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23.01.2022 Architecture touches on so many different aspects of what it is to be human, its culture and aesthetics obviously, but it is also politics, economics, urban planning, landscape, and history. Architect Amanda Levete MPavilion's summer line-up of events has officially launched! This year’s program is running from November 2020 through to April 2021 with a mix of physical and online events, and is jam-packed with thought-provoking talks, workshops, kid-friendly activities an...d performances all free! To help you craft your itinerary, we’ve pulled together our top picks for the month of November. Andrés Jaque, Office for Political Innovation https://bit.ly/36tbwwg

22.01.2022 When was the last time you looked up at the treasures in our city skylines? The historical rooftop signs that dot the horizon lines of Melbourne advertise products mostly forgotten, but their presence brings depth, texture and history to our sense of place. Writer Sam Holleran and photographer Tom Ross take us on a walk down memory lane, through previously industrial suburbs of Melbourne where well-known, once-illuminated signs have taken on new meaning. Is it just the passage of time that turns a sign from despised to beloved? Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/39mcPy6

21.01.2022 If the current pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that social connection is more important than ever. But what about people in our community that don’t have access or capacity to engage with technology? At a time when Isolation and loneliness are prevalent particularly amongst senior communities, people with disabilities, chronic health conditions, and those living in rural and remote locations tangible support is so important. The Letterbox Project (Connected AU) facilitates connection and engagement for these at-risk populations, helping them stay visible and valued through the simple act of writing a letter. Find out more and get involved via this link: https://bit.ly/3gX0Qdh courtesy of Connected AU

21.01.2022 We don't make place, place makes us. In partnership with tangata whenua, Mori who have rights over land, architect Elisapeta Hinemoa Heta has been working on the Porters Avenue Bridge for the last 18 months. A small yet crucial part of a larger public transport system being built in Auckland, the bridge, designed in partnership with weaver and sculptor Tessa Harris, evokes identifiable stories and narratives that are Mori. Our editor Sophie Rzepecky chatted to Elisapeta about the project and establishing protocol for meaningful engagement with tangata whenua. Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/364QPpU Porters Avenue Footbridge, which will be in the dense residential suburb of Mount Eden in Auckland. Render: Jasmax

20.01.2022 I didn’t plan this trip wisely at all, but that was really the beauty of it. There was so much more I could have seen, but I reflect now with this same playlist in-ear and am glad I took the unknowing challenge of far more desolate routes. For many of us at the moment, distant memories of travel and adventure bring both joy and longing. These medium format stills were taken by Melbourne-based photographer Jackson Grant as he travelled through Namibia from Swakopmund to the ...Hardap Region of Mariental. Amongst the plethora of increasingly evolving digital avenues, this is just another set of scaled down landscapes, but all I want is to take others somewhere else, just for a few minutes. This post is part of our series Eyes; occasional photos of interesting views as snapped by guest artists from Australia and abroad. We’re always on the lookout for different visual perspectives please reach out if you’d like your work to be featured.

19.01.2022 The arts and cultural sector should no longer be in a position of resilience in the face of hardship and stress; it should be set up for prosperity, whereby the contribution of artists and cultural organisations to our society is understood, valued and supported. Despite these uncertain times, we need to turn our minds to the future its challenges and opportunities, and how we can plan for the cultivation of a strong and vibrant cultural and public sphere. What do contemp...orary arts organisations and institutions look like in a post-pandemic world? Artistic Director and CEO at ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Max Delany, shares his future vision for the art world; a vision based on ideals of inclusion, access and diversity in the face of increasing intolerance of difference. Read more via this link: https://bit.ly/2VVhcur 1: Clark Beaumont, The O zone 2017, performance, as part of the exhibition Greater Together, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2017. Photo: Zan Wimberley 2: Field Theory, Final visions Bunker 2017, assorted survival food and equipment, installation view, Greater Together, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2017. photo: Andrew Curtis 3: Kelly Doley, Things learnt about feminism #1-95 2014 (detail), in Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism, installation view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2017-18. Photo: Andrew Curtis 4: Ruth O’Leary (left) and Sarah Goffman (right), in Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism, installation view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2017-18. Photo: Andrew Curtis

17.01.2022 When did you last have an in-depth conversation with a stranger? When did you last hear how your life sounds, reflected back from someone outside your everyday? Dark Talk Time connects pairs of strangers for hosted phone conversations. You open a brief window into each other’s lives, and then say goodbye, a little lighter than before. More info via this link: https://bit.ly/35T9DKi Illustration by Mike Greaney...

17.01.2022 We were making collective decisions about things like bathroom tiles, seemingly small details which actually revealed life priorities and vulnerabilities, limits and desires. Ritterstraße 50 (R50) is a collectively funded building with a focus on communal living in the neighbourhood of Kreuzberg in Berlin. Artist @rutherbuchanan a resident of R50 sent us some snapshots of life with her children and partner during the Covid-19 lockdown in April. She reflects on the challenges of a collective process in creating shared spaces, the intersections of her artistic practice and her home, and the emotional benefits of collective living in a time of uncertainty. Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/3a7gVdO Ruth Buchanan

16.01.2022 The integration of digital signage with buildings blurs the line between the technological and physical worlds in ways that could prove uncomfortable. The few examples of digital facades that exist in Melbourne have been celebrated, but what happens when they become many? Is Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner and its vision of hyper-frenzied dystopic nightscapes a sign of what’s to come? Writer Samuel Holleran and photographer Tom Ross look to the skylines of previously indus...trial suburbs of Melbourne in search of an answer. Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/39mcPy6 1-4: Tom Ross 5: film still, Blade Runner 1982 See more

15.01.2022 This zero-waste recipe is great for pulling out when you want to impress your guests with delicious food and some interesting food tricks. The earthy flavour of the beetroot is balanced by the zingy red wine reduction, pickled beetroot stems and well-rounded umami stock. This week, we head into the kitchen with Ben McMenamin to make Zero Waste Beetroot Risotto. Both nutritious and delicious, this recipe will also help you minimise your food waste by using up some of those b...ottom-of-the-crisper veggies and back-of-the-pantry grains. Ben is the founder of Social Food Project, a social enterprise designed to connect local communities, teach people about the food system, and provide practical tools for being a more sustainable food citizen. Whether he’s cooking with insects as an alternative protein source, or saving natives by eating invasive species, Ben has been using food to start crucial conversations for years. See the full recipe via this link: https://bit.ly/2D4l5qt In partnership with Knowledge Melbourne, and as part of a series of workshops hosted by City of Melbourne online, we are bringing you a few recipes and guides for living lightly. Illustration by Kyle Griggs

15.01.2022 During the Covid-19 period, there has been a reframing of how we collectively perceive time. We have a remembered past, an anxious present and an uncertain future. Never Alone encourages a reflective response to our current state of existence and suggests that the incorporation of Indigenous philosophies, knowledges and relationships can reshape and navigate a connected pathway forward. A billboard project by artist Kent Morris is the first in an occasional series of off-si...te projects to be launched in the leadup to ACCA's major exhibition in 2021, Who’s Afraid of Public Space? If it’s within your 5km radius in St Kilda, do check it out. Our thoughts are with everyone heading into six weeks of Stage 3 lockdowns here in Victoria. More info via this link: https://bit.ly/2XxpsBy Andrew Webb Curtis Photography

15.01.2022 if you really look, if you really take heed of what is around you, you find that nestled between the high-rises are small stores and offices. Cobblers. Auto-electricians. Picture framers. Travel agents behind smoky, dusty windows Warren Kirk’s recent photography series of the northern suburbs in Melbourne captures a moment in time where memory and the present meet in dialogue. Get a sneak peak of Warren’s new book via this link: https://bit.ly/3eUtkE7

14.01.2022 This weekend the team at Assemble are joining forces with Open House Melbourne for two conversations on Instagram with Thomas Gilbert from Hayball, and Quino Holland from Fieldwork. They’ll be chatting about the motivation for the design of Assemble’s two upcoming projects in the Melbourne suburb of Kensington - 15 Thompson St and 393 Macaulay Rd. If you’d like to learn more about Assemble’s design philosophy, tune in at 11am this Saturday and Sunday. More info via this link: https://bit.ly/39k7lUp the original façade at 393 Macaulay Rd, which will be retained throughout construction, was designed by a pioneer of Melbourne’s Art Deco scene in the 20’s, Harry Norris also the architect behind the great Nicholas Building, Mitchell House and Curtain House.

13.01.2022 We are framing design not simply as a collection of professions, disciplines or techniques, but as a vantage on the world from which things can be seen and achieved. How we live together is being dramatically transformed. This year's MSD - Melbourne School of Design's exhibition showcases the imagination and innovation of the next generation of built environment professionals, as they explore how communities, cities and environments change and co-exist. Works range from hig...hly speculative propositions to more practice-oriented efforts, from small design interventions to large urban proposals, and offer a glimpse into the future innovations of the built environment. The exhibition will be held online and is running until 25 November. More info via this link: https://bit.ly/2D7HPGj 1,3,4: Lingas Tran, Nan Li and Grant Li 2: MECHROPOLIS, Jenny Naing 5: Paris 58, Cheok Jian Shuang

11.01.2022 In the rubble left by the tsunami’s wake, I saw a dark, morbid irony. Houses were swept away like fragile boxes, leaving only concrete foundations. Yet many displaced homeowners were still on the hook for mortgages on their now non-existent homes. After witnessing a tsunami ripping down houses in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, artist Satoshi Murakami spontaneously built a portable Styrofoam ‘house’ and started walking across Japan carrying it on his ba...ck. Titled Migratory Life, Satoshi’s work reflected a need to rethink our notion of a ‘house’ as characterised by two components; shelter and infrastructure. What happens when your home moves with you, no longer tied to the political and structural implications of a specific site? Writers Grace Lovell and Yoshi Tsujimura visited Satoshi in his studio in the suburbs of Tokyo. Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/31SBisp 1: Yoshi Tsujimura, Setouchi Triennale 2016 2,3,4,5: courtesy of Satoshi Murakami 6: Yoshi Tsujimura, Satoshi Murakami in his studio

11.01.2022 When exhibitions are finished, we often end up with a lot of my work inside. The apartment has almost become an extension of living in and with art. Ideals of the collective and the commons have always intertwined with artist Ruth Buchanan's work and life. A Berlin-based artist originally from Aotearoa New Zealand, she currently lives at Ritterstraße 50 (R50), a co-housing project with a focus on communal living in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Her work explores the relationship betwe...en body, power, archive and language through research-like projects which use architectural and design elements of everyday life room dividers, curtains, carpets and scaffolding. When the boundaries are blurred between art and living, can alternative ways of life thrive? Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/3a7gVdO 1,2,4: Ruth's home on the ground floor of R50 featuring Uma, Ruth's 3-year-old daughter. 3: Ruth Buchanan, Circumference, 2018. Photo by Alex North. 5: Ruth Buchanan, Priorities, 2016 / 2018. Photo by Alex North. See more

08.01.2022 From my perspective, and I don’t speak for all Mori, we are whenua, we are the land. My relationship to whenua is complex, it's tangled up in who I am. For Elisapeta Hinemoa Heta the practice of architecture is intertwined with the practice of knowing oneself, knowing the fundaments of where you come from, and how you came to be upon land. At Auckland-based architecture practice Jasmax, she is Senior Associate Architectural Graduate, Kaihaut Whaihanga, Mori Design Leader... and one of the founding members of Waka Mia a collective who specialise in engaging Mori and applying Te Aranga Mori Design Principles into projects. Our editor Sophie Rzepecky chatted with her during one of the many lockdowns this year. Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/364QPpU 1: Te Kura Whare. Photography: Ana Dermer 2: Nga Puna o Waiorea Western Springs College. Photography: Dennis Radermacher 3: Elisapeta Heta at Jasmax. Photography: Dean Carruthers

06.01.2022 Amid the Covid-19 crisis, it is difficult to engage in standard economic activities, yet we have no choice but to continue to pay our rent. What if a house could generate income? Last September, Japanese artist Satoshi Murakami completed a one-week project, Living in Billboard, at the Takamatsu City Museum of Art. By living within the confines of a billboard advertisement, Satoshi showed his body functioning within an economic cycle; turning information into mass. By stayin...g at home, could we create advertising effects and bring in money just by living there? Writers Grace Lovell and Yoshi Tsujimura chatted with Satoshi at his studio in Tokyo about alternative ways of living amidst a rapidly changing world. Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/31SBisp 1,2: Keizo Kioku 3: Kenryou Gu 4: Yoshi Tsujimura

06.01.2022 After Covid-19, it will be very clear where communities need to strengthen their resilience, and how public space plays a very important role in rebuilding that resilience. Could the game Minecraft help to re-imagine the present and future of public spaces? Robert Snelling chatted with Celine d’Cruz, vice president of Block by Block, a growing global experiment in participatory urban design with over 100 projects from Hanoi to Peru. Read and see more via this link: https://...bit.ly/3h9qCLv 1: Re-thinking how a daily commute could be safer, Hanoi. Photography: Katla Studios, Love Strandell 2: Redesigning Plaza Tlaxcoaque, Mexico City. Photography: Block by Block 3: Rebuilding Safe Parks In Johannesburg. Photography: Block by Block 4: Design ideas for a hometown in Mozambique. Photography: Block by Block 5: Designing shared spaces at the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement, Kenya. Photography: UN-HABITAT

06.01.2022 you can’t have affective housing without also designing the open spaces in your city. Home and public spaces are intrinsically intertwined for many, public space acts as an extension of home. For a project in 2018 by Cidade Ativa and Mind the Step, a staircase in Jardim Nakamura, São Paulo got a colourful and playful makeover after a Block by Block workshop with Minecraft as part of the process. The participants reimagined the steps as a playground, meeting place, and stage. Read and see more via this link: https://bit.ly/3h9qCLv courtesy of Cidade Ativa. The last image shows the staircase before its makeover.

05.01.2022 Are you Assemble’s next Community Engagement and Partnerships Manager? Assemble is entering an exciting new chapter of growth. With a goal to provide fairer, more financially accessible, and better designed housing in Australia, they are now looking for the next Community Engagement and Partnerships Manager. This position will be responsible for strategic stakeholder engagement and community development initiatives across all Assemble projects. This is a great opportunity to ...join the Assemble team and contribute to its professional, commercial and cultural success and the positive change it seeks to make in the world. Is this you or someone you know? For a full position description and details on how to apply, follow this link: https://bit.ly/2AqO4Ud Illustration by Ilya Milstein

04.01.2022 It was the mother of all iso projects, a utopian vision that seemed as such visions often do like a combination of wild-eyed scientific endeavour and idealistic, otherworldly cult. ABC Filmmaker and Guggenheim Fellow Matt Wolf’s documentary Spaceship Earth showcases the journey of eight visionaries who in 1991 spent two years quarantined inside a self-engineered replica of Earth’s ecosystem in the Arizona desert called Biosphere 2. The experiment set out to explore the viability of establishing human existence on other planets. Presented by The Capitol - RMIT University and screening online at 7:30pm, Wednesday 4 November, free! More info via this link: https://bit.ly/34G2mfX film stills from Spaceship Earth

03.01.2022 As science and technology accelerate, the body’s capacities, perception, longevity and durability are being pushed to new limits. Recent partnerships between the medical sciences and design industry have pioneered medical equipment to help this and improve the quality of human life. Powerhouse Museum presents Design for Life, a new exhibition celebrating the critical role of design in saving and improving human life. The latest in medical product design focused on extending... the body’s biological capabilities will be on display, along with scientific equipment from the late 1800s to present day. 26 Sep 2020 31 Jan 2021, more info via this link: https://bit.ly/34HlvyO Belinda Christie. 3D printed red and blue surgical heart, designed by Dr James Otton, used by Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2016.

02.01.2022 Open House Melbourne is back for its 13th edition and like many others in the creative sector, they're doing things a little differently this year. With a predominantly digital format, the future of our city will be considered across a range of talks and discussions with a focus on the environmental impacts of design decisions and architectural responses to creating COVID-safe spaces. For the first time, architecture lovers will be able to skip the queues and not worry about ...booked out tours to their favourite sites around town. Explore the oldest active union building in the world, tour Melbourne's newest cultural precinct, step inside Victoria's iconic Parliament House, peak into the Citylink Traffic control room plus heaps more! Events are running throughout the month of July with a special weekend of live programming on the weekend of 25/26 July. We are looking forward to Assemble's participation in the program this year! Stay tuned for details. More info via this link: https://bit.ly/3gjPIXa 1: Collingwood Yards, photo by Peter Clarke 2&5: Salter House, photo by Jack Lovel 3&4: Lyon House Museum, photo by John Gollings 6&7: Trades Hall

02.01.2022 How does space and design affect our experience and interactions with a health care setting, and how does the needs of staff and patients influence a hospital’s architecture and design? In 1948, when it became apparent that the maze-like, antiquated and crowded Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne's Carlton could no longer fulfil the needs of staff, patients or visitors, ten acres of Royal Park in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville was offered to relocate the hospital.... Doctors Vernon Collins and Douglas Galbraith travelled overseas with architect Arthur Stephenson to research the latest concepts in modern hospital design. RCH’s online exhibition titled Our Places / Our Spaces is an exploration into the 150-year history of the RCH campuses. The collection explores the hospital’s beginnings, growth and innovations in design and healthcare. Running online until 31 October, more info via this link: https://bit.ly/32cjiJP Images courtesy of the RCH Archives and Collections. 1 : Nurses pose outside the new hospital in Royal Park, circa 1960 2: Ormond Ward in Carlton, Princess May Pavilion, circa 1915 3: Aerial view of the new hospital in Royal Park, circa 1963 4: Watercolour depiction of the new hospital in Royal Park, circa 1960 5: Site of the main building with the Nurses' Home in the background, 1957

01.01.2022 Imagine walking into a living room in the middle of a medium sized house party, it's still early but there's about twenty friends squeezed on to the floor, sofas, laps, standing by the stereo, a few dancing, talking, swaying, sipping, smoking, making eyes, smiling, moving... this playlist is what would be playing. For many of us in the midst of lockdowns here in Melbourne, music has been a guiding light through a challenging time. This month, Melbourne pop singer-songwriter Sweet Whirl aka Esther Edquist brings us our Spring edition of Ears; a mixtape series in collaboration with our friends Hope St Radio. Read more about Esther’s musings on home-life and music, and listen to her mix via this link: https://bit.ly/353B0B5