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| image 1: Minh Ngyuen |
an invitation for the old, the young, the poor, the rich and all non-human animals...
"Utopia is on the horizon: when I walk two steps, it takes two steps back. I walk ten steps and it is ten steps further away. What is utopia for? It is for this, for walking". Eduardo Galeano
Studio cross-disciplinary approach: An important feature of these studios has been its multidisciplinary and cross-university approach. For the Knox City project, for about half of the semester, students from RMIT public art and students from the University of Melbourne architecture, worked together visiting the site, preparing site analysis and initial urban proposals. This mixing not only provided a richer understanding of the problematic of the city, it also created the opportunity to learn from a different disciplinary perspective and to widen the scope for cross-disciplinary empathy.
The students - sometimes acting as hosts other times as guests - did their best to welcome their guest students. It was interesting to see how this process made it much easier and faster for everyone to feel at ease in this studio. Whether this was because there were not inner competitions - as both groups knew something the others did not know (and that was ok and fun) - it is yet to be tested.
SOUTHBANK
An invitation for the old, the young, the poor, the rich and non-human animals...
city-street-market-plaza-house-citizen: agenda for a living walking city…
SOUTHBANK
An invitation for the old, the young, the poor, the rich and non-human animals...
city-street-market-plaza-house-citizen: agenda for a living walking city…
“From Perikles' Athens to David's Paris, the word 'civic' has implied an intertwined fate, a crossing of fortunes. It was inconceivable to a Periklean Greek that his or her fortune could be separated from the fortunes of a city, or to a pagan Roman of Hadrian's time.” R. Sennett (1994)
Project:
Urban proposal and architectural design for a mix of public and private spaces, with residential and community or commercial buildings. The final proposal will cover an extension of approximately one square block of the Southbank area within “The Sturt Street cultural spine”.
Location:
Bounded by the Yarra River, Westgate Freeway, Kings Way, Dorcas Street and St Kilda Road
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| image 2: Clare Cannon |
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| image 3: Dominic Kao |
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| image 4: proposal for public library in Melbourne’s Southbank, by 4th year architecture student Clinton Cassar. Work published in Eyes 2006, 37. Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, University of Melbourne |
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| image 5: proposal for a retail centre in Melbourne’s Southbank, by 4th year architecture student Gwyneth Wing Chi Choi |
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| image 6: Ka-Wai Wong and team |
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| image 7: multidisciplinary presentation (public art, architecture, urban design) under the freeway, here Anna and Libby. |
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| image 8: presentation under the freeway, here Minh, Emily and Clinton |
