Naomi Milgrom Foundation

NEWS: We're #hiring an Associate Producer contract role to plan, produce and facilitate the successful delivery of MPavilion Season 11, working closely with our Program Producer. If you're an effective communicator with experience in event/project management, a detail-oriented mindset, and a love for arts and culture - we'd love to hear from you. Applications close Sunday 28 July, 5pm.

NEWS: Expressions of interest for MPavilion Season 11 are now open. Our first program series 'Home Ground’ (28 November - 15 December 2024) will explore what it means to call somewhere - or something - home. We invite artists, designers, makers and collaborators to interpret Tadao Ando’s MPavilion inside and out in new ways and dream up extraordinary experiences that wouldn’t happen otherwise. Learn more about the program series and submission guidelines at our website. Applications for Home Ground close 5pm, 23 July 2024. https://lnkd.in/gKBQ6SXx 📷 by Michael Pham

Join us in Melbourne and Sydney in September as Australia's flagship event for urban designers, thinkers and placemakers returns. Anchored by the theme of Common Interests, the day-long series of international keynotes and conversations in Melbourne and Sydney will spotlight progressive ideas and solutions from across the globe, all trained on the future of the public realm. Visit the link below to meet our first international keynote speakers  - from a landscape architect transforming neglected urban areas into thriving green landscapes in Catalonia to a coder and scholar democratising data to create more inclusive public spaces online. Living Cities Forum Melbourne - Wednesday 18 September at Fed Square Sydney - Friday 20 September at State Library of New South Wales

We are on the look out for a dynamic Admin & Executive Assistant to join the team at a busy time over the coming months. The role will be 3-4 days a week until September, providing logistical and organisational support across the Foundation's key projects (Living Cities Forum, MPavilion and the Richmond Power Station). If you have excellent communication skills, a sharp eye for detail, love organising and crunching numbers, we'd love to hear from you. For more info including a PD please email info@naomimilgromfoundation.org

MPavilion 2022 — designed by Rachaporn Choochuey of Bangkok-based architecture studio all(zone) — has opened at RMIT University's Brunswick campus. Designed and delivered by a female-led team, all(zone)’s award-winning MPavilion features an ingenious canopy — comprising three layers that explore the potential of fabric and tensile architecture at every step. You can now find the pavilion in the heart of RMIT Brunswick's central courtyard, where it will exist as a hub for connection, inspiration and creative collaboration. To learn more about MPavilion’s relocated pavilions, click here: https://lnkd.in/gmxn7Ug4 Images courtesy of RMIT University.

NEWS: MPavilion 10 by Tadao Ando has been selected as a Jury Winner in the Architizer A+Awards 2024. Now in its 12th season, the Architizer A+Awards celebrates the year's best architecture and spaces. We are thrilled to receive this honour, and are delighted to see Ando's vision for the Queen Victoria Gardens embraced on a global scale. MPavilion 10 continues to be open for visitation daily between 10am to 3pm. Photograph by Rory Gardiner.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Naomi Milgrom Foundation and the City of Melbourne jointly announced today that public access to Tadao Ando's MPavilion in Queen Victoria Gardens will be extended for another year, through March 2025. Globally acknowledged as one of the world’s leading contemporary architects, Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando of Japan is known for his striking geometric interventions in nature and his precise, assured use of concrete. The extension will provide Melburnians and visitors alike greater opportunity to experience Tadao Ando's iconic design – his only project in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere. The pavilion will remain open to the public daily from 10am to 3pm throughout the year, including public holidays, providing a tranquil sanctuary, meeting place and architectural destination for the community. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gzxxGKT3

We are thrilled to announce that MPavilion 2018 by Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós has officially opened at Monash University's Peninsula campus. This is the second MPavilion to have been gifted to Monash University by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation. The first — MPavilion 2017 by OMA — was relocated to Monash’s Clayton campus in 2018. Inspired by the ancient art of origami, Carme Pinós’s award-winning design features distinct triangular panels and a timber lattice framework within a solid metal frame. For MPavilion’s 2018 season, we worked with over 500 collaborators to present a program that explored themes of collective creativity, humanist architecture, community and gender and social equality. We are delighted that Pinós’s innovative design will continue to inspire students and visitors alike at its new permanent home at the Monash University Peninsula campus. To learn more about MPavilion’s relocated pavilions, click here: https://lnkd.in/gmxn7Ug4 Image: John Gollings (@johngollings)

Tomorrow, join Photo Australia for world-first global forum in the heart of Melbourne at Fed Square. The PHOTO 2024 Ideas Summit will explore the future of photography with inspiring keynotes and conversations featuring artists & thought leaders from around the world. Discover the full line up and secure your tickets at https://lnkd.in/gn2VVyBP

Showcasing the winner of the 2023 Melbourne Award for City Design (supported by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation), Purple is a temporary projection that will light up the interior of MPavilion from 8pm — 10:30pm this Friday evening. Purple will make a spatial and experiential connection to the Victorian Family Violence Memorial located at the corner of St Andrews Place and Lansdowne Street, East Melbourne, which was developed by MUIR Architecture and Openwork Pty Ltd with Traditional Owners. On Friday evening, the interior of the pavilion will be bathed in purple light, an acknowledgment of the colour used in the Memorial, and the colour of the prevention of Family Violence and the eradication of violence toward women. Sounds from the memorial will fill the space with the internal walls playing host to a moving image of the memorial planting. A moment in time. A time to pause. A time to reflect. Warning: This event will reference themes of domestic violence. https://lnkd.in/gyBzjzSz