A panel discussion on adaptive reuse in Aotearoa with architects Julie Stout, Jon Rennie and Graeme Burgess.

Esther Stewart’s engagement with The Emely Baker Centre in I was moving too fast to see offers the opportunity for reassessment of the building’s previous life and future use.

With the potential to be reassembled in different configurations, this textile installation invites renovation, and offers a model of ‘adaptive reuse’ that operates as both a critique of existing building practices and a speculative reinvigoration of its potential.

With this in mind, join us to hear from a panel of architects with perspectives on the reimagination of buildings and first hand experiences of architectural losses that highlight the need for adaptive reuse in Aotearoa.

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Julie Stout (Distinguished FNZIA) is a Tāmaki Makaurau-based architect and urbanist. She also teaches design and urbanism at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland. Active in the city’s urban issues, Julie is the Chair of Urban Auckland.

Jon Rennie is an architect and a principal of Athfield Architects. He has knowledge and experience in the design of public architecture and urbanism and has worked in the United Kingdom, Spain, United States and Aotearoa New Zealand. He is based in the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland studio of Athfield Architects.  

Graeme Burgess was born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and apart from a stint in Sydney in the early 1980s, has lived there all his life. He studied architecture at Auckland University which opened his mind to the creative world. He is a partner in Burgess Treep and Knight Architects, established with Lucy Treep in 1990. Graeme believes that the built environment should be a place that nurtures and supports society at all levels, as well as being an intertwined cultural space filled with stories. He feels those are the qualities that make architecture important and that keep him engaged in thinking about how architecture works in our world

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The Ockham Lecture series is an annual programme of lectures and panel discussions across different themes that critically engage with craft, design and architecture. This programme is supported by Objectspace's Lead Partner Ockham Residential.