Sydney Architecture Festival keynote speaker to tackle affordability crisis with 'people-led' design
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Sep 20, 2017
Sydney Architecture Festival keynote speaker to tackle affordability crisis with 'people-led' design
American architect Dr Kristien Ring's World Architecture Day oration at the Sydney Architecture Festival on 2 October will be titled 'From profit-driven, to people-led housing for Sydney'.
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Supplied.Dr Kristien Ring will talk about how cities benefit from density and 'people-led' housing solutions.
Sydney Architecture Festival has announced that American architect Dr Kristien Ring will present the 2017 World Architecture Day oration 'From profit-driven, to people-led housing for Sydney' on 2 October.
Dr Ring proposes a citizen-led housing model that could help Sydney deliver well-designed affordable housing that can cost between 15%–30% less that existing housing stock.
Dr Ring is an architect, curator, and author. She was originally from Pittsburgh in the US, but has lived in Berlin since 1991. Her interdisciplinary studio, AA PROJECTS, examines forward-looking themes in architecture and urban planning. Her research examines how densification can improve cities.
The keynote speech will be delivered on the final day of the festival, 2 October.
The 2017 Sydney Architecture Festival commences on Friday 29 September, and will be headquartered at 1PSQ, in the Peter Shergold Building at Western Sydney University, only 100 metres from Parramatta train station.
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Now in its 11th year, the Sydney Architecture Festival is an annual public event put on by the NSW Architects Registration Board aimed at fostering a better understanding of architecture in the community.
The festival offers a program of talks, exhibitions, panel discussions, children’s activities, open day events, and guided tours, and is spread across lunchtime, evening and weekend time slots, aimed at including all ages and all walks of life. Many events are free, but some require a paid ticket.
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Dr Ring’s talk will be held at the Peter Shergold Building, Parramatta, 10:30am-1pm, Monday October 2. Tickets are $25, and include lunch presented by OzHarvest. Register your interest here.
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