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The Problem Context of Australia’s AEC Industry, and Steps to Address it.
In just three weeks at the ARC Training Centre for Next-Gen Architectural Manufacturing (Arch Manu), I’ve already begun to grasp the importance of this research group. This five-year journey promises to be more than just academic training; it will be an opportunity to fundamentally reshape how we address sustainability within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction…
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Taking a Line for a Walk
Part of my exploration of 3D printing is learning about other practices and their approaches. A key influence is Unfold Studio in Belgium, Claire Warnier & Dries Verbruggen, who’s 3d printing philosophy is to ‘think in lines’. When it comes to 3d printing, a common starting point is to model virtual objects and then release…
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Sheds of Australia: Retrofitting the Backyard Battler
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The Ethics of Data
As part of Thomas Fisher’s exploration of ethics in architecture, he considers the influence of data on humanity (Fisher 2018). While his conclusions offer little consideration regarding architecture as a built object, he highlights the relationship between data and humanity’s relationship with nature. In doing so, though, he misses the importance of culture and human…
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The myth of the genius architect.
For those of you who live in Melbourne, Australia, Glenn Murcutt has designed this year’s MPavilion. For those of you who live in the rest of Australia, Glenn Murcutt has designed a pavilion to sit in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens. For those of you outside of Australia, Glenn Murcutt is one of Australia’s most famous…
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The Future of Architecture in Data-ism
The Future of Architecture in Data-ism In Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, Noah Yuval Harari extends the history of the human race, explored in his previous book Sapiens, into a speculative future involving humanity, nature and technology. Harari’s thinking centres around a common ground introduced up by data that organisms and computing machines…
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Decentering the Lecturer
My experience of university architecture education was that your motivation for success was aligned with pleasing your expert tutor. The desire for praise fueled long days and late nights in the studio. Studio culture promoted a work ethic emphasising producing beautiful artefacts like models and drawings. From my perspective, learning happened through doing, and much…
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Digital Fabrications
Galo Canizares is a rare practitioner; he is an assistant professor of architecture but is an advanced digital technology user with projects that explore the edges of the web and data. He is right up my Straße. His work helps me position my practice, as he is somewhat of an outlier. Take his book “Digital…
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How Arch Manu Addresses Critical Challenges for a Sustainable Future
Transforming the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry to meet our global sustainability targets is not just important, it is essential. The built environment—the structures, infrastructure, and facilities that define our daily existence—accounts for a significant share of global resource consumption and carbon emissions. In Australia, as in many parts of the world, the challenge…
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It Begins – The book that started it all
It was an impulsive purchase, but a good one. I’d only just started reading a new issue of the Rhino 3D newsletter when I noticed a new book, Advanced 3D Printing by Diego Garcia Cuevas and Gianluca Pugliese. 3D printing is very familiar to me having taught digital fabrication at The University of Sydney, so…