Heliotope
Heliotope practice is invigorated by close relationships with leading academic institutions in south eastern Australia. Jane leads design studios that look to describe a new vernacular for this place; that both positions us within the realities of the Anthropocene whilst looking to re-imagine our relationship with forces beyond our control. Some examples are outlined below:
Pre-Slime Sublime
The sublime has haunted our imagination ever since the Kant and others wrested the idea of it from the domain of religion, through the secularisation of the Enlightenment.
Today we find ourselves confronted with a multitude of contexts within which to contemplate the sublime, several of which challenge our existence as we know it.
What do these multiple disruptions, leaking mysteries offer us in establishing a more coherent and helpful relationship with the various contexts within which we live? How can we understand a place that finds itself in radical flux?
The starting point for the studio will be an examination of the idea of the 'digital twin' and mapped data resources for south eastern Australia; a critical appraisal the data that is available and what is potentially left 'off the map' - the intangible, the contested, the complex.
We will utilise open source and publicly available geo-spatial platforms and a range of phenomenological and temporal field explorations have informed the examination and crafting of our own stories of place to inform studio projects; as well as the survey and collation of a collective catalogue of material resource streams readily and regeneratively available in south eastern Australia.
In parallel, we undertake a range of field explorations to provide qualitative, sensorial and temporal perspectives; whilst listening and consultative practices will help us to build up a complex layering to inform our understanding of place.
Each studio centres on an urban site of remnant ecology, provoking students to consider expanded time frames and scales; and an appropriate approach to the architectural project.
Students synthesise their findings into buildings responsive to future environments; providing civic, participatory infrastructure that enables communities to make sense of the complexity of their local region; to assist in forecasting change over time; and to collectively respond.
Tectonic investigations build on our materiality studies to include temporary structures for material reuse / re-skinning / modular systems / biotechniques / the edifice / and extra-terrestrial technologies.
The sublime has haunted our imagination ever since the Kant and others wrested the idea of it from the domain of religion, through the secularisation of the Enlightenment.
Today we find ourselves confronted with a multitude of contexts within which to contemplate the sublime, several of which challenge our existence as we know it.
What do these multiple disruptions, leaking mysteries offer us in establishing a more coherent and helpful relationship with the various contexts within which we live? How can we understand a place that finds itself in radical flux?
The starting point for the studio will be an examination of the idea of the 'digital twin' and mapped data resources for south eastern Australia; a critical appraisal the data that is available and what is potentially left 'off the map' - the intangible, the contested, the complex.
We will utilise open source and publicly available geo-spatial platforms and a range of phenomenological and temporal field explorations have informed the examination and crafting of our own stories of place to inform studio projects; as well as the survey and collation of a collective catalogue of material resource streams readily and regeneratively available in south eastern Australia.
In parallel, we undertake a range of field explorations to provide qualitative, sensorial and temporal perspectives; whilst listening and consultative practices will help us to build up a complex layering to inform our understanding of place.
Each studio centres on an urban site of remnant ecology, provoking students to consider expanded time frames and scales; and an appropriate approach to the architectural project.
Students synthesise their findings into buildings responsive to future environments; providing civic, participatory infrastructure that enables communities to make sense of the complexity of their local region; to assist in forecasting change over time; and to collectively respond.
Tectonic investigations build on our materiality studies to include temporary structures for material reuse / re-skinning / modular systems / biotechniques / the edifice / and extra-terrestrial technologies.
[FIG 1] Mycelium Spore Media
[FIG 2] Pre-Slime Sublime Studio Provocation, 2022
[FIG 3] Cenotaph for Newton, Etienne-Louise Boullee, 1784
[FIG 4] Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 1942
[FIG 5] Fieldtrip, Natural Grasslands Circle, Quornong_Royal Park, Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
[FIG 6] Fieldtrip, Natural Grasslands Circle, Quornong_Royal Park, Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
[FIG 7] Fieldtrip, Natural Grasslands Circle, Quornong_Royal Park, Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
[FIG 8] Material Studies, Zenna Duong, RMIT 2022
Monash University
_2023 Masters of Architecture
Terrenium Fascians studio
_2022 2nd/3rd Year Architecture
Pre-Slime Sublime studio
_2022 Professional Practice tutor, final semester Masters students
_2016 Jilin Animation Institute, Changchun, China – leading a 2 week architecture 3rd year studio
Space Agents
_2016 1st Year Interior Architecture design/make tutor with Dr. Matthew Bird
_2016 2nd Year Interior Architecture design tutor with Dr. Sven Mahzoud
_2015 Interior Architecture folio building workshop
_2015 2nd Year Interior Architecture tutor with Dr. Sven Mahzoud
_2014 1st Year Interior Architecture design tutor with Dr. Matthew Bird
_2014 Interior Architecture folio building workshop
_2013 2nd/3rd Year Interior Architecture tutor leading
Digital Interiors studio
_2013 1st Year Interior Architecture Foundation Course with Dr. Matthew Bird
_2012 1st Year Interior Architecture Communication Methods, Course Coordinator
_2012 4th Year Interior Architecture tutor (penultimate semester)
_2011 3rd Year Interior Architecture tutor with Dr. Sven Mahzoud
RMIT University
_2022 2nd/3rd Year Interior Design
Material / Immaterial design/make studio
_2013 2nd/3rd Year Interior Design
Space Agents design/make studio
_2013 2nd/3rd Year Interior Design - specialisation tutor leading
Public Offering studio
University of Melbourne
_2012 Masters of Architecture
On Growth & Form studio with Jono Brener
_2007 3rd year Architecture tutor for Dr. Derham GrovesInvited guest to final crits from 2004 to present day at the above academic institutions