July 2009
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Thanks to all who have participated or attended a talk or design salon over the last couple of months. The attendance and feedback about the Salons has been overwhelmingly positive, both from members and sponsors alike.
Since the last newsletter, we have had salons at OCULUS and ASPECT Studios, and held our 4 Pillars of Sustainability talk at Tusculum. The 4 Pillars talk highlighted a range of approaches and attitudes to practising sustainable design, ranging from the idiosyncratic design of Phooey Architects to the more socially and environmentally driven work of Material Landscape Architects and the intelligent and wide ranging design work of Derlot Studio.
Planning has commenced for the NSW 2009 AILA Awards, as well as for AILA NSW's involvement in the Sydney Architecture Festival on October 5. We are calling out for participants and organisers to be involved in the SAF which is always a great day.
Congratulations to Clouston Associates who were a star performer at the Sydney Light Festival with their installation 'Cycle!', and thanks to Greg Burgon for assisting with AILA’s participation in the event; and congratulations to AILA Vice President, Adrian McGregor and his team for receiving the TOPOS Award for International Practice of the Year. This is a significant recognition of their work and is encouraging for the practice of sustainable landscape architecture in Australia.
Other up and coming events to keep an eye on are 'By George!", the City of Sydney's Laneways Festival as part of Art and About kicking off in October: includes landscape architects, architects, artists and designers. And of course Sydney Design 09 which is happening all around Sydney from August 1st to 16th.
AILA NSW with several other organisations is also in the process of organising a passive protest at Sydney Olympic Park to raise awareness about the impact of the V8 race which will tear through the site of Sydney's famed 'green games'. Stay tuned for more on this.
I look forward to seeing you at an up coming talk, salon, workshop or president’s lunch.
Cheers,
Sacha Coles
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Welcome to new members
We welcome the 17 new NSW Registered members to the Group since May.
Seven were via Senior Entry : Vikram Mukherjee, Chau Bao Ly, Saneia Ahmed, Danielle Pollock, Steven Rushworth, Kris Petersen, Felicity Samways and 10 by normal entry : Tri Ratnasari, Lisa Heathers, Christian Borchert, Georg Petzold, Kristina Frizen, Joshua Calandra, Alex Beeston, Adriano Carrideo, Miki Mitsuta and Heidi Carlyle.
Special thanks to the examining panels of Nell Rickard, Caroline Tallents, Sue Barnsley, James Delaney and Adam Hunter; as well as to Crosbie Lorimer for running the two workshops for the ten regular applicants. |
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Upcoming events for your diaries …
Salons
12 August - mcgregor+coxall partners.
2 September – UNSW
23 September – Kiah Infranet
14 October – 360 degrees
4 November – Clouston Associates
The Salons are a fantastic forum - casual and interactive, and free, with drinks on us.
Talks
Wednesday 26 August at Tusculum. Public space – snapshots from around the globe.
And in response to the tough times the AILA Talks have been reduced in price to $5 AILA members and $10 for non-AILA members.
Workshops
Wednesday 30 September – Contemporary approaches to campus design
Full details on each event will be sent to everyone separately
National one-day conference Perth, Monday 21 September
http://www.aila.org.au/perth
look for clues: a gorilla and the motor scooter.
Book that flight - while they are cheap!
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AILA NSW AWARDS
Time to start thinking about your entries for this year’s State Awards. Watch out for the entry form details and guidelines next week, but in the meantime note the important dates.
Monday 21 September – entries close
Thursday 3 December – AILA Awards event / Christmas Party |
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CEO Sleepout
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE PARK EXPERIENCE
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Just for Fun took on a new meaning for Luna Park last month when the gates stayed open all night, not for revelers, but a bunch of Sydney ‘rough sleepers’. |
The discomfort was felt more by the two hundred men and women – an unlikely assortment of Sydney business leaders and public figures – sleeping on the bitumen, trying to make some noise of a positive kind for the plight of Australia’s over 60,000 homeless: men, women and children without an address or basic security which we all expect as a right.
The sweetest sound of all, however, was the ringing up of $615,929 (at last count) in sponsorship from only one night’s inconvenience!
The St Vincent de Paul Society, organiser of the event, has directed this sum to education for the homeless and those in rehab through its new Ozinan Centre next to the Matt Talbot Hostel in Woolloomooloo
AILA NSW Group was very pleased to donate and support Crosbie Lorimer and Leonard Lynch this year.
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President
Sacha Coles
Vice President
Adrian McGregor
Treasurer
Roxana Vlack
Secretary & CPD
James Grant
State Manager
Christina Bunbury
AILA NSW Group
02 9427 4669
eMail
Events Committee
James Grant
Sponsorship
Garth Paterson
Urban Design Committee
Helen Mansfield
Environment Committee
Jim Osborne
Education Committee
Matthew Taylor
National Council Rep
Adam Hunter
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