Fleur Watson News Today

Wild Hope: Conversations for a Planetary Commons invites visitors to embrace a radical shift towards “planetary thinking,” a move vital to the survival of human and non-human life on Earth.  

From mansions in Kew and Brighton, to religious buildings, this year’s Open Houses Melbourne also includes the unusual, the bizarre and the inbetween spaces.

From mansions in Kew and Brighton, to religious buildings, this year’s Open Houses Melbourne also includes the unusual, the bizarre and the inbetween spaces.

For Victorians, the experience of an extended lockdown has brought into sharp relief the value of our public life and how the places in which we live, work and gather impact deeply on our sense of place and wellbeing,” says Fleur Watson, executive director and chief curator of Centre for Architecture Victoria | Open House Melbourne (CAV|OHM).

Jarrod Reedie The fifth annual Melbourne Design Week will this year branch into East Gippsland in 2021, aligning Open House Melbourne’sWaterfront program with the festivals theme of ‘design the world you want’. The program will be presented between 30 March and 3 April, and will discuss the issues and challenges surrounding Victoria’s waterways, and asks citizens, workers, commuters and residents, to pause, explore, reflect on and celebrate the relationships with the creeks, rivers, bay...

About this Event Event begins: 6.30pm Moderated by Virginia Trioli, this event includes a presentation by Kerstin on her public and community focused projects exploring the theme of ‘cultural memory’ and including the award winning Broadmeadows Town Hall, and the upcoming Jewish Holocaust Centre. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Kerstin and guests from across architecture, education, visual art, local government and community members. Panellists inc...