From the ED

July saw us still following on with some of the business from June so has been a busy time. The Awards has of course finally wrapped up and planning for 2019 is well underway so save the date form 1^st June 2019 in Alice Springs. We are working hard to offer attendees with architectural tours and tourism partner programs so this will be a destination Awards ceremony.

For CPD this month we had a presentation from Andrew Hudson at Bondor on BIM/Expansion Joint (Step Joint) vs End Lap. It was an interesting discussion particularly as there is a lot of discussion around this Nationally.

This month a variety of policy discussions have been put out by the NT Government which we are currently working on  as well as writing to the minister in support of Alice Springs becoming the base of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Museum (NATSIAM). This month the Northern Territory government put out for comment the Alice Springs Plan which is looking at the CBD and changes to zoning. The Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics is undertaking another Car Parking Study for the Darwin CBD in fact I think this will be the third in five years with both council and NTG doing earlier studies outside the one commissioned for the underground carpark. Finally, the Planning commission has consultations and workshops underway to look at Planning reform across the NT. For any further information we are slowly putting up previous submission for your information (link to NT Advocacy page  http://sitefinity.architecture.com.au/events/state-territory/nt-chapter/nt-policy-and-advocacy)

This month we see the Gold Medallist – Alec Tzannes come to town to meet with the EmAGN crew as well as giving a presentation to members on the 16^th August. This is an awesome time to catch up with fellow members as well as getting to hear the journey of the winner. This event is supported by the AIA’s Principal Partner BlueScope so Mark Amos will be in town as well so a great time to catch up. The Gold Medal is the most prestigious awards for Architecture in Australia and its great the NT is part of the tour.

 

Each month we try and offer events that members want to attend however the low numbers attending make it hard to entice people to come and deliver programs here. These events are also good to see what is happening in the world of Architecture as well as being able to network. I look forward to seeing you all at the Gold Medal function.

This Newsletter is the first in the new format and as part of this we will have interesting articles both on architecture and topical issues that happen in workplaces. This will provide a forum to discuss some serious topics as well as covering interesting things happening in our community and in Architecture here in the NT.  If you are interested in contributing to this please let me know.

Cheers

Raquel