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MMeets—RCA x MPavilion: 'What is Home' Andy Fergus, Alexis Kalagas and Katherine Sundermann
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:52:13
Publish Date: 2020-02-17 03:35:56
Description: Listen back to this discussion with Andy Fergus, Alexis Kalagas and Katherine Sundermann around the theme 'What is home'. This talk was presented as part of a 5-day long program exploring 'Who we are together, and what is home?', with talks and workshops supported by RACV. Andy Fergus is an urban design critic, commentator and practitioner. Andy is a design advocate at City of Melbourne, co-director of Melbourne Architours and Studio Lead at Melbourne School of Design. Through these roles Andy is engaged with the community, government, design industry and students to advocate for more inclusive, ethical and high-quality environments. Andy’s multidisciplinary background encompasses urban design, planning and architecture, enabling Andy to act as a translator between these disciplines. Andy is also a Nightingale Housing collaborator, a City of Sydney Alternative Housing Ideas Finalist and works in the facilitation of a number of non-speculative urban development prototypes. Alexis Kalagas is an urban strategist and writer. Previously a foreign policy advisor with the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet, he spent four years at the interdisciplinary design practice Urban-Think Tank, working on housing and inclusive urban development projects in Europe, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired by time living in Zürich and London, he has a particular interest in scalable alternative development models for affordable housing, including the role of digital innovation. He has explored these themes as a Harvard GSD Richard Rogers Fellow, a finalist in the City of Sydney’s Alternative Housing Ideas Challenge, and as a participant in the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture & Urbanism (with TEN). Katherine Sundermann is an Associate Director at MGS Architects, leading masterplan projects for universities, creative employment areas and housing precincts. Drawing on her experience working as an architect and urban designer in Australia, Germany and the Netherlands, Katherine is passionate about promoting ‘deliberative development’ models in Australia, to help create more diverse and inclusive neighbourhoods. Together with Andy Fergus and Alexis Kalagas, Katherine is a finalist of the City of Sydney’s Housing Ideas Challenge, with a housing model that brings Zurich-style cooperative housing to Australia.
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