Architecture & Pavilions

Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), in partnership with architectural firm BVN, presents Vo Trong Nghia Architects: Green Ladder, 2016. Presented in SCAF’s Courtyard Garden, Green Ladder is the fourth and final iteration of SCAF's Fugitive Structures series - an annual celebration of experimental architecture. In this film, go behind the scenes of the Green Ladder build, and hear Vo Trong Nghia discuss this project and his architectural philosophy. Vo Trong Nghia Architects: Green Ladder, SCAF Project 31, 1 March - 15 May: State Library of Queensland, 24 June - 10 December: SCAF.

As part of the Asia Pacific Architecture Forum, Vo Trong Nghia (Director and Founder, Vo Trong Nghia Architects), Brian Donovan (Principal, BVN Architecture), Sandra Kaji-O'Grady (Head of School and Dean of Architecture, University of Queensland), and Gene Sherman (SCAF's Executive Director) explore and discuss Vo's practice. Recorded at State Library of Queensland, 3 March 2016, in association with SCAF Project 31, Vo Trong Nghia Architects: Green Ladder.

Shelter Hacks: Art & Architecture conversation curated by Penny Craswell featuring special guest panellists: Timothy Horton, Registrar, NSW Architects Registration Board, and Hugo Moline & Heidi Axelsen, architect-artist duo and creators of Owner Occupy (SCAF Project 28). Moderated by noted TV and radio presenter Fenella Kernebone. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 16 September 2015, in association with SCAF Project 27, Sack and Reicher + Muller with Eyal Zur: Sway, and SCAF Project 28, Hugo Moline and Heidi Axelson: Owner Occupy.

David Burns and Sam Spurr, co-directors of N, moderate a conversation with special guest Urtzi Grau, Principal of Fake Industries Architectural Agonism, that considers the intersection of art, architecture and public art. N is a curatorial collective founded in 2010 by David Burns, Sam Spurr, and Adrian Lahoud. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 16 September 2014, in association with SCAF Project 20, AR-MA: Trifolium.

Robert Beson and Gabriele Ulacco, Directors, AR-MA, discuss their 2014 SCAF commission, Trifolium, with architect, artist and academic David Burns. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 3 July 2014, in association with SCAF Project 20, AR-MA: Trifolium.

James Grose, National Director, BVN Donovan Hill and Gene Sherman, Executive Director, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in conversation with Tel Aviv-based architects Liat Muller and Uri Reicher of Sack and Reicher + Muller. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 22 March 2014, in association with SCAF Project 27, Sack and Reicher + Muller with Eyal Zur: Sway.

As part of Sydney Architecture Festival, 2012, Andrew Burns, architect, and Brook Andrew, artist, discuss their collaborative project - Australia House, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Introduced by James Grose, National Director and Principal, BVN Architecture. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 25 October 2012.

Caroline Baum in conversation with Paul Pholeros, architect and co-director of Healthabitat - an organisation that has worked for over 25 years to improve housing, the living environment and health of indigenous people in many suburban, rural and remote areas of Australia. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 5 July 2012, in association with SCAF Project 14, Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan, In Habit: Project Another Country.