Nader is joining John Wardle of JWA, Andrew Deveson of Brookfield, and Professor Tom Kvan at the MSD Open House “Great Outcomes Through Collaboration” panel discussion to talk about the impact their collaboration had on the School of Design project as well as the transformation of their practices. The event will be held on Friday December 12th at 5:30pm at the MSD in room B117 (Basement Level). Limited seats available.
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Nader is joining the opening celebrations this week at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning in Melbourne.
Stay tuned for more postcards from down under!
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The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning is featured in ARCHITECT.
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The University of Melbourne has posted a new time-lapse video about the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning project.
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Laura Harding writes about “a theatrical new building to inspire students with its thoughtful labyrinth of architectural worlds” in ‘The Saturday Paper‘.
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In a letter summarizing Open Day 2014 the Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Glyn Davis, wrote:
“A word of heartfelt thanks if I may to all staff for a superb Open Day at Parkville and Southbank yesterday. This annual event is a vital point of connection between the University and future students, families and the broader community. As ever, the professionalism and commitment of staff in making Open Day a great experience for visitors was outstanding.
This year, the University received an estimated 60,000 Open Day visitors. Many report a notable increase, yet again, in the number of interstate and international visitors. This year, particularly strong numbers were in evidence at the VCA, with a great atmosphere obvious among music theatre students in the new Lionel’s Lounge.
Among highlights was the first public airing of the stunning new Melbourne School of Design building. All day crowds moved and milled, in, out and around all sides of the building, engaged by extraordinary student displays, gazing up at Harry Potter-esque stairways and taking selfies on the concrete globes at the Swanston Street end. Despite large crowds in the new building’s atrium space, conversation was easy because of its outstanding acoustic qualities. Noted Melbourne architects were seen sneaking on to campus, seizing the chance for a quiet look!”
“Above all, our visitors engaged intensively in conversation, dialogue and friendly interrogation with generous staff members from across the faculties and schools.
It is this face-to-face contact which makes Open Day so vital to all this University achieves. For the water tight event planning, which made the day work so well (and even precluded rain!), I sincerely thank all involved: especially Kim Howells, Jacqueline Nguyen, Marcia Lewis, Taryn Groom and the Open Day team.
You may enjoy this wrap-up of Open Day 2014, which includes links to pre-recorded course information sessions from yesterday, and help for students and families wanting to take next steps to engage with Melbourne. It also includes an inspiring video of a memorable day on campus.”
If you’re interested in keeping up with media coverage on the University of Melbourne click on this link : Melbourne School of Design New Building Media Coverage
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In the summer of 2009 John Wardle Architects invited us (then office dA) to collaborate on a open design competition for University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning. Through the competition the University’s mission was to select a design team rather than a completed design. So our trans-global collaboration extended through an extensive re-evaluation of program and budget, complete redesign, documentation and construction. Today, 5 short years later, delivered by Brookfield Multiplex 6 months ahead of schedule and with a 6 star Greenstar rating, the building is nearly complete.
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