Aotearoa Festival of Architecture returns

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An unrealised project by Sebastián Irarrázaval Architects for a modular hotel in Patagonia that considered a skeleton of laminated wood and prefabricated volumes in CLT. Image: Render: Sebastián Irarrázaval Architects

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Model Citizens, the fun and unpredictable design + make competition for teams of architects and designers will take place in Auckland on 19 September at ECC's showroom. Registrations essential. — Model Citizens, the fun and unpredictable design + make competition for teams of architects and designers will take place in Auckland on 19 September at ECC’s showroom. Registrations essential.

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Tim Ross’s show ‘Architecture is Ace’ will be hitting Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington this September. *Some dates have already sold out* so be quick to book your spot in a city near you. Image: Supplied

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Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Aotearoa Festival of Architecture will return this year, taking place in a number of regions throughout the country from 16 to 29 September.

The annual Resene Sir Ian Athfield Memorial Lecture will form part of the line-up, delivered in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland (on 24, 25 and 26 September, respectively) by Chilean architect and educator Sebastián Irarrázaval, a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Fellow (2018). Irarrázaval’s civic, commercial, residential and education work is underpinned by what he describes as a three-pillared design philosophy, encompassing care, connection and repetition.

Sebastián Irarrázaval, Chilean architect and RIBA International Fellow. Image: Supplied

Also visiting New Zealand during the festival is Australian broadcaster, comedian and architecture enthusiast Tim Ross, who will be presenting ‘Architecture is Ace’ in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch on 24, 25 and 26 September, respectively.

On Thursday 19 September, Architecture NZ and ArchitectureNow’s popular Model Citizens competition will be held at ECC in Auckland, with all proceeds from the teams’ entries going to Te Tāpui Atawhai Auckland City Mission.

Friday 20 September will see the return of the International PARK(ing) Day, where street parking spaces all around the motu, and the world, are temporarily repurposed to become tiny parks and places for art, play and activism.

Click here for the full schedule of events.

The Aotearoa Festival of Architecture is supported by principal sponsor ECC.