork)
Dr. Andrea Sharam (RMIT University)
Dave Martin (The Sociable Weaver)
Moderator
Jana Perković
Panel 2: What Makes A Good Apartment Building? / 11.45am – 1.15pm
Speakers
Mitra Anderson Oliver (senior advisor to Victoria’s Planning Minister)
Quino Holland (Assemble, Fieldwork)
Monique Woodward (WOWOWA Architecture)
Katherine Sundermann (MGS Architects)
Moderator
Vlad Doudakliev
Panel 3: What Would an Open City Look Like? / 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Speakers
Sarah Lynn Rees (Palawa/Plangermaireener, IADV, MPavilion, JCB Architects)
Jane Caught (Sibling)
Bree Trevena (Arup)
Moderator
Eugenia Lim
Panel 4: Music Makes Cities / 3.45pm – 5.15pm
Speakers
Andrea Baker (Monash University)
Bec Hornsby (Triple R FM)
Helen Marcou (Bakehouse)
+more to be announced
Moderator
Cat McGauran