SOL:id

Hello! We have been quiet, meanwhile apartment/living standards in Melbourne are a hot topic. If this is of interest to you then check this link and get working on a solution! The Robin Boyd Foundation is putting on another hugely popular design studio intensive just after the congress. There will be many amazing people involved including the City of Melbourne. https://robinboyd.org.au/category-design…/201-studio10-jun15. This is a great way to spend some time in a wonderful and architecturally significant example of Australian modernism, while working collaboratively with other students from around Australia. You don't have to be a student to apply. Limited places so get your application in ASAP! Check below for more info.

Design Studio No. 10: July 5, 2015 The Robin Boyd Foundation will continue the work and spirit of Robin Boyd through an active, innovative and ongoing series of public learning programs.

We hope you enjoyed Gretchen Wilkin’s presentation at ‘Carrots & Sticks: Economics in Design’ – if you are interested in studying Urban Design, RMIT’s Master of Urban Design is open for midyear applications:
http://www.rmit.edu.au/urbandesign

Are Smart Cities utopian concepts growing from a vision put forward by one group of businesses? Let's discuss tomorrow..
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/3/17/technology/smart-cities-whos-running-agenda?utm_source=exact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=613517&utm_campaign=kgb&modapt

Smart cities: Who's running the agenda? The stakeholders planning the cities of the future must incorporate the wisdom of ordinary citizens if they are to succeed.

Come speak to one of the founders of fairshare, a brilliant house share management application and learn the ins and outs of building an app and a powerful network system. http://getfairshare.com

Fairshare - Shared living made easy Fairshare is the app to bring happiness to your household. It’s a free and easy way to see what’s being done at home, who’s around and what’s been paid.

Read our speakers bios and visit their websites to get an inside scoop before tomorrow's lecture!
http://solidrmit.com/lecture_5.html

Sol:id - Smart Cities Cities around the world have been designed to house both the economic and population centres of societies. As the population growth over the next 40 years could provide another 4 billion people to share this earth with, designers of the world will need to find innovative ways to cope with the now Ur...

A short clip created by an RMIT alumni for her perspective clients. (Generously shared)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSgmwZav36A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT THE NEW PRE-BALLOTING EVENT IS TAKING PLACE TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 6PM IN 8.11.68

Students from Semester 2 2013 will present their work from the upper pool studios in an open forum. All are welcome to attend.

The event forms part of the suite of information provided on the design studio series in the Master of Architecture program, along with the posters and balloting presentations.

It is an opportunity to see what actually takes place in different tutors design studios and therefore help you decide which studio to preference in the ballot. Remember, the preferences you select are final and you cannot switch studios so it is vital that you select four studios that you would like to do.

WHEN: Friday 21 February 6pm

WHERE: RMIT Building 8 Level 11 Lecture Theatre (8.11.68)

ALL NEW AND CONTINUING MASTERS STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.

Happy New Year everyone! We are back again after a short break, planning for this year's events. We have some super exciting stuff on the table for the 2014 series. So keep an eye out for SOL:id, we'll keep you posted!

Thanks to everyone who attended / participated / provocated at one of our SOL:id sessions! We're sad to close out the Q&A's for the year but still plenty of ways to engage with new ideas - lookout for a couple more streamline tutorials coming soon. Also one of our speakers Ammon Beyerle from Speculative Ideas is running an event "Eurisko" coming up shortly.

Eurisko Melbourne - is about 'discovering by doing'. It's an event with a market-place of show and tell tables, sales and displays, classrooms for workshop demonstrations and presentations, and areas to build things, show things, perform things and play.

They'd like to invite you to contribute by bringing your project(s) to show and tell over a weekend. This event is officially part of Melbourne Knowledge Week, and this is a community event for learning and sharing to change how knowledge works in our world. http://euriskomelbourne.com/what-can-you-contribute

We are so excited to hear Tim Longhurst speak tomorrow as well as our other guests, possibly the first futurist to speak to a design audience at RMIT! http://www.timlonghurst.com/about/

About Tim Tim Longhurst Constantly moving talks. This made things interesting and easy-going. Great opportunity for lively, interesting discussion. Made me think about things in a different light.