Accompanying the exposition “Living the Modern_Australian Architecture” the DAZ has organised the following symposium within the Asia - Pacific - Week Berlin, Urban Sustainibility Conference (USC), Building Technologies: "Current Issues in Australian Architecture and Urban Planning".

The Lectures are presented by leading Australian architects on the balance of public and private spaces, site - specific architecture, alternative energy sources and recycling natural resources together with the specificities of modernism in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Tasmania. All lectures are in english and free of charge.

Program
10:00 - Terroir (Richard Blythe and Gerard Reinmuth)
Between preservation of identified wilderness places and the economic enticement to develop tourism infrastructure in Tasmania

10:45 Fender Katsalidis Architects (Karl Fender)
Sustainability and prevention of urban sprawl in Melbourne

11:30 Turner Associates (Nicolas Perren)
The Minimal Invasive Architecture

12:15 McBride Charles Ryan (Drew Williamson)
Alternative visions for urban sustainability

14:00 Andresen O'Gorman (Brit Andresen)
Landscape - Building Relationships - Potentials for integration with the landscape

14:45 pm Donaldson + Warn Architects (Geoff Warn)
South East Asias influence on Western Australian city's identity and the nature of its residential suburbs

15:30 IPH Architects (Adrian Iredale)
Sustainable design in social housing on different contexts, social conditions and cultures

16:15 Lippmann Associates (Ed Lippmann)
Large scale urban projects in Sydney and alternatives to conventional building technologies against the backdrop of 70% carbon reduction