Join us at the Architecture PhD Symposium Shifting Lines, on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 November at Caulfield campus.
Shifting Lines → The MADA Architecture PhD Symposium Nov 2025 brings together guests, staff, and students to consider how architectural research navigates conditions of change, plurality, and interconnectedness. Emerging from a nine-month consultation process, this edition re-energises our symposia through a dialogical format centred on research exchange. Milestone reviews, reflective discussions, and thematic roundtables will anchor four intersecting streams:
Adaptation
Situatedness
Continuity
Circularity
Showcasing how architectural research shifts across scales, contexts, methods, and approaches, these conversations aim to strengthen a more coherent and inclusive research culture within the Department of Architecture at MADA.
Transition to Zero Emissions Precincts through Deep Renovation of Existing Homes
Candidate: Saba Marjani
Supervisors: Peter Graham (main), Rob Raven, Darren Sharp
Panel: Emma Quilty, Dominique Hes
Chair: Louise Wright
3.45 – 4pm Afternoon Tea, F608
4 – 5.30pm Roundtable 2, F604
Circularitiy → Exploring Design in Relation to Circular Economies, Net Zero, and Material Reuse as Pathways to Environmental Transformation
Candidates: Dilshi Dharmarathna, Iman Khan, Fernando Pavez, Darcy Zelenko
Chair: Erik L’Heureux
Guest: Wolfgang Kessling
Wednesday 26 November
9.30 – 10am Information Session, F604
What to Expect as a Candidate in the MADA Architecture PhD Program → Q&A for Prospective Students
Chair: Eduardo Kairuz
10 – 11.30am Milestone Review 3, F604
Blast to Blast: Visualising the Urbicide-Ecocide Nexus in Armed Conflict
Candidate: Bader Rizk
Supervisors: Eduardo Kairuz (main), Nicholas Mangan
Panel: Sean Dockray, Virginia Mannering
Chair: Rachel Couper
11.30 – 11.45am Morning Tea, F608
11.45am – 1.15pm Roundtable 3, F604
Continuity → How Different Architectural and Urban Forms (e.g., Vernacular, Industrial, Suburban) can Adapt and Persist in the Midst of a Changing Socio-Environmental Context
Candidates: Andrew Daly, Dipa Saha, Savitri, Linghao Wu
Chair: Kathy Waghorn
1.15 – 2.15pm Lunch Break, F608
2.15 – 3.45pm Discussion, F604
The Doctoral Journey → Challenges, Strategies, and Shared Insights of the PhD Study Process
Chair: Elnaz Javadi
Guests: Mark Romei, Secil Taskoparan
3.45 – 4pm Afternoon Tea, F608
4 – 5.30pm Roundtable 4, F604
Adaptation → How Design can Operate within Environmental Systems to Cultivate Adaptive, Regenerative, and Site-Specific Practices and Approaches
Candidates: Thomas Heath, Elnaz Javadi, Fithro Khikmah, Rebecca Sharp
Chair: Duncan Maxwell
5.30 – 6pm Closing Drinks and celebration of 20 years of PhD completions, Building G Concourse
Event Details
Date:
25 November 2025 at 9:30 am
–
26 November 2025 at
6:00 pm
Venue:
Building F, Level 6, Room F604
Campus:
Open to:
Cost:
Categories:
Architecture; Graduate Research
Description
Join us at the Architecture PhD Symposium Shifting Lines, on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 November at Caulfield campus.
Shifting Lines → The MADA Architecture PhD Symposium Nov 2025 brings together guests, staff, and students to consider how architectural research navigates conditions of change, plurality, and interconnectedness. Emerging from a nine-month consultation process, this edition re-energises our symposia through a dialogical format centred on research exchange. Milestone reviews, reflective discussions, and thematic roundtables will anchor four intersecting streams:
Adaptation
Situatedness
Continuity
Circularity
Showcasing how architectural research shifts across scales, contexts, methods, and approaches, these conversations aim to strengthen a more coherent and inclusive research culture within the Department of Architecture at MADA.
Transition to Zero Emissions Precincts through Deep Renovation of Existing Homes
Candidate: Saba Marjani
Supervisors: Peter Graham (main), Rob Raven, Darren Sharp
Panel: Emma Quilty, Dominique Hes
Chair: Louise Wright
3.45 – 4pm Afternoon Tea, F608
4 – 5.30pm Roundtable 2, F604
Circularitiy → Exploring Design in Relation to Circular Economies, Net Zero, and Material Reuse as Pathways to Environmental Transformation
Candidates: Dilshi Dharmarathna, Iman Khan, Fernando Pavez, Darcy Zelenko
Chair: Erik L’Heureux
Guest: Wolfgang Kessling
Wednesday 26 November
9.30 – 10am Information Session, F604
What to Expect as a Candidate in the MADA Architecture PhD Program → Q&A for Prospective Students
Chair: Eduardo Kairuz
10 – 11.30am Milestone Review 3, F604
Blast to Blast: Visualising the Urbicide-Ecocide Nexus in Armed Conflict
Candidate: Bader Rizk
Supervisors: Eduardo Kairuz (main), Nicholas Mangan
Panel: Sean Dockray, Virginia Mannering
Chair: Rachel Couper
11.30 – 11.45am Morning Tea, F608
11.45am – 1.15pm Roundtable 3, F604
Continuity → How Different Architectural and Urban Forms (e.g., Vernacular, Industrial, Suburban) can Adapt and Persist in the Midst of a Changing Socio-Environmental Context
Candidates: Andrew Daly, Dipa Saha, Savitri, Linghao Wu
Chair: Kathy Waghorn
1.15 – 2.15pm Lunch Break, F608
2.15 – 3.45pm Discussion, F604
The Doctoral Journey → Challenges, Strategies, and Shared Insights of the PhD Study Process
Chair: Elnaz Javadi
Guests: Mark Romei, Secil Taskoparan
3.45 – 4pm Afternoon Tea, F608
4 – 5.30pm Roundtable 4, F604
Adaptation → How Design can Operate within Environmental Systems to Cultivate Adaptive, Regenerative, and Site-Specific Practices and Approaches
Candidates: Thomas Heath, Elnaz Javadi, Fithro Khikmah, Rebecca Sharp
Chair: Duncan Maxwell
5.30 – 6pm Closing Drinks and celebration of 20 years of PhD completions, Building G Concourse
