Imagining place

25 May, 2018

Melbourne School of Design, VIC, Australia

About

Thrive Research Hub will showcase the 2018 Masters students’ design exhibition focused on regenerative development and placemaking. This event marks the opening night of a week-long exhibition where 13 groups of students will be showcasing their sketches, models and other creative embodiments of their visions for regenerating a 100-acre site located at Kinglake, Victoria. The Kinglake exhibition continues for a week until Friday, 1 June 2018 and can be viewed every day (including the weekend) from 8am until 6pm.

The exhibition will also be accompanied by a number of displays from placemaking practitioners and design studios taking place across Victoria, including the Living Stage installation featured at the recent Lorne Sculpture Bienalle and two University of Melbourne placemaking studios:

The Newport Project reimagination of the Paine Reserve in response to community aspirations of place, and
The Mille Feuille Due redesign of a master plan for the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Hub Welcome Centre.

Date and time: Fri. 25 May 2018, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm AEST

Location: Melbourne School of Design, Atrium (open area in the middle of Level 1), Masson Road (Gate 3), Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia

The exhibition will be followed by a book launch of Enabling Eco-Cities by Dominique Hes & Judy Bush (eds), which will run from 6pm. Your continued attendance is warmly welcomed.

Complimentary refreshments will be provided. Please be sure to register for catering purposes.

About Thrive Research Hub

Thrive is the new hub, based at the University of Melbourne, for industry-relevant research on design and innovation for sustainable, thriving built environments. Its mission is to carry out applied trans-disciplinary research that will investigate thriving in cities and develop real-world solutions for the built environment.

Thrive’s key focus is to develop new knowledge in the theme areas of buildings, people and ecosystems in cities. The central focus of the hub is on applied research and visible outcomes that create a better world. We ask a central question: what will support sustainable city development in the 21st century – and how can cities thrive through future challenges?