How much do you really know about the structure of the city you’re living in?
Back in person for the first time since 2019, Open House is a weekend of tours, talks and building walks that will allow you to experience how a well-designed city can impact your life. Taking place over the weekend of July 28 – 31, this year’s program is called Built/Unbuilt and will see Melbournians exploring through the behind-the-scenes areas of some of the most iconic buildings in our city. With a partnership this year with Monash University Take Hold of the Clouds, the program this year will feature cross-disciplinary works of art and creative response at seven locations across Melbourne.
What you need to know
- Making a much-anticipated return to physical programming, Open House invites audiences to accessibly experience Melbourne’s architecture
- This year’s program, Built / Unbuilt will invite audiences into spaces not usually open to the public, including The Sun Theatre, Brunswick Baths, Fed Square and more
- It takes place from July 28 – 31
Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne here.
In partnership with RMIT University’s School of Architecture and Urban Design, their opening night taking place inside The Capitol’s spectacular theatre. It’s a series of short presentations and conversations by renowned architects, designers and creative practitioners.
This year, as part of the Take Hold of the Clouds programming, there will be works of art and creative responses to urban environments scattered across the city. This includes The Eye – a one-night only performance that takes place at Brunswick Baths by artist Alicia Frankovich. A work that tackles rising waters, the body and elements, this haunting and inspiring work invites audiences to think climate change and rising sea levels.
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The concept of Open House was founded by Victoria Thornton in London in 1992. With aims to foster public engagement and allow the public to engage with their city’s architecture, its since expanded to more than 40 cities across the globe. Reaching 750,000 people worldwide, it’s the largest audience of any public-facing architecture program
Keep up to date with their program by heading here.
