Keynote: Kennedy Nolan
Presented by National Gallery of Victoria & Robin Boyd Foundation
DETAILS
Ticketed
NGV Great Hall
NGV International, Saint Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC, Australia
Hear Patrick Kennedy and Rachel Nolan, founders of one of Australia’s most significant architectural practices working today, discuss how architects can be helpful both as individuals and collectively and drive meaningful change.
The MDW keynote in partnership with the Robin Boyd Foundation is a major highlight of Melbourne Design Week. Past speakers have included: Tosin Oshinowo, NMBW Architecture Studio and Oliver Wainwright.
Doors open 6pm; Talk starts at 6.30pm.
This event is supported by Outline Projects.
Participants
Kennedy Nolan
Since 1999, Kennedy Nolan has developed a reputation as a design-focused practice with a distinct approach to built form. As practitioners, they’re dedicated to producing architecture that’s highly responsive to its context and forms a strong relationship with landscape. They pride themselves on an innovative approach to public and residential projects. They deliver a highly responsive design sensitive to its context that incorporates sustainable design initiatives while achieving the requirements of our brief. Their design ethos is informed by the optimistic tenets of modernism – rational, utilitarian and technologically empowered – and a positive view that the creation and arrangement of space can support and reinforce relationships – adding zest to life. The practice also draws on the evocative power of form, colour, texture and light, as well as the resonance of shared memories, histories and landscapes. Their approach to design draws on the handcrafted sculptural form of modernism, as evident in our projects’ highly individual nature, which transforms relationships between interior and exterior by utilising colour, light and texture. As a practice, Kennedy Nolan is regularly recognised for design excellence through industry awards, extensive publication of our work, exhibitions, and ongoing involvement with the Architecture Schools and Institute of Architects.