AASA Modernism Collaborative Presents

Planetary Trajectories of Modernism

Rex Addison, Rex Addison House No. 1 (1974 - 1975)

Photo: Courtesy of Brisbane City Council

A Symposium jointly presented by the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia and the University of Queensland in parallel with the International ACSA/AASA Planetary Practice Conference, Brisbane.

Open to all, no registration required

Saturday, 11 July 2026, 9am-5pm

The University of Queensland

Combined Collaborative Space 316A, Advanced Engineering Building

St Lucia campus

Brisbane, Queensland

Australia

Convened by: Deborah Barnstone and Antony Moulis

PROGRAM:

Planetary Trajectories of Modernism - Convened by Deborah Barnstone

0900 Introductions

0915-1045 - Session 1: Ecology and Economy

Outside Living the Australian Way: Arthur Baldwinson’s 1938 Timber Home Designs

Deborah Barnstone, University of Sydney

The Pioneering Environmental Nature of the Leach House

Andrew Murray, University of Melbourne

Wandana Flats: an Ecological Approach to Affordable Housing at Scale

Kate Hislop, University of Western Australia

Soil Cement and Modernism in Wainuiomata: Almost a Collaboration

Christoph Schnoor, Unitec

Min Hall, Unitec

1045-1115 Morning Tea

1115-1230 Session 2: Planetary Perspectives

Landscape, Form and Profile: Enrico Taglietti’s Associated Chamber of Manufacturing Australia Building

Ann Cleary, University of Canberra

Earth sheltered: Coober Pedy Hospital

Julie Collins, Adelaide University

Of Earth and Stone: Pauline Hurren’s Bain House (1986)

Catherine Howell

Heritage South Australia

1230-1330 Lunch

1330-1500 - Session 3: Transnational Exchange

It Takes a Village: Het Dorp’s Influence in the Work of RJ Ferguson

Philip Goldswain, University of Western Australia

Union House, Adelaide: Encounters with Italy in a South Australian ‘Commune’

Julian Worrall, University of Tasmania

Meherzad Shroff, Adelaide University

Trans-Pacific Networks and Interdisciplinary Exchange: John Andrews’ School of Australian Environmental Studies (1975-1978)

Antony Moulis, The University of Queensland

International Brutalism in Tasmanian Conditions: Henty House (1980-1984)

Stuart King, University of Melbourne

Helen Norrie, University of Tasmania

1500-1530 - Afternoon Tea

1530-1645 – Session 4: Climatic Trajectories

Subtropical Latitudes of the South: Parallels of Modernism in Brazil, Southern Africa, and Australia

Paul Sanders, Deakin University

Maycon Sedrez, Deakin University

Marissa Lindquist, Western Sydney University

Giaime Botti, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China

Tracing Tropical Modernism in Perth: The University of Western Australia (UWA) Campus Buildings and the School of Architecture (1960-70)

Sally Farrah, University of Canberra

Mike Louw, University of Canberra

Modernist Houses for Hot Arid Climates in Queensland’s ‘Empty North’ 

Elizabeth Musgrave, Bond University

1645-1700 – Q&A and Wrap Up