End of year celebratory picnic! Sunday 5 December 2010

So, it's International Volunteers Day - what better occasion to get together on a grassy patch for some afternoon sunshine, to celebrate a successful year and say thank you to our members and friends for your support?

We're teaming up with our friends at Architects Without Frontiers, co-design, Emergency Architects Australia and Urban Village Melbourne to make it a communal event. If you're in town, we hope you can join us!

When: Sunday 5 December, 2.00pm onwards

Where: Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne

(Enter from cnr Lansdowne St and Treasury Pl, Melway Ref 2G B3) - see map of the gardens here. Head for the big triangle on the left side of the map, between the conservatory and the dolphin fountain!


Getting there: It's a short walk from Parliament Station or Wellington Pde (Trams 48 and 75)

Flyer below, all welcome - BYO picnic rug and something to share!

RSVP/further info: eleanor@architectsforpeace.org, 0431 254 644

Architectural Biennale Chile 2010

"XVII Bienal de Arquitectura: 8.8 RE-CONSTRUCCIÓN"
Reports Beatriz C. Maturana

After the 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile in February 27—a year in which Chile celebrates it bicentenary of independence—this biennale is not surprisingly characterized by a focus on reconstruction projects; among them, housing, public buildings, and infrastructure. In spite of the enormous reconstruction task, the overall mood of the display is optimistic and confident.

Many of these projects are proposals by various faculties of architecture located in cities representing the most devastated areas. Thus, often these projects are located in small coastal and country towns that would have seldom been featured at earlier biennales. This is one of the many important aspects of this biennale worth carrying into the future.

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Invitation to our Annual General Meeting - 2010

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday November 25th at Bldg 50, Orr Street, Carlton, at 7.00pm. All members are invited to attend.

The agenda and proxy details are attached here. If you have been thinking about getting more involved in a4p, would like to know more about what's been happening behind the scenes this year and what's planned for 2011, we would love you to join us at our final meeting for the year!

If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for a position on the Committee of Management, or have any queries, please email eleanor@architectsforpeace.org. Nominations are due by Thursday November 18th.

Also - an end of year gathering is planned for Sunday 5 December - International Volunteer Day! - and we will be teaming up with some of our favourite Melbourne non-profit groups, including Architects Without Frontiers, co-design, Urban Village Melbourne and Emergency Architects Australia. Be sure to save the date and stay tuned for more details!

Au revoir Camille!

Last month we said farewell to Camille Gharbi, a French architecture graduate who has been part of the words @ bldg 50 team for most of 2010 and has now headed back to France temporarily, ahead of her next travel adventure in the UK!

A huge thank you to Camille! Her enthusiasm and graphic design talent (not to mention acrobatic ability!) will be missed - as will the hilarity of having two C(K)amil(le)s around! :D Keep your eyes peeled for an a4p off shoot talk series popping up some time soon in a European outpost...