The One:One project started in Sydney in 2011 and spread to Perth in 2012. It’s a collaborative workshop where teams of architects and students take on the challenge of turning a pile of junk into a fully functioning bar that operates for one day only, this year it was Friday 10 August.
Tim Hastwell of JDH Architects started the project in 2011, and it gathered so much interest that this year, it spread to Perth. On August 10, seventeen teams across the two cities went flat chat turning trash – well, recycled building materials – into some outstanding little bars which they opened to the public that night.
In Sydney the bars were built at the UTS Warehouse in Chippendale with over sixty students and architects collaborating in ten design/build teams, and over 400 people turning up to see the results.
The Perth event at City Farm saw forty-five architects and students building their bars and over 150 people turning up for a drink.
Hastwell started One:One in collaboration with SONA and DARCH (the NSW of arm of EmAGN) as a bridge between the professional and student bodies, bringing students and architects together in a fast and furious design and build project.
PERTH project
Participating firms: Donaldson + Warn, SPH, Meyer Shircore, JCY, T&Z, Woodhead, Q3 Architecture, Site Architecture, Banham Architects.
Universities: University of Western Australia
Event sponsors: Square Metre Recruitment, ReMida, Perth City Farm, Donaldson + Warn, Q3 Architecture, Edgar Idle Ward, Merge, Site Architects, Veridis Architects
Event supporters: MERGE, SONA, The RAIA
SYDNEY project
Participating firms: Cox, SJB, Hassell, AJA, Collins & Turner, PTW, Mirvac Design, PMDL Architects, Cunningham Gill Architects, Lend Lease, Daniel Beasly Architecture, JDH Architects, Tanner Architects, Rice Daubney
Participating universities: USyd, UTS, UNSW, Newcastle
Event sponsors: Hays Recruitment, JDH Architects, Hassell, BVN, Reverse Garbage, UTS, Godfrey Hirst, USyd, UNSW, Interface, LMD Building Services, Corian, Better Tiles, Locker Group, Australian Living, Stone & Wood, The Laminex Group, Plastix.
Event supporters: DARCH, SONA, The RAIA
See more about the event on Facebook.
See the time lapse video on YouTube.
