A-public Space Projection: virtual competition / exhibition/intervention

Shelley Penn, Assoc. Government Architect: June 5, 2008

SHELLEY PENN, FRAIA
ARCHITECT
ASSOCIATE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT

Shelley Penn is a Melbourne based architect whose work has been published, exhibited and awarded nationally and internationally. She has continually contributed to the advancement of architecture and the built environment through her practice, and through writing, teaching and lecturing about architecture and design. Shelley is particularly concerned with the social and public benefits of good design, and the poetic capacity of architecture to enrich the human condition. Her work with government includes a term as Design Director in the Office of the NSW Government Architect, membership of the Victorian Design Advisory Council, and her on-going role as Urban Design Consultant to government for the EastLink project. She is a member of the Architects Registration Board of Victoria, and in December 2005 she was appointment to the role of Associate Victorian Government Architect.


what i will talk about...
- role of the OVGA
- value of good design as a fundamental ingredient in making places and spaces which are socially, culturally, environmentally and economically sustainable.

Thursday June 5, 7PM. RMIT Building 50 (Orr Street off Victoria Street).

Gold coin donation.

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Words from Tanzania: January 17, 2008

words from...
TANZANIA
Fiona Oates - Architect

I have been working in Tanzania for the past three and half years with the Anglican church in building and development. Tanzania is the third poorest country in the world. Many building materials are just not available and what is, is out of the reach of most people who live subsistence lifestyles. I am involved at the grass roots level in the use of appropriate materials and technology where skills are low. As well as working with buildings such as schools, training centres and churches we are working with small solar and water harvesting projects.”

7 pm Thursday 17 January 2008 RMIT BUILDING 50 (Orr Street, off Victoria Street) Gold coin donation

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