A SHORT ARCHITECTURAL FILM PROGRAM
Week [01]: MELBOURNE HOUSING THEN & NOW
[ FILM: YOUR HOUSE AND MINE / CITY: MELBOURNE ]
In this week MELBOURNE HOUSING THEN & NOW the filmic is used to explore the modern architecture of post war Melbourne in terms of housing and how this in turns shapes the city. YOUR HOUSE AND MINE (1954), written by Robyn Boyd and directed by Peter McIntyre uses the juxtaposition of various images of housing types in Melbourne from white settlement to the present day (when the film was made in 1954). The film reflects upon the International Style and what it can offer for housing in relation to the existing housing stock. The film also gives an opportunity to think about our housing today in Melbourne. This is an important film for what it tells about housing in Melbourne and also for what it documents about the thinking and what people felt at a significant time of change in Melbourne, in term of architecture and city and what this means for us who live here.
The guest speaker is PETER MCINTYRE director of this particular film and one of the most important architects in Melbourne in terms his contribution to the city through his architectural work, his thinking around architecture and the heart, the feeling and emotions, he brings to his projects , thereby encouraging us to bring the same to our own projects.
Wednesday 14 May 2014 @ 3pm / MADA Gallery Building G Caulfield Monash University
Film & Architecture 