MADA presents ‘Wearing the interior city’

Design by Kia Achielleos and Celina San Jose (of Hamer Hall, Roy Grounds/Interior: John Truscott, upgrade by ARM) from ‘Wearing the interior city’. Photo by Matthew Stanton.

The next generation of Melbourne architects and designers head to MPavilion to unveil some very unique works—and you’re invited. Following last year’s ‘Wearing the city’ exercise that focused on iconic Melbourne exteriors (including ACCA, Melbourne Recital Centre and RMIT’s Swanston Academic Building), a new group of talented Monash University Art, Design and Architecture students has been hard at work translating similarly notable local interiors into wearable forms—experimenting with pleats, wraps, drapes, stitches, folds and tucks, and testing which materials work best with the body’s movements.

Join the students for presentation night on Saturday 14 November as they show off the silhouettes, shapes and structures of their labour. Inspect the designs and make a mental note of your favourite before judges Callum Morton, Cate Hall and Miriam Borcherdt deliberate over, and then announce, the winner.

Without further ado, allow us to introduce the teams for 2015!

Interior: St Paul’s Cathedral (William Butterfield)
Students: Monique Woods, Hoai My Linh Duong, Nicole White

Interior: NGV Great Hall (Roy Grounds / Ceiling: Leonard French)
Students: Ken Wu, Isabella Alvarado

Interior: Heide II (McGlashan Everist)
Students: Melissa Brown, Tess McLaren, Eastina Zhang

Interior: Capitol Theatre (Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin)
Students: Luke Lim, Caitlin Wallace

Interior: Hamer Hall (Roy Grounds / Interior: John Truscott, upgrade by ARM)
Students: Kia Achilleos, Celina San Jose

Interior: Baker D. Chirico, Carlton (March Studio)
Students: Qianying Weng, Jesse Oehm, Lily Fong

Interior: Shrine of Remembrance—Galleries of Rememberance (ARM)
Students: Melissa Paker, James Zhao Jin Yan, Julia Quirk

Interior: Myer Melbourne interior chasm (NH Architecture)
Students: Ruben Digby-Diercks, Matthew Luong

Interior: Main foyer, 171 Collins Street (Bates Smart)
Students: Cecilia Young, Alisha Vasudevan

Interior: NAB Docklands (Woods Bagot)
Students: Isabella Peppard Clarke

Interior: The Quays (McBride Charles Ryan)
Students: Emily McBain, Yoana Doleva