amy
evans

architecture, design and research  about
All Work  •  Architecture  •  Speculative  •  Teaching
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 How do you transform outdated building fabric whilst retaining heritage value?