Teaching — amy evans

The Anti-Institution
21-22
Bachelor Architecture Design Studio

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [RMIT]

Location: RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Type: Teaching
People: Amy Evans

V3 - virtual exhibition, semester 01, 2022
www.theantiinstitutionv3.com
V2 - virtual exhibition, semester 02, 2021
www.theantiinstitutionv2.com
V1 - physical exhibition, semester 01, 2021

Institutions; prisons, boarding-schools, asylums. While these buildings were once considered essential facilities for society, they have also left a legacy of segregation and physical division within communities. The architectural typology of institutions is based on control, surveillance and segregation of individuals, which often produced detrimental environments for those housed within. Today, the status of these institutions has changed, however the building and their meanings are still with us.

Based on the grounds of the former Kew Lunatic Asylum, this Bachelor of Architecture studio looks to challenge and subvert the typology of the institution, re-appropriating the old asylum, and its expansive grounds, as a generous public facility for the community. How can you alter the narrative of a typology loaded with negative legacy? How do you transform outdated building fabric whilst retaining heritage value?

The Architecture Hub: spaces we inhabit
03-20
Bachelor Architecture Design Studio

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [RMIT]

Location: RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Type: Teaching
People: Amy Evans and Eva Florindo

virtual exhibition, semester 01, 2020
www.thearchitecturehub.com

Students in this Bachelor of Architecture studio were encouraged to reflect critically on their own architectural education. Through a series of investigations focusing on; their current architecture school (The Design Hub), other architecture schools and ‘schools of thought’ - students formed their own critical position on the ideal environment for studying architecture.

This studio encouraged design through the exploration of the students immediate environment which then acted as a leverage for critical design proposals.

NGV 3: architecture and art
03-19
Bachelor Architecture Design Studio

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [RMIT]

Location: RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Type: Teaching
People: Amy Evans and Conor Todd

V2 - physical exhibition, semester 02, 2019V1 - physical exhibition, semester 01, 2019

Students in this Bachelor of Architecture studio were encouraged to reflect critically on their own architectural education. Through a series of investigations focusing on; their current architecture school (The Design Hub), other architecture schools and ‘schools of thought’ - students formed their own critical position on the ideal environment for studying architecture.

This studio encouraged design through the exploration of the students immediate environment which then acted as a leverage for critical design proposals.

Parliament: architecture and power
07-18
Bachelor of Architecture Design Studio

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [RMIT]

Location: RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Type: Teaching
People: Amy Evans and Conor Todd

Physical exhibition, semester 02, 2018

Students in this studio interrogated the relationship between architectural language and political power through a series of interventions, additions and reconfigurations within the site of the Victorian Parliament House.

From Ancient Rome to the architectures that accompanied the major political ideologies of the 20th century, and everywhere in between, architectural production has constantly taken place in relation to the dominant political and economic forces of the day. Students examined the recurrence of this theme throughout history, as well as the attributes of the Parliament as an architectural typology, as a way to develop their own positions on the relationship between architecture and power today.

Students’ design proposing were critical in their understanding of architectural representations of power, and the roles that these representations play in the city and society.