How can attention to wellbeing reinvigorate architectural education? How can we empower students as the agents of this transformation?
Watch Narelle Lemon’s keynote presentation from the Wellbeing of Architects Symposium. Narelle Lemon is a VC Professoriate Research Fellow Edith Cowan University and an interdisciplinary expert in Pedagogy of Belonging. Her keynote lecture offers a critique of the status quo in tertiary education and positions wellbeing as a transformative force for a new and human-centred approach to educating architects.
Watch more from the Wellbeing of Architects symposium
Naomi Stead opens the symposium, Maryam Gusheh and Vicki Leibowitz outline key research findings.
Natalie Galea, Kirsten Orr, Brian Clohessy and John Held examines policy and legislation as forces for good.
Helen Norrie, Peter Raisbeck and Helen Duong discuss new approaches to professional practice.
Held at Collingwood Yards on 8–9 May 2024, the Wellbeing of Architects Symposium is an outcome of the Wellbeing of Architects research project. The education day was convened by Maryam Gusheh.
The films of these sessions were made by Shing Hei Ho. The production and release is supported by the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia. Photography: Alexander Salem.