Excavating Modernism: Stylistic Species, Émigré Architects and the South-Eastern Suburbs

Presented by:
Professor Alan Pert
Director, Melbourne School of Design

Exhibition materials, including archival drawings, documentation, interviews, print media and the creation of a publication and 3D models explore the narratives of the projects of Jewish émigré architects in Glen Eira. Through the employment of historical materials from University-held archives, recently acquired archives, and content sourced from the families of the exhibiting architects, this exhibition generates a dialogue about the role of these typologies in our housing, cultural, historical landscapes. Interspersed with this is work from 2018 Curatorial Practice students, who derive their own understanding and interpretation to provide a contemporary contextualisation to the works.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH: THU 7 MAR, 6PM | REGISTER NOW

IN CONVERSATION: FRI 15 MAR, 12PM
FLOOR TALK: FRI 22 MAR, 12PM

GALLEY HOURS:
MON–FRI, 10AM–5PM
SAT–SUN, 1–5PM

Part of Melbourne Design Week 2019, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV and the BE–150: celebrating built environments education at the University of Melbourne 2019 program.