The Congress has been ushering in

new thinking since the 1960s, and is

considered by most to be a once in a

lifetime experience – the highlight of an

education.

Canberra, the National Capital – an

"ideal city", is the location for RE:HAB.

Join young leaders at the 2009

Congress to design, debate and dance

your way through a week of critical

propositions.

Feel like you need to go to RE:HAB? Or maybe you

think the world around you needs some RE:HAB?

RE:HAB is a forum for discussion and collaboration – to share experience, interest and ambition.

RE:HAB encourages interdisciplinary exploration and involvement of diverse creative people.

What do you perceive needs RE:HAB? Are you particularly passionate

about rehabilitating aspects of nature or society? Or maybe you are

more interested in rehabilitating the way we practice?

How do you keep a project out of RE:HAB? How do you revive a project when it is in need of

RE:HAB? And how do you avoid ending up in RE:HAB yourself?

Can we RE:HAB student culture, and our education?

How can we use our skills to create opportunities to RE:HAB those areas most in need? What

lessons have you learnt? How can this understanding be more widely applied?

RE:HAB me please!! RE:HAB is an opportunity for students, between

semesters, to reflect, to be re-inspired, to re-engage, and to regain

their creative mojo.

RE:HAB? What is RE:HAB?

What needs RE:HAB? How can we RE:HAB?

The Congress is arguably the most important event for architecture

students in Australia and New Zealand, and attracts attendants from Asia

Pacific countries and around the world.

The week long international assembly of students, graduates and

emerging architects promotes critical engagement of contemporary

themes, and develops a culture of discourse and mentorship.

It [insert ‘architecture’, ‘Congress’ etc] is addictive!

RETHINKEnvironment: Conservation; Positive Development; Rural/Urban;

Society: Aboriginal Culture; Spectacle; Perception;

Design: Digital; Vision; Leadership;

REWORKEnvironment: Expansion; Infrastructure; Eco-tech;

Society: Facades; Spiritualism; Social Patterns;

Design: Geometry; Backstage; Art and Architecture;

RECYCLE Environment: Caring for Country; Urban Agriculture; Building Components;

Society: Fashion; Provocations; (Fringe) Culture;

Design: Process; Precedent; Theory;

REACT Environment: Climate Change; Science; Genus Loci;

Society: Slums; Apathy; Opportunity;

Design: Education; Collaboration; Discourse;

RECLAIMEnvironment: Dreaming; Sustainability; Public Space;

Society: Humanitarian Aid; Community Empowerment; Egalitarianism;

Design: Trust; Technical Skills; Experimentation;

REFRAINEnvironment: Pollution, Consumption; Exploitation;

Society: Crime; Isolation; Inequity;

Design: Mistakes; Miscommunication; Megalomania;

RE:HAB – Environment, Society, Design

We would like to RE:HAB

the environment around us,

the society we live in and

ourselves as designers.

We invite your critical

propositions to help us

RETHINK, REWORK,

RECYCLE, REACT,

RECLAIM and REFRAIN.

In addition to tours, field trips, workshops, masterclasses, panel

discussions and keynote lectures, program elements include:

1. A number of exhibitions and installations that will keep

you engaged between sessions.

2. A careers fair and tradeshow that will provide you with

information on undergraduate and postgraduate study,

career opportunities, professional development and

registration, and architecture products.

3. A firm crawl that will take you behind the scenes at a

variety of open offices to observe different modes of

practice.

4. Pecha Kucha, a short interdisciplinary speaker event

that has become a worldwide phenomenon since it was

presented at the 2004 Congress ‘States of Minds’ by its

creator Mark Dytham

5. A soccer match between SONA and SANNZ members

that will see SONA attempt to reclaim the trans-Tasman

trophy they lost to SANNZ in Wellington at CtrlShift.

The ACT Architecture Awards will be held on Saturday 4 July, and a

number of SONA meetings will be held in conjunction with the

Congress.

The Congress has a reputation for hosting interesting

speakers including rising talents, masters of the

profession, and leaders from outside the discipline.

The event is an intensive week focussed on 6-10 July with

fringe activities on before and after.

DAY ONE DAY TWO DAY THREE DAY FOUR DAY FIVE

SAT 4 SUN 5 MON 6 TUE 7 WED 8 THUR 9 FRI 10 SAT 11 SUN 12MORNING A

9.00 – 10.00Tours

Registrations

Plenary 1

RETHINKSpeakers (3x 20min)

Plenary 5

RECYCLESpeakers (3x 20min)

Plenary 9

REACTSpeakers (3x 20min)

Parallel E

Workshops

Tours

Firm Crawl

Plenary 15

KeynoteSpeaker (1x 45min)

Field Trip

Snow Trip

SONA

Regional

Meetings

SONA

Regional

Meetings

SONA Council

Meeting

MORNING B

10.00 –11.00

Plenary 2

Group Therapy (Panel Discussion)

Plenary 6

Group Therapy (Panel Discussion)

Plenary 10

Group Therapy (Panel Discussion)

Plenary 16

Keynote Speaker (1x 45min)

REFRESH

(BREAK)Careers Fair Reclaim the Hill

(BBQ on lawns of

Parliament House)MORNING C

11.30 – 1.00

Parallel A

Speakers

Workshops

Tours

Parallel C

Speakers

Workshops

Tours

Parallel F

Workshops

Tours

Plenary 17

Great Debate(Panel Discussion)

REGENERATE

(BREAK)Careers Fair Soccer

AUSvNZAFTERNOON A

2.00 – 3.30SONA

Executive

Meeting

Parallel B

Speakers

Workshops

Tours

Parallel D

Speakers

Workshops

Tours

Parallel G

Workshops

Tours

Parallel A

SONA Forum

Workshops

Tours

REFRESH

(BREAK)Careers Fair `

AFTERNOON B

4.00 – 5.00

Plenary 3

REWORKSpeakers (3x 20min)

Plenary 7

KeynoteSpeaker (1x 45min)

Plenary 11

RECLAIMSpeakers (3x 20min)

Plenary 13

REFRAINSpeakers (3x 20min)

Parallel A

Workshops

Tours

Firm Crawl

AFTERNOON C

5.00 – 6.00

Plenary 4

Group Therapy (Panel Discussion)

Plenary 8

Keynote Speaker (1x 45min)

Plenary 12

Group Therapy (Panel Discussion)

Plenary 14

Group Therapy (Panel Discussion)

REINVIGORATE

(BREAK)

EVENING

6.30 – 8.30ACT

Architecture

Awards

Opening Party Cocktail Party Social Function Pecha Kucha Social Function Architecture

Ball

Social Function

NIGHT

8.30 – 11.00Social Function Social Function

Canberra, the National Capital - an

“ideal city”, is the location for RE:HAB.

Canberra means ‘meeting place’ in the

local Ngunnawal language. The city was

designed by Walter Burley and Marian

Mahony Griffin to be vibrant, egalitarian

and a part of the natural landscape,

although much of their design was never

realised.

After two World Wars and a Great

Depression, Canberra experienced

significant development in the 1960s and

‘70s to Modernist planning principles. The

city has a lot of great architecture, including

works by many of Australia’s leading

architects. As the National Capital, the

city reflects Australian society and how

Australians wish to show themselves to

the world.

WHATS YOUR AGENDA?Tell Us. Tell the Congress.

Tell the World.

Agendas will be published and

the best will be presented at RE:HAB.

It is expected that students and young architects be trendsetters, or at least quick to identify and

follow new trends. Universities are generally where avante garde and radical architecture finds

it’s most engaged audiences, and the Congress has a history of promoting emerging ideas.

Facilitating critical discourse is important in advancing architecture. We are encouraging

students and young architects to present their agendas through anything from a manifesto to

their design work, and are interested equally in both the provocative and the practical.

WE NEED YOUR

INTERVENTION!Seeking pavilions, temporary structures,

installations, and art works to exhibit at RE:HAB.

Must be creative, and able to show off.

$5,000 open prize!

There is a long tradition of students initiating

projects that they themselves can build.

This is natural, of course, because as

architects and designers we want to

realise our creations. Not only is this

a way that we can learn about and

explore, particularly materials and

fabrication, it is an opportunity

to showcase our abilities.

Older generations fondly recount the times when influential architects joined them

such as Buckminster Fuller in 1966 & 1970, Aldo van Eyck in 1966 and Dennis

Crompton of Archigram in 1969 & 1970. Many stories are passed down about

Congresses such as Sunbury in 1972 where delegates built their own

accommodation, „The Big Steam Train‟ trip in 1974 from Brisbane to Mundubbera

where each night was spent in a different town or „Marketpalce‟ in 1979 where an

army tent city was set up on a Brisbane oval.

In the last decade the Congress has thrown some memorable parties and paraded a

host of stars including Wolf Prix, Ken Yeang, Itsuko Hasegawa, Ben van Berkel,

Greg Lynn, Manabu Chiba and Mark Dytham.

The Congress has previously been held in Canberra three times - „Down to Earth‟

in 1976, „The Next Wave‟ in 1981, and „Beyond the Face‟ in 1989.

Held in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2007

„CtrlShift‟ explored concerns about the role

of the architect, education, and future

environments. Students immersed

themselves in Maori culture and virtual

worlds, and considered strategies for using

design in aid of billions of people living in

slums.

Staged across Launceston and Hobart,

Tasmania, in 2004 „States of Mind‟ entered

the minds of architects and designers,

explored the locale and introduced some

rising talents. Students participated in

intensive workshops, created exhibitions and

installations, and excursed around the

countryside.

SONA, as part of the Australian Institute of Architects, and SANNZ, as part of the

New Zealand Institute of Architects, are major supporters of the Congress. SONA

was launched at the 1997 Congress ‘Morphe’ and SANNZ was launched at the 2007

Congress ‘CtrlShift’.

The Congress is a student organised event, which needs the full support of the

profession. An Organising Committee has been formed consisting of students and

recent graduates of the University of Canberra, and support is being provided by

academic staff.

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