The architectural past hosts the future at Customs House

The architectural past hosts the future at Customs House


Sydney's historic Customs House is showing the shape of things to come in architecture with an exhibition of experimental work by postgraduate students of the University of Technology, Sydney. The free exhibition, until Tuesday 3 October, presents the work of Master's students working in the mDa>Lab at UTS, an experimental architectural design laboratory using the latest computerised design technology. UTS is at the leading edge in digital design in Australia, having launched Australia's first Master of Digital Architecture last year. Course Director Steve Hatzellis said students in the program are professional designers from Australia and around the world - including China, India, Japan, Korea and Norway - who have come to Sydney to research advanced digital design. "The mDa>Lab New Architecture exhibition will feature new architectural proposals, digitally crafted models and experimental architectural animations - art and architecture that represents the new wave of design thinking that is emerging from Sydney," Mr Hatzellis said. The exhibition, which will be officially opened on Thursday (14 September), is open to the public free of charge on the ground floor of Customs House at Circular Quay. Tuesday 12 September 2006