South Coast WoodWorks Gallery

Scrap yard karri brought back to life By Stan Shaw

What do you get when you cross a very large pile of karri timber, a granite rock, some poetry and you throw in a pinch of glorious south coast history...

The answer, a 2 tonne sculpture.

The Shire of Denmark has commissioned local woodwork artist Tony Docherty to produce a sculpture as part of the town's streetscape makeover.

The sculpture is made from karri timber milled in Torbay in the 1840's which became integral to the structure of the old Albany jetty.

Tony came across the recycled Karri at an auction a couple of years ago and saw a great opportunity.

'I went and put in a bid and brought a whole truck load and brought them home. I've had them sitting at my place since and they were part of the inspiration for this work.'

Tony has used this sculpture to reflect on Denmark's identity and he says it has a lot to do with the natural environment. Karri leaf engravings and a granite rock, compliment the large karri pieces, complete with engraved poetry from the late Andy Ducker.

Tony's workshop in Young Sidings has been working overtime the last couple of weeks. Tony has had a total of 25 days to complete the sculpture since he got the go ahead.

This Friday, if all goes to plan, Tony will use a crane and a 'couple of mates' to install the sculpture on a roundabout in Denmark's town centre.

Listen here as Tony Docherty describes his vision for the sculpture.

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In Practice: Alumni Symposium | A Sydney Gross Symposium

The event brings together alumni from architecture, urban planning and real estate development, to discuss different forms of practice that they are engaging in.

The speakers have all graduated from one of the programs offered at the School of Architecture and Planning in the past 10 years, and each has taken a distinctive path since. The symposium offers current students and other members of the School and community​ an opportunity to consider modes of practice within the realms of architecture and planning and at the intersection with other disciplines.

Individual presentations by each of the speakers will be followed by a general Q+A session as well as smaller group conversations directed by current students.

Participants

- Gabrielle Printz, Co-founder, feminist architecture collaborative (March '14)
- Maciej Kaczynski, Project Leader, Studio Gang (BS Arch '06)
- Quardean Lewis-Allen, Founder and CEO, Made in Brownsville (BS Arch '09)
- Daniel Crowther, Project Manager, TM Montante Development (MSRED '16, BAED '15)
- Caitlin Donovan, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (MUP '11, BAED '09)
- Rebecca Yanus, Director of Planning and Development, City of Dunkirk, NY (MUP '15, BAED '13)

Sydney Gross Memorial Fund

This symposium is supported by the Sydney Gross Memorial Fund in honor of former UB architecture student Sydney Gross. The fund supports scholarships and an annual special event bringing leading practitioners to the school to speak.

DISCURSIVE PRACTICES presents the work of architects, urban planners, preservationists and historians whose approach to design bridges multiple territories of knowledge to create new work.

Their provocations operate on discourses that simultaneously have long historical traditions and are actively evolving in the present. By acknowledging and engaging with the cultural and institutional basis of inherited knowledge systems, these speakers challenge reductive modes of analysis and reveal openings for expanding the social reach and relevance of contemporary design.

AIA and AICP continuing education credits are available.

The public lecture series of the School of Architecture and Planning is supported by the following individuals and companies:
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