PARTNERS
ABOUT DESIGN LABORATORY
LABORATORY ARCHIVE
PARTNERS
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THE LIVABLE CITY
HUMAN SYSTEMS
BUILT SYSTEMS
- EXTREMES
- DIY CITY
- PLASTIC FUTURES
- OUTr][RTNo
- URBAN ROOMS
MOBILITY SYSTEMS
LABORATORY ARCHIVE
PARTNERS
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THE LIVABLE CITY
HUMAN SYSTEMS
BUILT SYSTEMS
- EXTREMES
- DIY CITY
- PLASTIC FUTURES
- OUTr][RTNo
- URBAN ROOMS
MOBILITY SYSTEMS
DIY CITY
Presented by RMIT School of Architecture and Design
Directed by Mel Dodd, Program Director, RMIT Architecture (Biography)
Saturday 18 July, 10am - 6.30pm
Invitation only
DIY CITY considers that a provocative examination of Do-It-Yourself culture is crucial to the production of space and place in the in the 21st century city. If there is a threat that DIY culture has the capacity to marginalize designers, how can we positively engage with the socially and politically liberating aspects of this practice in order to stimulate active citizenship and public life in the peri-urban fringe?
DIY CITY will be investigating how people themselves can orchestrate growth and development at the suburban edges of Melbourne, in collaboration with architects and designers as types of creative enablers. The laboratory will investigate public and low cost housing and infrastructure for the disadvantaged within communities. Methods of self-build, community build, pre-fabrication and employment and training initiatives will all be considered as providing technologies and systems which could co-opt people into building alternate and socially sustainable futures.
How might architects retain an integral role in the process of designing and making space in a DIY culture? DIY CITY will consider the expanded role of the architect and the tensions between the need for expertise in building technologies versus the ability to 'do-it-yourself'.
PARTICIPANTS
Faizlind Abd Razak, Nik Kellina Bakti Ahmad Shazilly, Solveig Almo, Nicholas Richard Ashby, Man Tik Chu, Nicolas Ebner, Kyung Hwa Koh, Man Sau Leung, Gek Hoon Lim, Sze Yuen Yiu, Hong Wei Zhao, Riccardo Buelli, Danielle Peck, Lai Geok Koh
Presented by RMIT School of Architecture and Design
Directed by Mel Dodd, Program Director, RMIT Architecture (Biography)
Saturday 18 July, 10am - 6.30pm
Invitation only
DIY CITY considers that a provocative examination of Do-It-Yourself culture is crucial to the production of space and place in the in the 21st century city. If there is a threat that DIY culture has the capacity to marginalize designers, how can we positively engage with the socially and politically liberating aspects of this practice in order to stimulate active citizenship and public life in the peri-urban fringe?
DIY CITY will be investigating how people themselves can orchestrate growth and development at the suburban edges of Melbourne, in collaboration with architects and designers as types of creative enablers. The laboratory will investigate public and low cost housing and infrastructure for the disadvantaged within communities. Methods of self-build, community build, pre-fabrication and employment and training initiatives will all be considered as providing technologies and systems which could co-opt people into building alternate and socially sustainable futures.
How might architects retain an integral role in the process of designing and making space in a DIY culture? DIY CITY will consider the expanded role of the architect and the tensions between the need for expertise in building technologies versus the ability to 'do-it-yourself'.
PARTICIPANTS
Faizlind Abd Razak, Nik Kellina Bakti Ahmad Shazilly, Solveig Almo, Nicholas Richard Ashby, Man Tik Chu, Nicolas Ebner, Kyung Hwa Koh, Man Sau Leung, Gek Hoon Lim, Sze Yuen Yiu, Hong Wei Zhao, Riccardo Buelli, Danielle Peck, Lai Geok Koh
Architecture Upperpool Design Studio, 2009 - Expanded Field
RMIT Master of Architecture (Professional Degree)
PARTNERS
PreBuilt: Prefabricated Construction Melbourne
Neighbourhood Renewal Victoria
Department of Human Services, State Government Victoria
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council: Social Planning
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