Ground Melbourne
“Of all Australia’s major cities the natural environment of Melbourne before British settlement is perhaps the most difficult now to imagine. This is in part a product of the city’s size and flat topography, but it also reflects the extent to which the region was dominated by swamps and grasslands – the two ecosystems that were most comprehensively transformed by the conquest.’"
James Boyce, 1835: The founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of Australia
Ground Melbourne curated by Monash Urban Lab presents built and unbuilt architectural, landscape and urban projects through the lens of their present ground conditions. Collectively these conditions tell the story of the ground’s formative role in Melbourne’s foundation and urban form but also reveal the extreme modification, extraction and destruction of the unceded land of the Kulin and Gunaikurnai Nations. The projects prompt a resetting and repair.
This project represented Melbourne at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in 2023. Continuing a dialogue around the themes begun in Seoul, the projects will be ‘performed’ in the space during Melbourne Design Week with guest Korean architect, Yerin Kang.
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Event Details
- Date:
- 23 May 2024 at 10:00 am – 2 June 2024 at 5:00 pm
- Venue:
- The Ian Potter Centre, NGV
- Categories:
- Architecture; Research: Monash Urban Lab
Description
“Of all Australia’s major cities the natural environment of Melbourne before British settlement is perhaps the most difficult now to imagine. This is in part a product of the city’s size and flat topography, but it also reflects the extent to which the region was dominated by swamps and grasslands – the two ecosystems that were most comprehensively transformed by the conquest.’"
James Boyce, 1835: The founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of Australia
Ground Melbourne curated by Monash Urban Lab presents built and unbuilt architectural, landscape and urban projects through the lens of their present ground conditions. Collectively these conditions tell the story of the ground’s formative role in Melbourne’s foundation and urban form but also reveal the extreme modification, extraction and destruction of the unceded land of the Kulin and Gunaikurnai Nations. The projects prompt a resetting and repair.
This project represented Melbourne at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in 2023. Continuing a dialogue around the themes begun in Seoul, the projects will be ‘performed’ in the space during Melbourne Design Week with guest Korean architect, Yerin Kang.
More events at Melbourne Design Week: