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MADE by the Opera House

Established at the Sydney Opera House's 40th Anniversary in 2013, MADE by the Opera House is an Australian-Danish exchange program that, in the lead up to the 50th Anniversary in 2023, will create an alumnus group of 100 students to continue the international and interdisciplinary links first forged by Jørn Utzon's masterpiece. Each year, five students from a NSW university and five students from a Danish tertiary institution will participate in the program in Denmark and Australia respectively.

Also known as the Multidisciplinary Australian Danish Exchange, MADE is an extra-curricular program offered to Australian and Danish students of architecture, engineering and design (in the built environment) in their 2nd year of study or above. The aims of MADE are to:

Promote international and multidisciplinary interaction between students of architecture, engineering and design (in the built environment);
Foster cultural relationships between Denmark and Australia; and
Support the knowledge and understanding of Danish architect Jørn Utzon and the Utzon Design Principles

The Program

Five students will be selected for each program. The students will form a multidisciplinary team to collaborate on a six-week project, developed by the MADE by the Opera House program partners and aligned with the Utzon Design Principles.

The five MADE students will:

Be placed at a host firm for six weeks to work as a multidisciplinary team on an assigned project;
Collaborate with various prestigious built environment professionals, who will provide technical advice and mentorship;
Participate in study tours, masterclasses and workshops relevant to the program;
Submit a group project report and individual reflection statements at the end of the program; and
Have the opportunity to reside at Jørn Utzon’s Can Lis residence in Mallorca, Spain, in the week prior to program commencement.

All instruction will be conducted in English. A MADE by the Opera House representative will provide ground support to the students, including opportunities to meet MADE Alumni.

Awkar Ruel

The day after arriving in Australia, Assyrian refugee Awkar Ruel saw the Opera House. Now he's studying architecture in Copenhagen.

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Scholarship

Program Dates

Partners, Sponsors and Contributors

Founding partners:
Arup
Steensen Varming
NSW Architects Registration Board
The Bikuben Foundation
The Dreyer Foundation
The Obel Family Foundation

Sponsor:
AMP Capital

Contributors:
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation
Henning Larsen Architects - Host Firm for Danish Program 2014
Hassell - Host Firm for Australian Program 2014
COBE - Host Firm for Danish Program 2015
Arup - Host Firm for Australian Program 2015
3XN - Host Firm for Danish Program 2016
Grimshaw - Host Firm for Australian Program 2016
Spektrum Arkitekter and Steensen Varming – Host Firms for Danish Program 2017
BVN – Host Firm for Australian Program 2017
C.F. Møller and Utzon Center – Host Firm for Danish Program 2018
Airbnb - For generously funding accommodation for the Australian and Danish MADE students in 2016 – 2018.

Many thanks also to:
Contributors in Australia

His Excellency Børge Petersen, Ambassador of Denmark to Australia
Prof. Adrian Carter MAA, Abedian School of Architecture, Bond University
Broger's End, Kangaroo Valley
CPP Wind Engineering & Air Quality Experts
Danish Trade Council in Australia
Frost Urbanite
Meld Studios
Michelle Tabet
PTW Architects
Richard Johnson, JPW Architects
University of New South Wales, Faculty of the Built Environment

Contributors in Denmark

Damien Patrick Miller, Ambassador of Australia to Denmark
DR Byen (Danish Broadcasting)
Erik Nørgaard, Fredensborg Houses
Lindsay Johnston, Richard Leplastrier, Peter Stutchbury and Glenn Murcutt, Architecture Foundation Australia & Glenn Murcutt Masterclass
Jan Utzon, Utzon Associates Architects
Jørgen Ellegård Frederiksen, Bagsværd Church
Jørgen Jørgensen, Kingo Houses
Lars Nørgaard, Musikkens Hus, Aalborg
Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg
Spektrum Arkitekter
Utzon Center, Aalborg
Utzon Foundation
Aalborg University

MADE Students

Meet the 2018 Danish MADE students:

Cuong Van Tran

Master of Urbanism & Societal Change
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
“I have a great interest to stimulate the general notion about the role of architects and our profession – essentially because we have a key role in giving form to the life, we want to live. I am interested in encouraging dialogue across cultural, political and economic disciplines by putting concrete architectural visions, ideas or proposals forward and contribute to current thinking in practice”.

Henriette Friis Hansen

Industrial Design
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
“As a designer I feel a responsibility and a motivation to create positive change through my designs. I am constantly trying to challenge preconceived ideas, in order to come up with innovative, sustainable solutions. I believe the best designs are made through a deep understanding of people’s needs, challenges and dreams.”

Sebastian Enevoldsen

Architectural Engineering
Technical University of Denmark
“I want to make a difference. Through its carbon footprint, the building sector plays a crucial role in global warming, and yet architects and engineers have not managed to unite against this mutual issue. I want to show the industry that, through cross-disciplinary collaboration, energy optimisation within buildings can benefit the environment as well as architecture and user comfort.”

Rasmus Hansen

Architectural Engineering
Technical University of Denmark
“I am curious about integrating several disciplines to create buildings cultivating the people using them and the local community. I have a strong understanding of how circularity and sustainability can improve social and environmental performance and interested in how it can foster partnerships for new solutions”.

Rune Wriedt

Master of the Arts of Architecture
Aarhus School of Architecture
"I believe that architecture and design can (and should) always relate to the human body and mind - simply put, the space and environment we design should always strive to make us feel better, pique our curiosity and expand our horizon".

MADE Alumni

Upon completion of the project, students will become part of the MADE by the Opera House Alumni group. By the Opera House’s 50th Anniversary in 2023, this one hundred-strong group will form a living legacy of MADE Alumni who will have a deep understanding of international design practice across disciplines and hemispheres.

The MADE Alumni is a community and a professional network that collaborates, supports and mentors each other to become the next generation’s best leaders. Beyond the professional context, the alumni group is naturally evolving on a social level – friendships for life are being formed across Australia and Denmark.

The MADE Alumni are actively engaged beyond their own six-week MADE program, ‘giving back’ and supporting MADE in many unique ways, such as:

· Promoting the MADE program through lunchtime talks at their universities, their professional networks and through social media;

· Assisting in the recruitment process of new MADE students;

· Actively participating in future MADE programs to welcome the new MADE students, participate in masterclasses, show the visiting students around their city, and plan social trips, and

· Collaborating with the MADE program partners in extra-curricular events and projects that promote multidisciplinary collaboration.

The opportunities and possibilities that the MADE Alumni can create together are endless!

MADE Alumni	University
Charlotte Ea Brandt	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Emma Helene Rishøj Holm	Aarhus School of Architecture
Mads Kjær	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Antonia Szabo	Aarhus University
Tobias Skov Pedersen	Technical University of Denmark
Eleanor Gibson	University of Sydney
Jacob Levy	University of Sydney
James Hansen	University of NSW
Awkar Ruel	University of Technology, Sydney
Nicola Shear	University of Sydney
Sofie Angelie Bendtsen	Aarhus School of Architecture
Nanna Rose Broch	Technical University of Denmark
Daniel Miroslaw Krajewski	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Michelle Kühl	Technical University of Denmark
Jack Perry	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Callum Coombe	University of Sydney
Lachlan Finn	University of Sydney / UNSW
Deirdre Mair	University of Sydney
Adriana Prasnicki	University of NSW
Andrew Weetman	University of NSW
Arnþrúður Gísladóttir	Aarhus University, School of Engineering
Signe Møller Rosendal	Design School Kolding
Birthe Wohlenberg	Technical University of Denmark
Mai Alexandra Bogø	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Mathias Ørum Nørgård	Aarhus School of Architecture
Alex Crowe	University of Sydney
Julianne Lipman	University of NSW
Alasdair Charles Mott	University of Sydney
Nina Tory-Henderson	University of Sydney
Nicholas Werrett	University of Newcastle
Caroline Richardt Beck	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Jakob Franijeur Holmqvist-Larsen	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Pernille Krieger	Aarhus University, School of Engineering
Jonas Snedevind Nielsen	Aalborg University, Architecture & Design
Karina Korsgaard Jensen	Design School Kolding
Laura Craft	University of Sydney
Jennifer McMaster	University of Sydney
Olivia Savio-Matev	University of Technology, Sydney
Matthew Wells	University of Sydney
Robert Martin	University of Sydney
Matthew Burnett	University of New South Wales
Rose Montgomery	University of Technology Sydney
Jaime Painter	University of Sydney
Jeffrey Tighe	University of Technology Sydney
Damian Zhu	University of Sydney

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