Events

Screening on the 24th July, at 13:30, Shorts Session 4, at Cinema Nova. (https://www.mdff.org.au/films/living-structures-the-architecture-for-life) A documentary that will challenge your current worldview on design, architecture, and our human-nature relationship. In this film Dr Phillip B. Roös, Associate Professor in Architecture and Director of the Live+Smart Research Lab, ask the critical question: “How can our global …

Live+Smart Research Laboratory, Deakin University – Summit 23 March – 25 March 2022. Held as part of Geelong Design Week 2022. Geelong is Australia’s first (and only) UNESCO City of Design. This summit is an online event. The event will be hosted from Deakin University Geelong, Australia, with online streaming of talks and panel discussions by …

Celebrating the theme taur, which means belonging in local Wadawurrung language, Geelong Design Week will celebrate all things connecting us to people and places and the role design can play in enhancing our sense and lived experience of belonging. You’ll find more than 60 events over 10 days from 17–27 March. We can’t wait to …

The Topophilia: Attachment & Belonging Summit, will run over three days with keynote presentations and panel discussions which includes world-renowned experts in topophilia, biophilia, biophilic cities, placemaking, integral design, community resilience, ecopsychology and Indigenous Knowledge. The key question “What is required to help transition one’s attachment to place to a deep sense of belonging?” will …

This documentary film features Dr Phillip B. Roös in a thought-provoking narrative questioning the current state of our built environment, challenging the status quo to consider how we need to include the structures of nature to create places of belonging. Human beings are intrinsically connected and linked to visible and non-visible geometric forms and patterns …

The exhibition ‘The Unfolding’ by Dr Phillip B. Roös consists of various artworks, including drawings, paintings, and large paper scrolls telling stories of the landscape in abstract representations, epitomising the inherent living structures that are visible and non-visible elements of nature’s designs. These works are featured in the documentary film ‘Living Structures: The Architecture for …

The Live+Smart Research Laboratory at the School of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University invites you to join this free online masterclass. The event includes a public lecture by Associate Professor Dr Phillip B. Roös, followed by keynote presentations and a panel discussion including Jefa Greenaway (Greenaway Architects), Nick Griffin (McGregor Coxall) and Eduard Ross …

Architecture in Transition: New Findings from the Sciences  An INHAF Habitat Forum Webinar Series – Rethinking Cities In the last few years, surprising new developments in neuroscience, environmental psychology, biology, mathematics, and other fields have begun to challenge designers to think differently about their role, particularly as we seek to transition to a world of …

A Wood Solutions Webinar An increasing number of building professionals now are of the view that 20 – 21st century planning, design and construction of the built environment has been unimaginably bad, reckless, and unacceptable; as the way we have built our cities has resulted in a degeneration of the earth’s natural systems, now eventuating …

Journey of Extraordinary Encounters Collaboration by The School of Lost Arts, Deakin University Live+Smart Research Lab and the IT Dept. Launch Pad, Tract Consultants Geelong, OneMap, and CartDeco Cartographics.  Enter the world of nature’s design principles, following an interactive trail to uncover biophilic design in the city and experience what nature can teach us about …

Geelong, building better blocks Collaboration between the Live+Smart Research Laboratory and GHD  In the event Geelong, building better blocks, Associate Professor Dr Phill Roös participates in a thought-provoking panel discussion lead by former GHD Market Lead and AWA President, Lindsay Brown. The event explores how we can ‘build better blocks’ to make unpredictable cities more predictable …

  Rewilding the City, 2021 Curated by Phillip B Roös, Simon Kilbane, Yolanda Esteban and John Rollo    What might a biophilic city look like and how could its residents benefit from a city that embraces nature through a spectrum of green infrastructure solutions? Explore in this exhibition alternate possibilities of Geelong as a Nature-full …