Check out Jack’s project which won an award for the 2009 Australian Institute of Architects - Victorian Chapter Student Design Competition

The Architects is a weekly discussion show talking about Architecture, Sustainability and Design.

The land has been conceptually peeled back as a layer, the house slid in, a volume pushed under some carpet. An attempt has been made to integrate directly into the landform. Planned around a central void, spaces are directed at specific points in the distant landscape.The house is conceived as a paired back shell, a focus being on the surrounding wilderness.

Aaron Roberts will be speaking at the next PROCESS architecture forum.

THEME:

“What’s on your desk? -
Design rarely happens in a vacuum, yet the serendipitous moments of encounter that inspire design solutions are often downplayed. This month at Process we invite three young practices to share a snapshot of their design practice, presenting current projects, sketch designs, competition entries, side concerns, favoured books, ticket stubs and whatever else is on their desks.”

Monday April 12, 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start
Loop Bar, Meyers Place, Melbourne

Organised by the creators of the great POST magazine -

We’re excited to be selected as one of the 17  teams to exhibit in the Australian Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale.

See more and read about our submission

RAIA : Now and When : Australian Pavilion

Images of the other submissions

TEAM:
Scott Lloyd, room11, and Katrina Stoll

Support / Research team:
Lara van den Berg (Sustainability Programs Manager, Hydro Tasmania) Climate Futures Tasmania (Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems - CRC)
Eben Simmons - Umow Lai - www.umowlai.com.au
Megan Baynes (Urban designer)
James Newitt (Artist - PHD fine arts UTAS)
Jesse Shipway (PHD Cultural studies /English – UTAS)
Allen Kearns (Deputy Chief, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems)
Dr Arko Lucieer (lecturer and researcher in GIS and remote sensing in the Centre for Spatial Information Science : UTAS)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH
Adam Walker Film

INTRODUCTION

The Island Proposition 2100 embodies hyper-connectivity.

The IP2100 spine contains a looped system of hybrid infrastructures, initiating a new symbiotic relationship between the urban centres and their supporting territories. An extensive network on the multi-regional scale provides cites with the resources to become robust and responsive to future challenges.

The connectivity of the globe has been achieved, both physically and intangibly, through new linkages that strengthen communications; this has effects on politics, economics, and culture. Once (re)connected with the mainland, Tasmania, no longer isolated from the rest of the country, will become aligned with broader Australian and international agendas. As a result, the scale of urban territories will continue to be reframed as new connections are formed. Cities become “spatial peaks within stretching regional fields.”[1] Distributed between Melbourne and Hobart, the spine will form new urban types by carrying the flows of exchange, allocating stocks, converting ‘waste’ to resources, and providing living, industrial, and commercial spaces along the network. A balanced system of exchange of population, information, material, and capital flows will maintain a steady stream along the spine. The spine carries Energy, water and agriculture goods (from the new foodbowl in the midlands) which become valuable stocks to solve the predicted shortages on the mainland.

The spine will transport people and goods with an initial implementation of magnetic levitation (maglev) technology, significantly reducing the time and pollution of current travel methods. Centres along the spine will function as hubs for a larger network of sub-stations that feed into the spine and increase the accessibility to other parts of the island. Both trains and individual transit vehicles will run along this high-speed inter-state transport network. The linear axis will work towards minimising sprawl and concentrating growth along its route. Urban clusters along the spine will assist in maintaining the island’s natural spatial reserves, producing a densified urban condition.

In addition to functioning as a means of transporting stocks and flows, the spine will be an efficient hybrid infrastructural model by harvesting energy on site via solar, wind, and tidal mechanisms, cleaning grey water with constructed wetlands along the length of the track, and acting as a rainwater catchment. These services will plug into the loop, sending outputs to urban centres and receiving inputs in the form of nutrients from compostable waste and grey water that will return to the midlands agricultural region to complete the cycle. A living system will be inserted into a larger network, paving the way for future linkages on a macro scale.

The future of Australia’s strength and resiliency lies in the connectivity of the continent as accomplished through the development of a closed-loop infrastructural system.

[1] Ronald Wall “Global/Local” in The Regionmaker: Rhein Ruhr City, edited by MVRDV, Ostfilder-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2002, p. 29

TEAM:
Scott Lloyd, room11, and Katrina Stoll

Support / Research team:
Lara van den Berg (Sustainability Programs Manager, Hydro Tasmania) Climate Futures Tasmania (Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems - CRC)
Eben Simmons - Umow Lai - www.umowlai.com.au
Megan Baynes (Urban designer)
James Newitt (Artist - PHD fine arts UTAS)
Jesse Shipway (PHD Cultural studies /English – UTAS)
Allen Kearns (Deputy Chief, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems)
Dr Arko Lucieer (lecturer and researcher in GIS and remote sensing in the Centre for Spatial Information Science : UTAS)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
Adam Walker Film

James wilson will present ideas and questions posed by the recent speculative collaboration between Scott Lloyd, Katrina Stoll and Room11 , shortlisted for Stage 2 of the ‘NOW + WHEN Australian Urbanism’ exhibition in Venice 2010.

Either through the built or in conversation, architectural practice in Tasmania relies to a great degree upon an engagement with the conditions that are embedded in this island’s topography. This year the Triennial Tasmanian Architectural Narratives Weekend Away is being held at Murrayfield, on Bruny Island from the 12-14 March 2010.

Set against a magnificent shifting coastal fringe, Murrayfield is witness to a potent history. The property is recognized as Truganini’s country and marks the location where George Augustus Robinson convinced Bruny Island’s ‘friendly aborigines’ to accompany him north to secure the trust of the Oyster Bay and North East tribes. While war was being waged in the bush, Robinson’s pact with Truganini gave momentum to the colonial intent of eradicating an indigenous presence in Van Diemen’s Land.

To a great degree, Murrayfield still holds memories of that moment.

This year Murrayfield will host us in conversation with Tasmania’s indigenous community, including Indigenous Campaigner for Amnesty International and current Chair of the National Reference Group for Repatriation of Australian Indigenous Remains, Rodney Dillon, renowned and respected Heidegger scholar and ‘place’ Philosopher Professor Jeff Malpas, Internationally lauded Melbourne-based Architect John Wardle, and arguably two of Australia’s finest practitioners and educators, Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medalists – Brit Andresen and Richard Leplastrier.

Traditional open dialogue is encouraged with a focus on the voice of next generation practitioners, including Masters Students from the University of Tasmania who will also present several spatial ‘provocations’ as a means of engaging further with the setting that the Murrayfield estate provides.
Our time together will be supplemented with Bruny Island’s finest produce, and prepared by Tasmanian chef Amy Currant.

Come relax on our roof deck in bean bags and watch some classic film.
Entry to the Level 5 studio is half way along the mall on the south side.
Note that the Mall level doors will close at 8.15pm

Room11 + Scott Lloyd + team have been short-listed to prepare and present a developed proposal for Stage 2 of the ‘NOW + WHEN Australian Urbanism’ exhibition in Venice next year.

Expressions of interest were sought for the design of a future Australian city 2050 + that explores the creative potential of architecture, addressing the fundamental problems of Australian Urbanism. How will  our ocean-urban interfaces change, how will our sprawl be densified, will our historic overlay precincts survive densification, how will the role of our cities develop in the matrix of world urbanism.

The abstract: ( to be developed and refined during stage 2 )

ISLAND PROPOSITION 2100
Tasmania has an urban and cultural condition of divisions, between the island and the mainland, between industry and
wilderness, protection and utilisation. In opposition to this condition the built environment offers an intimate experiential connection to wilderness, via the surrounding ocean and diverse topography.
IP2100 consolidates previous tenuous links via a hi-speed transit and infrastructure spine connecting the mainland with
the Island‘s North West city conglomerate and the port City of Hobart. No longer acting as a rogue, insular colonial outpost, the island becomes interconnected with the broader Australian position; multicultural and inclusive.
The transit spine supplies energy (ideally situated to harness wind and wave energy) and water to the mainland exposing
and challenging the islands idiosyncratic urban condition. Urbanism is thus defined as a connective infrastructure containing and channelling flows of information, energy, and capital.

What problems and opportunities are present within the dichotomies of this future Tasmanian condition? What are the ramifications of connecting that which is disconnected?

FULL TEAM

Lead:
Room11  +  Scott Lloyd
Katrina Stoll (B.A Cultural Anthropology Cornell Unversity + M.Arch. Columbia University)
Co-editor: Cities of Change: Transformation Strategies for Urban Territories in the 21st Century

Research / support:
Allen Kearns (Deputy Chief, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems)
Dr Arko Lucieer (lecturer and researcher in GIS and remote sensing in the Centre for Spatial Information Science : UTAS)
Lara van den Berg (Sustainability Programs Manager, Hydro Tasmania) Climate Futures for Tasmania (Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems - CRC)
Eben Simmons (Umow Lai - www.umowlai.com.au
Megan Baynes (Urban designer)
James Newitt (Artist - PHD fine arts UTAS)
Jesse Shipway (PHD Cultural studies /English – UTAS)
southsouthwest - Graphic design / visual communications
ETH university, Zurich

Check out the latest project REBRAND TASMANIA.COM from the design team at SouthSouthWest exploring new possibilities for the State logo for Tasmania. Add your comments and ideas.

Another fast paced Art / Design / Architecture slide fest at Room11.

As Part of the Hobart Fringe Festival 2009 :


PECHA KUCHA NIGHT : HOBART : VOL 4 - Kicks of this Wednesday : 18th of November at 7pm

Special thanks to  Apply Creative for the designing the poster

Entry : $5
Drinks : Yes - out on the roof deck - balmy
Directions : google map

Level 5 , 50 Elizabeth street, Hobart

Take the stairs down into Papillon, go through the doors at the end of the hall - take the elevator to the top floor.

http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Room11 Melbourne, 105 Victoria St, Fitzroy , Victoria , 3065  - phone: 03 8669 1789

Room11 feature in this new book published by Collins Design (English), and LOFT publications (Spanish).

Exploring the world of eco-friendly architecture, New Green Homes showcases 25 projects worldwide, with a special focus on the United States and Australia. With a wealth of sustainable designs, this book is a must-have for architects and homeowners alike.

For more information see the book at HarperCollins

Container for living 2009 catalogue is now available for download.  Showing just a few of the endless possibilities utilising shipping containers for housing, the catalogue further develops ideas tested and displayed during Design Island 2009.
DOWNLOAD THE CATALOGUE

Extruding a gable volume, the house is sited on the edge of a shallow rural saddle. This shallow curvature opens up and flattens to expose distant views of the valley and the bay to the east. The house directs itself to the valley, timber screens continuing the extruded form to create covered outdoor areas, protecting the house from excessive solar gain. Courtyards between pavilions offer focused views to the east, and again provide covered outdoor areas with their own micro climates and associated green spaces.  READ MORE

Extruding a gable volume, the house is sited on the edge of a shallow rural saddle. This shallow curvature opens up and flattens to expose distant views of the valley and the bay to the east. The house directs itself to the valley, timber screens continuing the extruded form to create covered outdoor areas, protecting the house from excessive solar gain. Courtyards between pavilions offer focused views to the east, and again provide covered outdoor areas with their own micro climates and associated green spaces.

The latest AFAR installation; Aaron Roberts ( room11 ) and Fashion Designer Alexi Freeman , appeared in the foyer of the MELBOURNE SPRING FASHION WEEK 2009.

Titles “Death Cloud”, the project dissects and layers the plaid from Freeman’s  S/S 09-10 collection, applying it to a topographical re-hash of  the original flapper motif from AFAR 1.  Cad models are brought to life using handcrafted stencil techniques and hours of hand cut… sticky tape! The extrusion and layering of the pattern allows for a build up of complexity, a volumetric interplay of light, shadow and pattern.  SEE PHOTOS OF THE PROJECT HERE

Titles “Death Cloud”, the project dissects and layers the plaid from Freeman’s  S/S 09-10 collection, applying it to a topographical re-hash of  the original flapper motif from AFAR 1.  Cad models are brought to life using handcrafted stencil techniques and hours of hand cut… sticky tape! The extrusion and layering of the pattern allows for a build up of complexity, a volumetric interplay of light, shadow and pattern.

The installation was also hung as part of State of Design 2009 - see here