The Abedian School of Architecture Lecture Series launched in 2013, and has since hosted an impressive guest list of both Australian and internationally notable architecture experts, bringing some of the world's most creative and talented architects to Bond University to share their insights with our community. This semester, we look forward to welcoming Nigel Bertram, Director of NMBW Architecture Studio, to share his insights. Reserve your spot today and join us in exploring innovative perspectives from a leading figure in the industry!
The lectures are free and open to all members of the public.
ASA Lecture Series 2024 | Nigel Bertram, Director of NMBW Architecture Studio
Date: 15 August, 2024
Time: 6.00pm Arrival | 6.30pm Lecture
Where: Abedian School of Architecture, Bond University
Introducing Nigel Bertram
Nigel Bertram is a founding Director of NMBW Architecture Studio and Practice Professor of Architecture in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University (MADA). With the Monash Urban Lab he leads research projects on design-led processes for suburban regeneration and infill redevelopment, seeking new relationships between natural and human-made systems. Nigel was a lead researcher in the Co-operative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities from 2016-2020, and co-editor with Catherine Murphy of In Time with Water: Design Studies of 3 Australian Cities (UWA Press, 2019).
Nigel established NMBW Architecture Studio in Melbourne with Marika Neustupny and Lucinda McLean in 1997. NMBW’s architectural work is known for its careful reading of existing conditions and strategic cultural interventions. In this capacity, they have worked on complex urban regenerative projects as part of larger teams including the Maribyrnong Defence Site Masterplan, the reference design for the Melbourne Metro Rail Project (both with Grimshaw), the five-year transformation of RMIT’s city campus with New Academic Street (part of a collaborative design team led by Lyons), and most recently the award-winning University of Melbourne Student Precinct (2023).
Demolition and Construction: Regenerative Design Processes Lecture
This lecture will discuss NMBW's approach to working with existing conditions to regenerate places and extend the life of found structures and landscapes. A range of projects from the scale of a room to a precinct will illustrate tactics for careful removal, retrofitting and addition with respect to cultural, environmental and material forces. The projects also demonstrate highly collaborative processes of working with others to achieve outcomes across different scales of space and time.