Inflection Journal
Volume 05 - Feedback
November 2018
Cover image:
Studio IMG.ING, South Lawn car park, University of Melbourne, 2017. Point cloud scan by FARO. Image reproduced with author’s permission.
Inside cover:
Studio IMG.ING, South Lawn car park, University of Melbourne, 2017. Point cloud scan by FARO. Image reproduced with author’s permission.
Inflection is published annually by the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne and AADR: Art Architecture Design Research.
Editors:
Lucia Amies, Samuel Chesbrough, Sarah Mair,
Olivia Potter, William Ward
Editorial Advisor and Sub-editor:
Amelia Willis
Academic Advisor:
Dr. AnnMarie Brennan
Academic Advisory Board:
Dr. AnnMarie Brennan
Prof. Alan Pert
Acknowledgements:
The editors would like to thank all those involved in the production of this journal for their generous assistance and support.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Alexander Ford
Alexander Ford is a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Arizona. Alexander completed a Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the University of Arizona in 2014. He received a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation. Together with Nicholas Gervasi, he was awarded the Cleo and James Marston Fitch Prize for their joint studio project.
Alice Schenk-Green
Alice Schenk-Green completed graduate study at the University of Melbourne and has since worked at Jolson Architecture. Previous work with Peter McIntyre and curation of the House of Ideas exhibition encouraged her interest in local architecture, particularly after experiences of living in North America provided alternative perspectives on Melbourne’s identity.
Christine Wamsler
Christine Wamsler is an expert in sustainable urban development and resilience. She is Professor of Sustainability Science at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Sweden. Christine is trained as an architect and urban planner. She holds a Master in International Humanitarian Assistance, a Ph.D on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation and a postdoctoral lecture qualification in Sustainability Science.
Curtis Roth
Curtis Roth is an Assistant Professor at the Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University and a resident fellow of the Akademie Schloss Solitude. His work attempts to make visible, and thus mutable, the infrastructures that underwrites post-internet architectural labour. This research has been published in Volume, PIDGIN, PLAT and Thresholds, and has been exhibited at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, at the Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura in Mexico City and at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Greg Lynn
Greg Lynn is the Ordentlicher University Professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, a Studio Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and the director of Greg Lynn Form. He holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton. Greg has been involved in the design of high performance boats, intelligent furniture for Nike and autonomous mobility aides with Piaggio Fast Forward.
Hamish Lonergan
Hamish Lonergan is a recent architectural graduate from the University of Queensland, where he was awarded the QIA Medallion. His current research and writing explores architecture, taste, social media and aesthetics, alongside his professional work in public architecture and planning at COX.
Isabella Ascenzo
Isabella Ascenzo is a Master of Architecture student at the University of Melbourne. She works at the Melbourne-based residential architecture firm SLAB. Isabella has an interest in conceptual architecture that challenges norms and empowers those who are marginalised or forgotten in society.
Jack Self
Jack Self is a prolific London-based architect and author. He is the director of REAL Foundation, a cultural institute and architectural practice notable for its critical approach to architecture and design. With design studio OK-RM, REAL Foundation were responsible for the British Pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016 entitled Home Economics. They have also published six issues of their magazine REAL Review.
James Bowman Fletcher
James Bowman Fletcher is a member of the Office of Culture, Technology and Architecture (OCTA) and a Design Studio Leader at Monash University’s Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. James is also one of the founding directors of the non-for-profit, cultural discourse platform Parallel _ For Thinking (2016). He studied at Monash University and the University of California, Berkeley. His work focusses on architecture’s role in normalising relationships and behaviour in space as it shapes and modifies everyday life.
Jil Raleigh
Jil Raleigh is a practicing architect and engineer, as well as an occasional writer and (very) amateur game designer based in Melbourne. She works at BKK Architects, predominantly in infrastructure, urban design and public architecture. Her side projects include co-editing Inflection (Volume 3: New Order) and working as a production assistant for Triple R’s The Architects. Jil explores ideas of public engagement and equity in the built environment.
Joseph Norster
Joe Norster is a co-founder of These Are The Projects We Do Together and leads a team that delivers projects