Open House Melbourne partners with the Australian Institute of Architects
Posted Mon 29th Apr 2024 | katie.evans@ohm.org.au
Open House Melbourne is excited to partner with the Australian Institute of Architects and co-curate a number of panel conversations and tours for the 2024 annual conference. The general public are invited to a series of dynamic fringe event panel conversations:
Return to the Centre: The Future of Australian CBD
Thursday 9 May
4.30pm arrival, 5-6.30pm
The Edge – Fed Square, Cnr Swanston and Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Architects and leading city shapers will explore what economic, social, and cultural rhythms do we want to see arise from a disturbance so ripe with possibility? How can the lessons we learned during COVID guide us now? As we return to the centre, just what is the future of the Australian CBD?
Speculative Futures with Liam Young
Friday 10 May
6–7pm
The Capitol Theatre, 113 Swanston St, Melbourne
Liam Young is an Australian-born film director and architect. Young’s work is situated within the fields of design fiction and critical design. Professor Naomi Stead is an architectural writer, critic, educator and researcher, and director of the Design and Creative Practice Enabling Capability Platform at RMIT.
