Beginning in 2018, OFFICE curated a series of informal lectures as part of its teaching at RMIT University. Every Wednesday evening students and members of the general public would meet via an Instagram tip-off, to hear the talks and participate in the conversations. By holding the lecture series in contentious public spaces the aim was to speak directly to the city; offering both a theatrical and literal backdrop to each discussion, and engaging with the issues at stake in the city’s form.
Twenty-one speakers have contributed to this discourse so far with backgrounds in; architecture, landscape architecture, planning, law, criminology, activism, urban design, public housing, sociology and public art, all with varying readings of the city.
To preserve and disseminate these events, OFFICE have compiled this content into a quarterly publication. One primary reason for publishing these texts has been to record the individual speaker’s content as well as document the events and forms that have recently shaped the city.
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2018
Enterprise Park
KIM DOVEY
Royal Park
CRYSTAL LEGACY
Bourke St Mall
PETER CHAMBERS
TOM ANDREWS
Lincoln Square
JILL GARNER
MARK JACQUES
Speakers Corner
PETER BREW
Shrine of Remembrance
TONY BIRCH
ACCA
CLARE MCCRACKEN
City Square
Federation Square
MARCUS WESTBURY
SARAH LYNN REES
2019
Haymarket Roundabout
PETER CHAMBERS
William Barak Building
LIBBY PORTER
Carlton Public Housing Estate
KATE SHAW
A'Beckett Urban Square
CLAIRE MARTIN
Docklands Sculpture Park
FIONA HILLARY
215 Elgin St Carpark
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
FLI
Flinders St Station
NICOLE KALMS
RMIT New Academic Street
SIMONA CASTRICUM
