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A selection of established and emerging Australian architects were invited by green magazine to respond to a brief to reimagine a city block beside the Queen Victoria Market as a hypothetical urban village. This village was to contain residential, community, commercial and green spaces. In a return to architectural tradition, the architects created hand drawings of their vision for the site. These drawings were enlarged and dramatically displayed in an exhibition along with a 1:50 scale model designed by RMIT Masters of Architecture and Masters of Landscape Architecture students. The students delivered a design for an urban village with consideration of urban density based on collaboration and research. The model will harness the full capabilities of RMIT’s 3D printing and laser-cutting technology and will include dissected pathways, which will invite visitors to walk both through and around it – physically interacting with the design. Green magazine editor, Tamsin O’Neill was excited to have the opportunity to discover the potential of the high-profile site, one also earmarked for a future development of this kind. “Around the world, cities are grappling with issues of urban density and Melbourne is no exception. We look forward to seeing creative solutions from both architects and students for a truly sustainable, community-focused urban village on this extraordinary site.” A just-released video series delves inside the minds and behind the designs of a number of the architects involved in INVERT 2.0 MINI LIVING – BUILT BY ALL. Each clip features an architect explaining the vision and workings of their hand-drawn design for the hypothetical urban village site beside the Queen Victoria Market. The videos offer an exclusive glimpse inside the studios of: Topology Studio Breathe Architecture/Nightingale Housing studio edwards Taylor Knights Architecture Ben Callery Architects All the videos can be seen here: https://greenmagazine.com.au/update/videos/ The exhibition was held from October 17 – 26 in Sean Godsell’s acclaimed 2014 MPavilion in the gardens of the Hellenic Museum, Melbourne. Also presented in the exhibition space were models created by RMIT Masters of Architecture and Masters of Landscape Architecture students. Green magazine would like to thank Archiblox, Ben Callery Architects, Breathe Architecture/Nightingale Housing, Chris Connell Design, David Barr Architects, Field Design Studio, studio edwards, Taylor Knights Architecture, Topology Studio, Woods Bagot and Wolveridge Architects for their contribution. In addition, green magazine thanks the City of Melbourne and RMIT for their participation. Lastly, everyone involved is extremely grateful to MINI LIVING for its support. Green magazine commends its ongoing exploration into urban living typologies around the world. INVERT 2.0 MINI LIVING – BUILT BY ALL is the second MINI LIVING x green magazine installation to be presented in Melbourne. Last year, the inaugural installation focused on the importance of sustainable, small-scale architecture and was met with much success and interest from both the design community and the general public. greenmagazine.com.au/update/invert mini.com/en_ms/home/living.html

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