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About this Event
The Ground Matters Conference day is a subset of a larger event, the Ground Matters Australasian Student Architecture Congress. The conference day on Wednesday 26th June is open to professionals with 5 formal CPD points available.
We will have eight local, national and international speakers joining us on this day!
Timothy Hill
Taylor and Hinds Architects
Andrew Steen
Kerstin Thompson
Baracco + Wright
Sarah Lynn Rees
Eleena Jamil
Collaboratorio
KEYNOTE DESCRIPTIONS
Timothy Hill
TOPIC: We are often reminded about the capacity of architecture to evoke and suggest potent responses. At its most rewarding, much of what is accepted, intrinsic and essential about habitation (and the landscape), can be experienced with a heightened awareness. To establish such a circumstance, an underpinning task is often the making of an appropriate ‘ground’ for any occupation, to play a deferential role within an accentuated setting. Redescribing the entire site, manipulating its apparent boundaries and emphasising the latent topography can result in a richer set of territories, sequences, enclosures and prospects that may negate the often perplexing surroundings.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Explain how redescribing sites and manipulating apparent boundaries can result in richer territories and enclosures.
- Describe how multiple scales of outdoor rooms are used to create miniature landscapes within Partners Hill’s work.
NSCA COMPETENCIES: PC18, PC 26, PC28, PC29, PC30
Andrew Steen
TOPIC: The lecture interrogates the relation of building materials to the history, present, and future of a place – specifically, bricks and bluestone to Launceston, lutruwita (Tasmania). Conventional perspectives on tradition and ideologies based on western philosophies and academic scaffolds will be interrogated, and new grounds for practice sketched out.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Discuss the relations building materials have between forming connections to place both historically and into the future.
- Explain possible new trajectories of practice stemming from tradition and ideologies based on western philosophies and academic scaffolds.
NSCA COMPETENCIES: PC18, PC25, PC 26, PC28, PC29, PC30
Taylor and Hinds Architects
TOPIC: TBC
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Reflect on different ways of working within sensitive contexts, both culturally and ecologically
NSCA COMPETENCIES: PC17, PC18, PC 26, PC28, PC29, PC30
Kerstin Thompson
TOPIC: Ground matters have been foundational to KTA’s practice. The ways in which our architecture critically relates to Australia’s diverse landscapes - and to disciplinary, theoretical and historical groundings - will be explored in Kerstin’s reflection upon a number of projects.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Describe defining features of the work of Kerstin Thompson Architects and their intent.
- Explain how diverse landscapes have influenced the outcomes of different projects.
- Articulate ways that architectural practice and design can promote the repair of and support for ecological environments.
NSCA COMPETENCIES: PC18, PC25, PC26, PC28, PC29, PC30
Baracco + Wright
TBC
Sarah Lynn Rees
TBC
Collaboratorio
TOPIC: Back to basics: reintroducing traditional building materials to serve contemporary needs.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Discuss the use of traditional building materials and their benefits to creating more sustainable buildings
- Discuss the benefits of working collaboratively with different consultants and organisations during the design and procurement processes.
- Describe the use of Luonnonbetoni in Collaboratorio’s work and its benefits.
NSCA COMPETENCIES: PC10, PC18, PC 26, PC28, PC29, PC30, PC31, PC33, PC35
Eleena Jamil
TOPIC: About Making: The cultural continuity and environmental awareness embodied in the architectural-making process, which involves local materials and methods, can offer valuable insights into reimagining modern building practices. A selection of projects presented will demonstrate an engagement with the design and building process and the development of a deep understanding of natural and human resources rooted in context.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand how natural resources can be utilised within design work to create more sustainable and place-specific outcomes.
- Explain how a return to natural craftsmanship can reimagine modern building practices.
NSCA COMPETENCIES: PC18, PC 26, PC28, PC29, PC30, PC33
Professional ticket prices: $300
Acquisition of CPD points will be completed through The Australian Institure of Architects. More details to be released to those wishing to receive CPD nearer to the conference.
If you are a student wanting to buy a ticket, use this link to buy your ticket for the whole five days of the congress:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ground-matters-australasian-student-architecture-congress-tickets-759457316277?aff=oddtdtcreator
Refund Policy: https://www.groundmatters.com.au/_files/ugd/6ab422_5933a982d0194c44b43c0ac8624f9471.pdf
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University of Tasmania at the Hedberg, 19-27 Campbell Street, Hobart, Australia
AUD 300.00