{"id":11922,"date":"2016-04-05T09:49:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T23:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2016-04-05T09:54:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T23:54:05","slug":"from-the-chapter-president-tue-5-apr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/from-the-chapter-president-tue-5-apr\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Chapter President &#8211; 5 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7314\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/04\/David_Homburg_150px.jpg\" alt=\"David_Homburg_150px\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Over Easter we received the sad news that John Morphett AM OBE LFRAIA passed away aged 83 after a short illness. John was a giant of the profession here in South Australia and indeed nationally, with direct links to the greats of Modernism through stints in North America and Europe working for Walter Gropius in the Architects Collaborative among other activities.<\/p>\n<p>John was SA Chapter President in 1981-82, recipient of the Sir James Irwin President\u2019s Medal in 1997 and RAIA Gold Medallist in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>His best known work for many of us is undoubtedly the Adelaide Festival Centre, but my colleagues at HASSELL have been looking through the archives and uncovered some more modest gems of Adelaide Modernism from around our city, including several beautifully pared back bank buildings, and the marble clad hall at Prince Alfred College. Some truly wonderful works, and he will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n<p>The new Chapter Council met for the first time last month and we held a strategic planning session to map out our area of focus for the course of the term of this council. The work we have been doing as a Chapter meshes well with the National Council\u2019s focus on Advocacy and Communications, Membership Engagement and Education that was developed last year, and we intend to further develop these areas. It is also very much in line with our mantra of \u2018growing the business pie\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Key outcomes of that meeting included:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Education<\/strong> \u2013 the continuation of two education task groups. One will be focussed on developing an understanding of design in the schools initially through design presentation to interested schools, but the long term aim is to embed design in the school curriculum.\u00a0The second group will be looking at creating closer ties between the universities and the profession, particularly in the area of research that can be applied to practice and vice versa. We are hoping to have our first events within a month.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Residential Design<\/strong> \u2013 you will see more activity from this task group this year in promoting the benefits of using architects in the residential sector. The message will be that as well as the beautiful spaces that we see in magazines, we can also do good thoughtful design for those on a budget who might normally be looking to other providers for their designs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Planning<\/strong> \u2013 the government\u2019s new Development Act has largely made it through the parliamentary process, and now requires supporting regulation and policy to ensure that it delivers its intent. This task group will focus on assisting DPTI in developing a suite of design based guides and pathways that will enable our skills as designers to become integral to a better built environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Exporting Design<\/strong> \u2013 this group is developing well, and I\u2019m currently on my way to China on Premier Weatherill\u2019s trade mission. I\u2019ll be representing the design sector in several round table meetings on Water in Urban Environments (known by the Chinese as Sponge City), Sustainability and Carbon Neutrality, and Retirement Living. The retirement living discussion has developed rapidly since last year with over 30 businesses now represented from the sector in the newly formed Australia China Aged Care Consortium, including several member practices. More on this on my return.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Procurement<\/strong> \u2013 many of you will be aware that there has been a major change in the way that the SA Government is going about procuring its projects. There are real concerns that we may be heading down a path of mainly design and construct procurement, which although well suited to many projects, is certainly not a one size fits all solution. And although not all of our members are engaged to do government work, their procurement models often viewed by other clients as best practice and find their way into the non-government sector. We have established a task group to work through their procurement model with them to ensure that as a state we can deliver the right balance of risk minimisation and value for money.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Co-opertition<\/strong> \u2013 this group brings together smaller practices within our membership, a cohort that is growing at the moment, to discuss issues that a particular to small practice. In my view it is an extremely valuable group that enables knowledge, culture and \u2018tricks of the trade\u2019 to be shared in an open and collaborative environment, something that those of us in larger organisations take for granted. The Co-opertition group will look at further developing their program this year to become a \u2018must participate\u2019 if you are in small practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Festival of Architecture and Design (FAD)<\/strong> \u2013 FAD has been held over this year in order for the Chapter to be able to deliver a Fringe program for this month\u2019s National Conference \u201cHow Soon is Now\u201d. The FAD group is currently looking at a structure that will be sustainable in the long term along with new creative directors for next year, however you will see various event throughout the year branded under the FAD banner.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 And finally <strong>Communications<\/strong> \u2013 with all of this activity, we need to communicate what we are doing to you the members, and to have a better advocacy profile among the wider public. A newly reconstituted communications group will be charged with getting our messages out there through a variety of avenues, not just traditional print media.<\/p>\n<p>We will also continue to run our standing committees such as <strong>Awards, EmAGN, SONA, Honours, Gender Equity and Education<\/strong> (from an accreditation perspective).<\/p>\n<p>I have asked each Councillor to be accountable for a portfolio and to seek participation from you, the wider membership, in supporting these activities \u2013 they are critical to getting our industry on a more sustainable business footing, and we can only deliver these with your support. So if you are wondering what you can do to get involved, give your local SA Chapter a call on 8402 5900, or contact one of our <a href=\"http:\/\/architecture.com.au\/events\/state-territory\/south-australian-chapter\/south-australian-council#anchor2\" target=\"_blank\">Chapter Councillors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>David Homburg, SA Chapter President<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over Easter we received the sad news that John Morphett AM OBE LFRAIA passed away aged 83 after a short illness. 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