250 student delegates from across Australia and New Zealand will meet at Newcastle, NSW for this year’s Australian and New Zealand Student Architecture Congress, Nexus.

The largest student gathering in the architecture calendar, Nexus 2013 will feature discussion forums and activities that are designed to challenge and shape the future of the profession and our cities.

The three-day event is coordinated by Creative Directors Rianda Barnes, Thomas Marshall and Joe Larkings, graduate and final year students of the Master of Architecture at the University of Newcastle.

“Our congress is based on the premise that sprawl, globalisation and the digital age have changed the way we engage with the city; that 20th century models no longer address the world in which we live in,” the trio says.

“Nexus is an opportunity to reflect on our ideas of the city, experiment with the urban condition and imagine viable alternatives for what the city may come to mean.”

24 local, interstate and international speakers will present at the event, sharing their experiences and thoughts on city and place making, associated experimental architecture, interdisciplinary practices and grassroots urban renewal.

Speakers include notable practice directors, government consultants, architectural critics and journalists.

The Creative Team encourages architecture students of all levels to participate in this congress. They say that the event is a unique platform offering students good networking opportunities, while allowing them to contribute to the national and international architecture community.

Nexus 2013 will take place in Newcastle from 3-6 July. More information can be found on www.architecture.com.au.

Geraldine Chua

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