Martin Ostermann and Lena Kleinheinz of Magma Architecture.
Image: Jan Kopetzky
The closing date for applications to the Australian Institute of Architects Foundation’s 2018 Droga Architect in Residence program has been extended, with the application deadline moved to 8 October.
Now in its fourth year, the Droga residency invites international architects to participate in a three-month-long program encouraging the exploration of new approaches, the exchange of ideas and international collaboration. The program is named after cultural philanthropist and supporter of the Institute Daniel Droga, who gifted his Durbach Block Jaggers-designed apartment in Sydney’s Surry Hills for use during the residency.
The current Droga residents are architect Martin Ostermann and designer Lena Kleinheinz of Berlin-based practice Magma Architecture. While Ostermann is recipient of the Droga residency, which is exclusively available to architects, Kleinheinz will be equally involved in the various elements of the residency, including a number of talks and the assemblage of a public exhibition to be held in Sydney from 18 October.
The interior of the Droga apartment by Durbach Block Jaggers.
Image: Michael Wee
Ostermann and Kleinheinz follow Mexican-Canadian academic and architect Alberto Pérez-Gómez, who was the Droga Architect in Residence from April to June.
Other previous residents of the Droga residency included American designer and urbanist Liz Ogbu, Finnish architect and Pritzker Architecture Prize judge Juhani Pallasmaa and emerging British architect Nick Wood.
The foundation has also expanded the jury that will select the next Droga resident to include Anthony Burke (professor of architecture, UTS), Julie Willis (dean of architecture, urban and cultural heritage, University of Melbourne), Kerstin Thompson (Kerstin Thompson Architects) and Rachel Hirst (senior lecturer, School of Art, Architecture and Design, University of South Australia).
Successful candidates are announced on 30 October. For more information, go here.
