Event
This Public Life, Festival of Landscape Architecture brings together thinkers and practitioners from the arts and sciences, both nationally and internationally, to explore public life through the lenses Life + Death, Love + Longing and Participation + Spectacle. A series of city wide events and projects developed by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and a number of cultural and academic institutions. The eleven day program includes an Australasian Student Design Competition, Conference and Research Summit, city and project tours, exhibitions, installations, screenings and talks. This Public Life will be hosted in Melbourne. Melburnians love the city's vibrant energy, restaurants, café-filled laneways, cool bars, galleries, spacious parks and village-like inner suburbs, each with its own special character. Read more at City of Melbourne or Visit Melbourne.
Venue
The Festival of Landscape Architecture: This Public Life conference sessions on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October will take place at Deakin Edge at Federation Square, Melbourne. Home to major cultural attractions, world-class events, tourism experiences and an array of restaurants and bars this modern piazza has become the heart and soul of Melbourne. View visiting and direction information and read about the Koori Heritage Trust at Federation Square.
Program
Thursday 15 October - Research Summit & Opening Party
Venue: Research Summit: The Dulux Gallery, Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne, Parkville. See map here.
Venue: Opening Party: Persimmon, National Gallery of Victoria International, 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne (entry via North Entrance Garden)
Friday 16 October - Conference, day 1 & AILA Landscape Architecture Awards
Venue:Conference Deakin Edge, Federation Square
Venue: AILA Awards Supper Room, Melbourne Town Hall
Saturday 17 October - Conference, day 2 & Closing Drinks
Venue: Conference Deakin Edge, Federation Square
Venue: Closing Drinks MP Pavillion, Queen Victoria Gardens, opposite the Arts Centre on St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Sunday 18 October - Recovery Breakfast
Venue: Meet at Southern Cross Bus Station, Docklands then to Monbulk
For a FULL Program click here