Extremely small and very loud: Adapting the city through incremental acts of architecture

Designed for urban design and architecture professionals, this masterclass will be led by experts from Australia’s #1 ranked university for Architecture.

Unpack how architectural design can improve the quality of our urban environments and tap into the knowledge of RMIT’s experts in this Postgraduate Masterclass.

This masterclass will also demonstrate how architecture and urban design students at RMIT are contributing to the future of our cities.

What to expect:

  • Expert insights into how architectural design can elevate urban spaces
  • Examples of groundbreaking architecture that changed metropolitan environments
  • How modest interventions can shift patterns of use 
  • The role that architects play in facilitating change  

Join Professor Mark Jacques and Associate Professor John Doyle on Tuesday 5 May and discover the big differences that architecture and urban design practice can make in our cities. Register now to save your place in the masterclass.

Speakers

Professor Mark JacquesProfessor Mark Jacques

Professor Mark Jacques is the founder of Openwork, a Melbourne-based practice working across public space, landscape architecture, urban design, research and speculation. He is an Urban Designer and Landscape Architect with more than thirty years’ experience delivering complex civic, cultural and institutional projects across Australia. 

Professor Jacques’ projects have received numerous awards, including the Australia Award for Urban Design, the Melbourne Prize, and the Victorian Premier’s Design Award. In 2015, he was appointed Professor of Architecture (Urbanism) Industry Fellow. 

Dr John DoyleDr John Doyle

Dr John Doyle is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University, where he is the Associate Dean and Head of Architecture.

He is a registered practicing architect and director of Common ADR, a Melbourne based architecture firm. He is Immediate Past President of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia (AASA) – the peak body representing architectural education and the broader discipline of architecture in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.


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