This article has ben updated on May 27 2022.

The date for the presentation of the LSAA Design Awards "2022" was Thursday 26 May 2022 Download PDF Flyer

Venue: The first part of this FREE event will be in the School of Design and Architecture, Lecture Room AMDC301 (see below)
Swinburne University, Melbourne. Registrations and check in from 1.45pm

Program - a PDF version HERE

• 1.45 - 2.00pm   Registration - at Swinburne University (Lecture Room AMDC301)
• 2.00 - 2.15pm   Welcome by LSAA and Swinburne
  
  
• 2.15 - 2.40pm  The Link, Chadstone Shopping Centre (Mike Lester & Martin Eddleston, MakMax Australia)
                                      Presentation as PDF
                                      Media Release
                                      Detailed Project Description
  
  
• 2.40 - 3.05pm  Flinders University Footbridge Upgrade (Rowan Murray & Dr Paul Joseph, Ronstan Tensile Architecture)
                                      Presentation as PDF
                                      Detailed Project Description
  
  
• 3.05 - 3.30pm  Curvecrete - Innovative Robotic Technology for Manufacturing Doubly Curved Concrete Forms
                   (Daniel Prohasky, Curvecrete / Swinburne University)
                                      Presentation as PDF
                     
  
  
• 3.30 - 4.00pm   Afternoon Tea / Networking
  
  
• 4.00 - 4.25pm   Sharjah Safari Birds of Africa Aviary (Peter Lim & James Marr, Tensys)
                                      Presentation as PDF
                                      Detailed Project Description
  
  
• 4.25 - 4.45pm  Playground Structures - A Perspective (Peter Kneen, LSAA)
                                      Presentation as PDF
  
  
• 4.45 - 5.15pm  Fire Regulation & Fabrics - LSAA Update (Mike Lester and Lisa James, LSAA Fire Subcommittee)
                                      Presentation as PDF
  
  
• 5.15pm           Close Symposium Sessions (Peter Lim LSAA)

• 6.00 - 6.20pm   Welcome Address (Peter Lim, LSAA)
• 6.20 - 8.00pm   Awards Presentation (Robert Cahill LSAA, Master of Ceremony)
  
  

This free event is made possible with the generous support of our sponsors - Hiraoka, Mehler and Ferrari

LSAA 2022 SYMPOSIUM & DESIGN AWARDS

Swinburne University, Melbourne

It was late January 2020 when the first cases of COVID-19 washed up on Australia’s sunny shores and the world turned upside down. We here at the LSAA Committee were still organizing our biannual September Conference & Design Awards, entitled “Re-VIEW, Re-IMAGINE, Re-CREATE” and challenging attendees to look to the past, work in the present and help shape the future.

But it was not to be.

Instead, we found ourselves in the world of closed borders, 5km-radii and lengthy lockdowns. Across the globe and especially here in Australia, we found ourselves in unprecedented territory, facing an invisible virus that upended all our plans. These past two years have been tumultuous, shocking and difficult and have irrevocably changed the way we work, socialize and communicate.

Yet as we venture forth into our brave new post-COVID world, the LSAA knows that now more than ever we need to come together to chart a path forward for ourselves and our industry. That’s why we are so excited to be hosting a one-day May Symposium and Design Awards 2022 in Melbourne.

In the wake of this turbulent phase in our history, we have reconsidered our 2020 motif, one that remains so deeply important, especially as cities, states and countries in Australasia and around the globe look to rebound and build back better from the ashes of COVID. Our symposium will showcase and highlight both those projects undertaken before the pandemic and those forged during and by it, offering key insights into the journey of the lightweight structures field over the past couple of years.

In accordance with our new COVID normal, we will also be running this as a hybrid event, with dual-delivery by a virtual platform in addition to the physical symposium and awards ceremony in Melbourne, allowing friends and colleagues separated by distance or restrictions to still take part.

Now more than ever before, we stand at a turning point in history. We have unique opportunities to chase new ideas and learn from old ones – to renew our work as we rebuild from the remains of the last two years. As delegates and industry-leaders from across the burgeoning new frontiers of lightweight structures architecture and engineering come together in Melbourne this May, we look forward to the exciting task ahead: