Collective Agency 2019

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Congratulations to all practices with shortlisted projects. See you in Brisbane! 🏆 🎊

@Landscapology @AusINSArchitect Thanks for being a part of it @Landscapology

Thank you so much Warwick Mihaly from @MihalySlocombe for all your insightful commentary and provocation as our guest Tweeter during the conference. Continue the conversation with #collectiveagency2019

shelleyjpenn bringing it home - reminding us that we are all activists because we act and what we need to ask ourselves is: Are we acting well? . #collectiveagency2019 instagram.com/p/BzAT46hFjGP/…

Depressing yes. Though replace render with photo and you have a relevant measure of architectural success. Plenty of buildings I've visited have failed to add to the photography, while the best experiences have come from those that exceed expectations #collectiveagency2019 - WM

Marcos Rosello of @ALLDesign1: Architecture should be like Marmite (or corrected for local tastes, Vegemite). It's great if you like it and fine if you don't. But the worst thing is to have no feelings about it at all. #collectiveagency2019 - WM

It's an intriguing idea: does context come from the hard infrastructure around a project (other buildings) or the soft infrastructure (history, activities, people)? In Australia, our planning schemes mostly deal with the former. #collectiveagency2019 - WM

Testbed1 project by @ALLDesign1 reveals an intriguing form of agency: it's one thing wanting a beach, bar, boxing club, theatre and design office in one space, but another thing entirely to entice them there. What procurement strategies were involved? #collectiveagency2019 - WM

@the_kav_man @ALLDesign1 Too true.

@collectiveag19 @ALLDesign1 Fun has many layers, too, hey Warwick?

Marcos Rosello of @ALLDesign1: "We've come around to the idea that we don't use single-use plastics anymore. Why shouldn't buildings be the same?" #collectiveagency2019 - WM

Marcos Rosello: "Everyone performs better when they're having fun." A nice reminder amongst the heavy content of #collectiveagency2019 to enjoy what we do - WM

"I think of the space between us, the middle space where we find common ground." Greg Burgess of Gregory Burgess Architects on what Collective Agency means to him. #CollectiveAgency2019

Elisapeta Heta: What might a bi-cultural architecture practice look like? What processes, attitudes and tools might it adopt? #collectiveagency2019 - WM

"We must fight for the public space we want or we will end up with public space that someone else decides for us." @taniadavidge reflects on the 'Our City, Our Square' campaign. #collectiveagency2019

Elisapeta Heta shows us how it's done... Australian architecture studios WISH we had indigenous encyclopaedias to call upon #collectiveagency2019 - WM

An excellent example from @taniadavidge of using advocacy sharp skills to create the city we want. The whole team at @OurFedSquare should be proud of their work and the protection of Fed Square from insidious commercialisation #collectiveagency2019 - WM

I had a thoroughly engaging chat with the exceptional Cecille Weldon and Sol Camacho during the lunch break, discovering cultural differences between Melbourne and São Paolo, as well as plenty of challenges that are exactly the same #collectiveagency2019 - WM

I'm reflecting again on Cecille Waldon's presentation and her final question, "What is the value of good architecture?" Will it ever be possible to answer this question? #collectiveagency2019 - WM

@RBernstone @JeffRobinsonAU I think there's room in the world for multiple disconnected emergencies! There are plenty of countries in the world who have not been subject to colonisation but still manage to contribute to climate change #collectiveagency2019 - WM

@JeffRobinsonAU @collectiveag19 Is the climate emergency more or less pressing and important than the #settlerconial emergency? Or are they intertwined and inseparable?

@collectiveag19 For all attending the Australian Institute of Architects conference today. How about answereing what it says on the sign below and make your members proud. The American Institute of Architects have Declared a Climate Emergency Its we do too! #collectiveagency2019