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Lansvale Public School: Planet Home

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What does home mean to you? In lieu of singing, students from Lansvale Public School came together and signed in Auslan the words to their original song, Planet Home.

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Art Assembly 2019 | Jason Phu ‘Procession in the warming light, Procession in the rising darkness

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Drawing on artist Jason Phu’s connection to Chinese culture Procession in the warming light, Procession in the rising darkness examines our human responsibility to the environment through a participatory parade and installation inspired by the current global phenomenon of children’s climate strikes, as well as the parades that mark Lunar New Year.

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Under the Sails: Christopher and Rajini’s wedding

From an observatory meet cute to a gorgeous multicultural ceremony, we look back on the love story and harbourside wedding of Christopher and Rajini, celebrated in our Yallamundi Rooms.

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A woman in a wedding dress and a man in a suit kissing outside of the Sydney Opera House.

Nature Inspiring Design

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What is fractal geometry and how did it help build the Opera House? Learn about how architect Jørn Utzon took inspiration from the natural environment to reflect its the harbourside location of the building with Eddie Woo and Richard Johnson, an architect who worked directly with Utzon.

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The Purity of Geometry

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Did you know that the Opera House was almost never built? Maths solved the problem! Find out how geometry and Utzon’s ‘Spherical Solution’ resolved the construction dilemma that the unique design of the arched sails caused with Eddie Woo and Peter Mould, former NSW Government Architect.

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Calculating an Impossible Number

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Investigate how algebra was used to calculate the exterior tiling of the Opera House sails. Eddie Woo is joined by Ken Kobayashi, a BIM Integration Specialist who has digitally reconstructed the Sydney Opera House using modern computers.

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Acoustics – Mathematics to Make Your Ears Ring

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Are your ears ringing? Deconstruct the science of acoustics and sound with superstar maths teacher Eddie Woo and Mitch Allen, Soundscape Designer from the engineering firm Arup, whose founder worked directly with Utzon on the structure of the Opera House.

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A Platform with a Room (Episode 5)

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In this exercise you are going to work with a platform and shells, like Jørn Utzon did with the Sydney Opera House.

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A Chair with Form (Episode 4)

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In this exercise you are going to let yourself be inspired, like Utzon, by the gentle and organic forms of nature in designing a chair.

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A Soft Cave (Episode 3)

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In this exercise you are going to build a model of a cave without right angles - maybe inspired by Jørn Utzon's proposal for the Jorn Museum in Silkeborg.

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