The 2022 Australasian Students of Architecture Congress takes aim at the field of architecture. Its desires, its teachings, its precedents and most significantly its realities.
occupy is the exploration of ways of thinking in architecture that enable and generate extended outcomes in, or through, the production of architecture. Not to predict or control the nature and outcome of transformation, but congress over potential role of the architect
Why Brisbane?
Brisbane offers not singular context, it features many climatic and ecological concerns shared by many post-industrial societies, it is not spectacular, it is banal with a benign climate.
Occupy
To be controlled by (climatically, ethically, culturally) rather than take control of.
Aim:
To congress over-
What it means to be an architect today, and to compile a list of resources/ tools to do more* with tomorrow.
We are interested in agonism (positive outcomes through tough conversations), Honesty and understanding how we can be doing be more*
-More for the end user
-More for the 98%
-More for Context
-More for Climate
-More for Country
-more...