A Participatory Urban Aesthetic? Past Event
Communities rarely meaningfully participate in the design of the urban landscape. Human rights-based approaches in built environment delivery need a more active engagement of rights holders in the design process.
In this symposium, built environment professionals will be empowered to engage with their communities, and understand the value of participatory design to unlock tacit knowledge in given local areas across Melbourne. The night offers co-designing experiences and opportunities to share knowledge, listen and identify where industry change is needed to affect socially sustainable urban change.
Mittul Vahanvati (Giant Grass, RMIT University)
Mittul’s research and practice sits at the intersection of environmentally sustainable built environment disaster recovery and community resilience. She specialises in community-led approaches to design and construction for social change.
Kamil Muhammad (pppooolll)
Kamil is a practicing architect and a director of pppooolll, a Jakarta-based architecture and design-research studio.
Crystal Legacy (InfUr-)
Crystal is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia where she is also the Deputy Director of the Informal Urbanism Research Hub (InfUr-). She has published widely on the topics of transport governance, urban politics and citizen participation.
Ammon Beyerle (Here Studio)
Ammon is a passionate and driven architect, researcher, writer and teacher who lives in Ballarat. He has recently completed a PhD regarding participatory architectural practice and agonism in urban ecologies that values tension and difference in the design process.
Nicole Mechkaroff
Nicole is a practicing architect in educational, community building and urban design. She works with stakeholders, community and user-groups and facilitates participatory experiences for the development of equitable, user-friendly and environmentally responsible built environments. Nicole has worked with not for profit organisations and was President of Architects for Peace during 2018 and 2019, building programs for public talks and community events on a number of spatial justice issues.
Mary Ann Jackson (Visionary Design Development)
Mary Ann is a highly experienced built environment accessibility specialist passionate about making the world a more accessible place. She is the Director of Visionary Design Development, a transdisciplinary consultancy working across accessibility, research, and architecture.
Saumya Kaushik (Visionary Design Development)
Saumya is a practicing architect in accessibility projects across housing, community building and research. She is a Project Services Manager at Visionary Design Development, a transdisciplinary consultancy working across accessibility, research, and architecture.