Seeing by numbers: House on Smiths Lake, 2008

Loschke, S

Seeing by numbers: House on Smiths Lake, 2008

Loschke, S

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Publisher:: Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Publication Type:: Exhibition
Citation:: 'Abundant', Australian Exhibition Australian Pavilion

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Loschke, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Durbach, N	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Frost, V	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Lewin, W	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Thompson, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Warner, G	en_US
dc.date	2008-09-14	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	'Abundant', Australian Exhibition Australian Pavilion	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17642
dc.description.abstract	The Venice Architecture Biennale is held every two years in Venice, Italy and is the most important event on the international contemporary architecture calendar. Thousands of the worlds most influential architects, designers, urban planners, developers and critics visit the Biennale, with considerable discussion and commentary in the architectural press and general media as a direct result. (visitor numbers for 2008: a record number of 129,323 visitors, with 57,231 visitors through the Australian pavilion.) Australia's participation was an initiative of the Australian Institute of Architects. The AIA invited more than 180 Australian practices to create interpretative models based on an existing project and responding to the directors, Aaron Betsky, theme: `Out there: architecture beyond building. This resulted in the exhibition `Abundant, showcasing 300 `architectural artefacts and a kaleidoscope of immersive projections of `extraordinary, eccentric and eclectic buildings showcasing Australia's abundant architectural diversity. My project, `Seeing by Numbers: House on Smiths Lake draws on the El Lissitzkys concept of `faktura. It investigates the material and immaterial aspects of architecture. It considers light, colour, reflectivity, transparency and gravity as the main elements of a buildings atmosphere, which is determined by shifting fields of visibility and different modes of seeing in the form of gazing, observing, glancing, watching and being watched. The axes of movement and sight lines make the experience of entering the house part of a multidimensional co-ordination system that sets up shifting relationships between the inhabitant, the architecture and the external environment. As such, this project represents experimentation which is directly linked to my PhD research.	en_US
dc.publisher	Royal Australian Institute of Architects	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	'Abundant', Australian Exhibition Australian Pavilion	en_US
dc.title	Seeing by numbers: House on Smiths Lake, 2008	en_US
dc.type	Exhibition
utslib.location	11th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice	en_US
utslib.for	120101 Architectural Design	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.place-of-publication	11th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice	en_US
pubs.start-date	2008-09-14	en_US

Abstract:

The Venice Architecture Biennale is held every two years in Venice, Italy and is the most important event on the international contemporary architecture calendar. Thousands of the worlds most influential architects, designers, urban planners, developers and critics visit the Biennale, with considerable discussion and commentary in the architectural press and general media as a direct result. (visitor numbers for 2008: a record number of 129,323 visitors, with 57,231 visitors through the Australian pavilion.) Australia's participation was an initiative of the Australian Institute of Architects. The AIA invited more than 180 Australian practices to create interpretative models based on an existing project and responding to the directors, Aaron Betsky, theme: `Out there: architecture beyond building. This resulted in the exhibition `Abundant, showcasing 300 `architectural artefacts and a kaleidoscope of immersive projections of `extraordinary, eccentric and eclectic buildings showcasing Australia's abundant architectural diversity. My project, `Seeing by Numbers: House on Smiths Lake draws on the El Lissitzkys concept of `faktura. It investigates the material and immaterial aspects of architecture. It considers light, colour, reflectivity, transparency and gravity as the main elements of a buildings atmosphere, which is determined by shifting fields of visibility and different modes of seeing in the form of gazing, observing, glancing, watching and being watched. The axes of movement and sight lines make the experience of entering the house part of a multidimensional co-ordination system that sets up shifting relationships between the inhabitant, the architecture and the external environment. As such, this project represents experimentation which is directly linked to my PhD research.

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