Posts Tagged ‘VEIL’
Vision Sunshine 2032: VEIL Exhibition
Posted in Events, Visions by Kate Archdeacon on December 2nd, 2011
| 6 December , 2011 10:00 am | to | 11 December , 2011 5:00 pm |
This exhibition is being hosted by the Victorian Eco Innovation Lab (VEIL). It includes work from University of Melbourne Architecture and Landscape Architecture studios envisioning a sustainable future for Sunshine, as well as a selection of student works from previous studios as part of VEIL’s Eco-Acupuncture studio program 2009-2011.
The exhibition will be launched by Professor Thomas Kvan, Dean, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, University of Melbourne.
6 – 11 December
Shop 51, Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre
324-328 Hampshire Rd
Sunshine
The exhibition is easy to get to via public transport. Download a map.
Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm.
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Sustainable Melbourne is a VEIL project.
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Water Wise City Landscapes of the Future: Public Forum
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on March 23rd, 2011
| 23 March , 2011 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
This forum will examine a range of urban water issues such as urban water demand, sustainable water planning in urban landscapes, potable water for cities, city planning and greenscapes, irrigation of city gardens and the health of urban ecosystem and flows. This is part of our 2011 Water Security and Sustainability forum series.
Speakers:
Dr Chris Walsh, Resource Management and Geography, Melbourne School of Land and Environment
A/Prof Tim Fletcher, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University
Prof Chris Ryan, University of Melbourne, VEIL
6.30pm-8.00pm, Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Lower Lecture Theatre, B:01, Melbourne School of Land and Environment (Building 142), Tin Alley/Royal Parade, University of Melbourne
More details: the attached flyer, or this webpage: http://www.sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/content/pages/public-forum-water-wise-city-landscapes-future
Please send a simple RSVP email to: mssi-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
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Visioning 2032: Short Films on a Sustainable Future
Posted in Visions by Kate Archdeacon on February 23rd, 2011
The Victorian Eco Innovation Lab (VEIL) has launched a series of thirteen one-minute films at Federation Square, which will run within the regular content on the Big Screen over the next few months. The films are responses to some of the questions VEIL has been asking since the project started in 2007:
What could a sustainable neighbourhood in Melbourne look like? How could we transform a number of our existing urban communities through design ‘interventions’?
If we are to develop low-carbon resilient suburbs in Melbourne, we need to have some vision of what a desirable future living scenario is, and the changes we can make today to set us on a path there. The films are a glimpse of that potential future. The animated films are a culmination of four years’ worth of work by students and staff from Swinburne University, RMIT University, Monash University and the University of Melbourne, as well as from Melbourne design professionals. Each presents a different area of sustainable design innovation. These include new infrastructure schemes for water, food, energy and public transport, along with innovative design strategies for suburban development and new local employment opportunities.
The films can be seen here, on the VEIL website, or they can be downloaded from Vimeo (once you log in).
Sustainable Melbourne is a project of the Victorian Eco Innovation Lab.
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Melbourne 2032: Short Films at Fed Square
Posted in Visions by Kate Archdeacon on December 27th, 2010
The Victorian Eco Innovation Lab (VEIL) has a series of short films currently showing on the big screen at Federation Square. Images from the work of students and their lecturers from four Melbourne universities show what a low-consumption, sustainable life could be like in Melbourne 2032. Films currently screening are “Urban Food: Neighbourhoods“, “Urban Food: School Gardens“, “Future Trams” and “Slow Travel Connects to Fast Rail“.
Check them out over summer, or visit the VEIL website to see many more student works: www.ecoinnovationlab.com/design-studios
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Eco-Acupuncture 2010: VEIL Exhibition
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on September 23rd, 2010
| 27 September , 2010 9:00 am | to | 8 October , 2010 5:00 pm |
What might a sustainable and resilient neighbourhood look like ? How can we transform existing urban communities through design interventions?
To develop low-carbon resilient communities from within the existing fabric of (sub)urban life it is important to have two things: visions of desirable future living scenarios – and visible interventions, today, that can re-orient the path of future development. Since 2007, the Victorian Eco Innovation Lab [VEIL] has been exploring the transformative power of future visions for new developments in Melbourne. This work has been complemented by another program with design professionals, academics and students, working with an existing community, to design a suite of local interventions that can release community energy for building a sustainable neighbourhood. VEIL calls this new program: Eco-Acupuncture.
This exhibition introduces two projects, one looking at a future development north of Docklands; the other sited at Broadmeadows, a suburb currently wrestling with many of the problems facing Australian suburbs. New developments can create sustainable communities from scratch; Broadmeadows requires the ‘retrofitting’ of an existing community. VEIL work has focused on food, water, transport, energy, information and eco-businesses and services and the development of new Local Activities Districts. ‘Broady’ is a place of rich cultural diversity and history, opening up many possibilities for innovative design thinking.
The exhibition features work in collaboration with the Hume City council, from design professionals and design studios held at Melbourne University, RMIT University, Monash University and Swinburne University in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design, communication and service design, 2008-10.
Exhibition dates: Monday 27 September to Friday 08 October. Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm.
Location: The foyer, Urban Workshop. 50 Lonsdale Street. Melbourne. 3000
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Local Food Forum + Open Space Session
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on September 22nd, 2010
| 23 October , 2010 | ||
| 10:30 am | to | 4:00 pm |
Food for Thought with guest speaker Kirsten Larsen from the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL)
You are invited to attend a forum on local food in Preston! The first half of the day is a forum to set the scene for local food in Preston. Our guest speakers will tell us about what climate change and the end of cheap oil means for food, how people in Darebin are faring with food security, and what the City of Darebin, and community groups, are doing about these issues. Over lunch you can meet some of the groups in our area who are involved in exciting food-related projects before participating in an ‘Open Space’ session to explore the question: how will Preston feed itself over the next twenty years?
Please RSVP by the 9th of October – the website has registration details.
Saturday 23 October, Preston Shire Hall 10:30-4:00
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Broadmeadows 2032 Exhibition: New Photos!
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on July 21st, 2010
Vision: Broadmeadows 2032 is the latest and greatest VEIL Exhibition. Student works, designers, local suppliers, council and sponsors – it has all come together in the Ericsson Building at Broadmeadows. Visit us and check out these explorations of visions and ideas for the future of a thriving suburban community.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Dates: 19th to 25th July, 2010
Times: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm
Location: The Ericsson Administration building, 61 Riggall St, Corner Blair and Riggall Streets (Enter via Blair Street) Broadmeadows
Parking: On-site 200 meters from entry
Accessibility: Wheelchair access is provided
GETTING THERE
The # 532 and the #540 buses run from Broadmeadows Train Station past the Ericsson Building. The Station is an easy daytime walk from the Exhibition and it only takes 8 minutes by bike!
Visit Viclink’s Journey Planner for more details.
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Creating Sustainable Neighbourhoods: State of Design Forum
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on July 14th, 2010
© Jacqui Monie, University of Melbourne
Creating Sustainable Neighbourhoods will explore how behavioural change and precinct development interrelate. Together, these forces can create sustainable neighbourhoods. This forum demonstrates how design plays a critical role in creating vibrant, sustainable development. We will also explore the role of design in creating sustainable outcomes through innovative building projects, urban and infrastructure design and by creating strategic frameworks.
A sustainable precinct is more than just sustainable built forms. It also requires the support of a sustainable community; new practices and patterns of living. Yet how do we sell the benefits of sustainable futures? Individuals respond to visionary ideas, especially if they can see them translated into real actions. For example, five or six star green star buildings have set new benchmarks that others have been inspired to follow. In light of this, what might a 10 star green star precinct and community look like? The forum presents a number of iconic projects that are currently inspiring change and encouraging innovative design practice.
The forum is aimed at those in design and non-design fields with an interest in the contribution of designers and the design process in creating sustainable neighbourhoods. It demonstrates how designers collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups and the key role designer’s play in activities such as master planning and community interaction. The forum includes the presentation of case studies from guest speakers, a Q&A panel discussion and a chance for audience members to envision elements of a sustainable precinct in a collaborative workshop exercise.
Come learn, collaborate and innovate.
Friday 23 July, 2010, 10.00am – 12.30pm
Free, registration for forum essential: stateofdesignrsvp@sustainability.vic.gov.au
Village Roadshow Theatrette
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Presented by Sustainability Victoria, Sponsored by Victorian Eco Innovation Lab (VEIL)
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Vision Broadmeadows 2032: VEIL Exhibition
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on July 12th, 2010
The City of Hume is a rapidly developing centre north of Melbourne, caught up in many of the problems of burgeoning suburban sprawl, population growth, climate change, stressed infrastructure and impending broad-brush state planning initiatives. The Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab, VEIL, has been involved in an ongoing process of consultation and workshops with Hume City Council. This work has also local government, along with design students and academics. This free public exhibition explores and visualises the outcomes from this design research and visioning for Broadmeadows.
Visions of a transformed future for 2032 can build desirable, optimistic expectations, but sites of intervention have to be found today, that can shift the dynamics of development and release new community energy for change. VEIL, along with the Council, has identified a number of key potential ‘Eco-Acupuncture’ points within the Broadmeadows/Central Activities District area. VEIL is exploring and visualising a series of distributed and connected experimental visions for the future development of the region.
Vision: Broadmeadows 2032 showcases a series of design projects from Melbourne University, RMIT, Monash University and Swinburne University in the fields of architecture, landscape design, industrial design, communication design and service design. These ideas will be further developed and carried forward by Hume City Council in new and emerging strategic planning.
Monday 19 – Sunday 25 July, 2010
Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 4pm
Location: The Ericsson Administration Building
61 Riggall St, Corner of Blair & Riggall Streets
(enter via Blair Street)
Broadmeadows VIC 3047
Details: trudgeon@unimelb.edu.au (visit the website for transport details).
Presented by: Victorian Eco Innovation Lab, Sponsored by: Sustainability Victoria, Hume City Council, and Photography Studies College
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Rotterdam Eco-Innovation Lab: REIL
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on January 18th, 2010
Source: Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL)
At the completion of his keynote address at the Global Urban Summit in Rotterdam on the 4th December 2009, Prof. Chris Ryan was joined by Prof. Han Brezet, from the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, to announce the creation of the Rotterdam Eco-Innovation Lab: REIL. REIL will follow the methodology, and build on and adapt the outcomes, of VEIL within the development around the immense harbour of Rotterdam city. This development responds to the opening up of land for housing and commercial activity as the functions of the old harbour move ‘outwards’ towards the ocean. The Harbour development aims to set new environmental standards as part of an innovative new zone, known now as the “Clean Tech Delta”. In announcing the creation of REIL, with its collaboration with VEIL, Prof Brezet also announced that the Clean Tech Delta will send a staff member to Melbourne for several months (starting in Feb 2010) to work with the VEIL team to better understand the potential for similar projects in REIL.