UNSW Built Environment: Digital Marketing Position Available

Would you like to help engage and update people about what’s happening at UNSW BE? If you have digital marketing experience and would like to be involved in marketing the faculty, we currently have a full time Digital Marketing Coordinator position available.

This is a full time (35 hours per week) contact position until 20 December 2011. You will be working in the Enterprise and Engagement Unit at UNSW BE.

You will be responsible for creating online marketing campaigns, delivering internal online communications, facilitating the social media strategy and managing content for the web.

The Digital Marketing Coordinator will be required to develop and maintain professional relationships with external suppliers, industry and government, media and sponsors, as well as other external stakeholders.

Click here for more information on this exciting opportunity.

UNSW Built Environment: Eric Chau

 

Hi my names Eric Chau and I’m currently studying industrial design in my fourth year at UNSW. Entrepreneurship has always been lingering in the back of my mind but I have never had enough confidence to pursue it at this stage of life, however things have changed since I entered the TIE Clash of the titans youth pitching competition. It all started when I enrolled into the entrepreneurial course and was notified of a pitching competition and its prize – A trip to Silicon Valley to attend the TIECON 2011 with expenses paid.

Entering the TIE Clash of the titans youth pitching competition has been an experience which has been life changing ever since. The whole process from the preparation of the pitch to meeting successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley has enabled me to learn so much in a short amount of time. Everything has happened so quickly, from having 1 week to organize my trip to the USA and having up to 6 assignments due when I was to arrive back in Australia. This has taught me the value of time management.

The whole trip to the TIECON in the valley entailed so many highlights. The whole conference was packed with a variety of like minded people which ranged from entrepreneurs to venture capitalists all gathering around pitching business ideas and networking. I loved the atmosphere, environment and the drive everyone at the conference had, I also took advantage of this and networked with people from all over the world who attended this conference. The other main highlight attending this conference was the amount of information I have absorbed in from the various keynote speakers and guest panel speakers. All of the speakers were very inspiring in giving talks on their insights to the highs and lows of becoming an entrepreneur.

 

UNSW Built Environment: Emerging Architect Prize

The New South Wales  Emerging Architect Prize is now open for entry. The prize recognises an emerging architect’s outstanding contribution to architectural practice, education, design excellence and community involvement.

The winner of the NSW prize will receive a certificate, an invitation to the awards ceremony, public recognition including the opportunity to give a talk at Sydney Design 2011 and will be eligible for the national prize which will be presented at the 2012 Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards. Nominees can be self nominated or nominated by a third party.

If you are a member of the Australian Institute of Architects, a registered Architect and have graduated in the last 15 years you are eligible to enter.

For full details of eligibility and submission requirements please visit the Emerging Architect Prize Entry Page

Entries close 12 May 2011.

UNSW Built Environment: Bike Rack as Art design competition

Toby McInnes and Chris Smith's award winning Bike Rack as Art design "Quale"

 

Former UNSW industrial design student Toby McInnes has been awarded both the Highly Commended and People’s Choice award in the recent national Powerhouse Museum “Bike Rack as Art” design competition.

The Bike Rack as Art competition is part of the NSW government initiative “BikePlan” and was launched by the Powerhouse Museum and the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) during Sydney Design 2010. The competition invited participants to design a cutting edge public bike rack that is both a beautiful item of street art as well as a long-lasting, easy-to-use, functional device.

Toby worked in collaboration with fellow designer, Chris Smith, to create their award winning concept “Quale”, which will now be installed at six locations throughout the Parramatta, Liverpool and Penrith areas. Their winning design can be viewed below.

In Toby’s final year of his industrial design degree he won the John O’Brien Scholarship and Breville Young Designer Award for his Breville Fruit Bowl concept. He was also shortlisted in the 2008 Australian Design Awards for his design “Bedu”, an emergency rapid response product, which was exhibited at the graduate Sustainable Design Exhibition ’08 and at the Powerhouse 12^th International Design Festival. He is currently working on the Green Houses project for the Department of Housing.

To view other winning design entries, click here.

UNSW Built Environment: Resilience in Urban Design

4th International Urban Design Conference 2011

Would you like to contribute to the debate on resilient cities? The 4th International Urban Design Conference is calling for abstract submissions from those who are interested in presenting at the 2011 conference. This year’s theme is Resilience in Urban Design through measures such as supported interconnectivity, appropriate densification within urban footprints, multiple transit modes and walkability, socially inclusive design, economic resilience, and adaptive built environments.

Resilience in Urban Design is a chance to reinforce and highlight these resilient solutions for our citywide planning, design & infrastructure – to be able to successfully address emerging challenges brought about by climate change, peak oil crisis, population growth, social disengagement, technological disparity, rising pollution and waste, demands on food production, rising carbon emissions, and diminishing habitat and biodiversity.

Authors or organisations interested in submitting a paper or presenting a workshop are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words outlining the aims, contents and conclusions of their paper or presentation; or about their intended role in a workshop.

Abstracts close at the end of April, however due to the long Easter break you may want to submit yours soon.

For more information on submission details, please visit the International Urban Design Conference website.

 

UNSW Built Environment: Professor Robert Freestone wins Planning award

UNSW Built Environment would like to congratulate Planning Professor Robert Freestone for winning the Planning Scholarship for Research or Teaching at the 2011 National Awards for Planning Excellence.

The award was for outstanding contribution to issues relating to rural and/or urban planning in Australia contained in a report, book, thesis, article or research piece. Professor Freestone won the award for his book “Urban Nation: Australia’s Planning Heritage”, which addresses the topic of the heritage value of urban planning in Australia.

The book was described by judges as “…an excellent summary of urban planning history. Richly illustrated, and well researched, the book will become a valuable resource for students and general readers alike.”

For more information on the 2011 National Awards for Planning Excellence, please click here.

Professor Freestone has been employed by UNSW Built Environment since 1991. He has held various appointments including Head of Planning Program from 2001 -2004 and Acting Associate Dean (Research) in 2007. His full profile can be found on the UNSW Built Environment website.

UNSW Built Environment Event: Where will Planning be after 26 March?

Free Event – “Where will Planning be after 26 March”

David Broyd, Group Manager, Sustainable Planning Port Stephens Council

Date: Wednesday 16 March

Time: 6.00m – 8.00pm

Venue: Hugh Dixon Theatre (GO3), Ground Floor, AGSM Building, Gate 11, Botany Street, University of NSW

A FREE Planning seminar hosted by UNSW Built Environment City Futures Research Centre will be held on Wednesday the 16th of March. The Lecture will be given by David Broyd, Group Manager, Sustainable Planning Port Stephens Council.

In this special seminar, one of New South Wales’s most experienced planners, David Broyd, presents his thoughts about the future of the planning system in NSW.

Based on his recent paper “Where to Planning?”, David will outline a set of key reforms that might rekindle the public’s trust in and the effectiveness of the NSW planning system.

He will be joined on the platform by a guest panel of senior planners and commentators, including:

Malcolm Ryan – Director of Planning and Development Services at Warringah Council

Tony MacNamara – Director of Planning at Canada Bay Council and NSW President of the Planning Institute of Australia

John McInerney – Councillor, City of Sydney

Ken Morrison – Chief Operating Officer, Property Council of Australia

David’s view is that planning in NSW needs a comprehensive re-think and that the NSW Planning system has been subject to excessive, piecemeal, ad-hoc and politically expedient changes that have made it a system in need of comprehensive reform and new directions. He therefore proposes a range of proposals for the incoming State Government to achieve that comprehensive reform of planning in NSW.

David will present his ideas for change and the seminar will invite engagement from the guest panel and the audience to raise the debate on the ideas that David will present. The outcome of the seminar will be to make further submissions to the NSW Labour Party, NSW Coalition and NSW Greens to advocate change for those ideas and proposals from David that have total or majority support from the audience.

David’s paper is available to download here

Please RSVP by Monday the 14th of March to Maria Schwensen

Phone: 02 9382 7777

Email: m.schwensen@unsw.edu.au

UNSW Built Environment: 2010 – A Year of Achievements

2010 has been a year full of achievement for the Built Environment Department. As we reach the last weeks of the year, lets take a look at some of the highlights of the year:

• Student Awards and Prizes
  • (BID) Sam Adeloju: Australian International Design Awards – Silver
  • (BID) Sam Adeloju: James Dyson International Design Award – Winner
  • (BID) Alfred Boyadgis: Southern Cross Package Design Award – Commendation
  • (BID) Michael Brock: Cormack Innovation Awards – 3^rd prize
  • (BID) Eric Chau: Cormack Innovation Awards – 2^nd prize
  • (BID) Stanley Darmawan: Southern Cross Package Design Award – Commendation
  • (BID) Tristan Dimitroff: Cormack Innovation Awards – Highly commended
  • (BID) Xiao Ling Li: Southern Cross Package Design Award – Commendation
  • (BIA) Griffin Manan: Design Institute of Australia, Interior Design – First prize
  • (BID) Luane Rowe: The Coles Classic Race – Women’s title, winner
  • (BIA) Trent Schatzmann: Design Institute of Australia, Interior Design – Second prize
  • (BID) Joseph Luis Tan: Cormack Innovation Awards – First Prize
  • (BID) Danielle Taouk: Southern Cross Package Design Award – Silver
  • (BID) Shanshan Wang: Southern Cross Package Design Award – Commendation

• Staff Awards, Prizes and Recognition
  • Ken Maher: Australian Institute of Architects Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture
  • Ken Maher: NSW Architecture Award – Sulman Award for Public Architecture
  • Alec Tzannes: NSW Architecture Award — Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture

And also in 2010:

A number of individuals affiliated with the Faculty as sessional staff have received awards and significant recognition for their work:

• Neil Durbach: Australian Institute of Architects Harry Seidler Award
• Neil Durbach: NSW Architecture Award – Sir Arthur Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture
• Richard Francis-Jones: Australian Institute of Architects Award for Public Architecture
• Richard Francis-Jones: Australian Institute of Architects John Verge Award for Interior Architecture
• Richard Francis-Jones: Australian Institute of Architects Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture
• Felicity Stewart: NSW Board of Architects Gold Medallion
• Philip Thalis and Sacha Coles: Australian Institute of Architecture – Walter Burley Griffin Award
• Peter Tonkin: International Architecture Award 2010

Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic year, and we wish you all a very happy and safe Christmas break.

UNSW Built Environment: Live IP camera views of campus construction

These links could prove interesting over the coming months as they linked to IP cameras that look down on the 2 main construction sites we have on campus at the moment. You may enjoy seeing the buildings evolve live from this vantage point – it is pretty cool! Click here for view of the Solar Industrial Research Facility

UNSW Built Environment: Professor Alec Tzannes on the challenges of building sustainable cities

UNSW TV interviews Built Environment Dean, Alec Tzannes