WoodSolutions Sponsored Speakers
THIS TALK WILL BE MORE FUN THAN THE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OR FREE CHAMPAGNE!
SPEAKER: DYLAN BRADY
DAY ONE 30.5.13
TIME: 7.00PM
Studio505 have prepared a number of smaller but intriguing projects utilising timber design as part of their overall portfolio. Following a brief introduction to some of the current projects, the talk will focus on the development of the 'Best In Show" award-winning Chelsea Flower Show pavilion, and the design of a luxury townhouse development in Canterbury, utilising CLT engineered timber as its structure. Read more.
BUILDING A NEW TRADITION OF TIMBER DESIGN
SPEAKER: ROBERT MORRIS-NUNN
DAY TWO 31.5.13
TIME: 12.00PM
DAY THREE 1.6.13
TIME: 1.00PM
The talk will review two decades of creating innovative timber structures in Tasmania. These structures have shown how it is possible to use timber in ways that can create spaces that are redolent with meaning. Read more
‘CLOUD HOUSE' AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY PROJECTS
SPEAKER: DEBBIE RYAN
DAY TWO 31.5.13
TIME: 5.00PM
DAY THREE 1.6.13
TIME: 3.00PM
WoodSolutions presents leading designer Debbie Ryan. As an owner of McBride Charles Ryan, Debbie along with her partner Robert McBride were the lead designers on the award winning ‘Cloud House'. Read more
designEX 2013
designEX is Australia's longest-running design and architecture event and includes furniture, textiles, lighting, architecture, bathrooms, surfaces & finishes, as well as seminars and workshops.
Find out more about designEX here.
2013 National Architecture Conference
The introduction to the theme of the conference, from the conference website:
"The materialisation of built form is but one strand in the complex web of our discipline. Architecture's material presence weaves around individual experience and defines the fabric of the city. The 2013 Conference will explore contemporary applications and ideas surrounding material in architecture.
Is fog an architectural material?
Could a building be made entirely from used materials gathered within a one-kilometre radius of the site?
What would a brick answer to a robot that asks "what do you want to be?
Is there a contemporary context for re-using historic material, for spolia?
In the wake of asbestos, what scope is there for architects to experiment with new materials?
Can a material be used in such a way that it goes unnoticed or contradicts our expectations?
As a profession we excel in our understanding of the sensual and emotional qualities of materials. This conference recognises the depth of this knowledge and investment, but raises questions about their specific history and future. In particular, the conference will showcase architects who use familiar materials in inventive ways and architects who use or invent unfamiliar materials."
Find out more about the 2013 National Architecture Conference here.