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Behind the Facade Part 1

A big thank you to Laura Mason who has worked so hard putting together this film,Behind the Facade, which takes a looks at the day to day activities of architects in Melbourne.
Have a look, you may see yourself in this film!This movie is also being screened at Fed Square on the Big Screen this afternoon at 5.30 (Friday 29 Oct). There will be a few of us down there and it will be the unofficial end of National Architecture Week Melbourne.

For more info about this film click here

Posted by NAWmelbourne at 3:04 PM

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010

First pics from architects at lunch!

We have out first pics of Architects at Lunch!
The image and the message below was sent in via the NAWlive site (You can take a photo on your phone and then send it directly to the site – super easy)

Hi there,
Our pic of a small group of us lunching at the royal saxon for NAW week.
Our charities are Architects Without Frontiers and Engineers Without Borders
Anna Maskiell

S2F Pty Ltd

Posted by NAWmelbourne at 6:30 PM

sTute starts in 2 hours (12 midday)

sTute is on today in the atrium of Fed Square.
Starts at 12 and finishes at 4
More info here
Posted by NAWmelbourne at 10:03 AM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010

CARS CINEMA CITY

Description:

National Architecture Week 2010 ARCHITECTURE ON THE BIG SCREEN 
CARS CINEMA CITY Program
London still 3:50, The Waifs
A Car film set in London highlighting our relationships to the great modern cities, (that we’re drawn to) and the modern experience that allows for (many more of us) to experience great spatial separations.
Squint opera
Animated films about the process of design and architectures relationships with both the natural and build environments, set in amongst other placesLondon and Melbourne…and on planet earth…
Urban Labyrinth 3:00, Dir. Peter Leiss
A film exploring the connections we have to the space of city in relationship to public art and the inter relationship  of the movement of the car and ourselves.
Stencil 3:57, Traces Films
A film about art in the city.
The UB film 6:00, Dir. Matt Hopper
A film about modular design and the densification of our city.
Time-Sharing of Space 1:00, Dir. Nachiket Kalle
A consideration of the space that is shared by groups of pedestrians and vehicles at a traffic intersection, viewed from each group’s perspective, where each has to cross the path of the other, and so must occupy and vacate that space by turn.
Decline 1:00, Dir. Gregory Mackay
An Obsolete house is drawn into history, along with years of TV chatter.
electricity 1:00, Dir. Jannette Le & Seung Hyuk Choi
A conceptual film about space types: how would  we occupy the space is  that created by the cables at the back of our electrical  gadgetry.
Subterranea 1:00, Dir. Lindy Fetherston
An investigation of how disused private space is transformed through neglect and decay into a new subcultural public space.
Second skin 1:00, Dir Lisha Corcoran & Georgette Forbes
A film about the traces of a life lived left in a space.
Seven Sisters 3:02, Nick Larkins & the Bones, Dir. Lisha Corcoran & Kate Aitken 
A film about the journey of a single human life through the physical landscape as the signs of its presence fade and are erased from the spaces it lived in and it comes to occupy a symbolic space identified as ‘home’.
Melbourne City Parade 1958 2:41, Dir. Athol Adams
A fascinating look at how the use of urban space changes over time.
Sustainable Architecture: Mugee Tower 3:00, Traces Films
A film exploring the inter-relationships between architecture and nature.
Over drawn 0:30, Dir. Martin Walch
Buildings materials come from some where out there…in the bush…the natural environment…
Short Band Video 0:30, Dir. Daniel von Sturmer
A spatial exploration with great beauty and comedy.
Drive thru the Night till Dawn 3:08, The Wagons, Dir. Catherine Dwyer
A Car Film set in Melbourne and Bush land Country Victoria.
http://catherinedwyer.com.au/videos/
When
Location: Big Screen
Date: Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 October
Time: 11.30am
Location: Big Screen
Monday  Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 October
Time  3.30pm
Location: Big Screen
Date: Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 October
Time: 5.00pm
Location: Big Screen
Date: Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 October
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Atrium Screen
Date:  Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 October
Time: 11.30am
Location: Atrium Screen
Date Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 October
Time: 3.30pm

Locations

Fed Square Big Screen

See map

Atrium Screen
See map

Cost

No Charge
Posted by NAWmelbourne at 3:17 PM