SOH BUILD Conversation Night Reimagining Spaces for Learning
With Claire Marshall, Dr. Fiona Young, Joyce Hinterding and David Haines
20 May 2024
In the Centre for Creativity
Talks and Ideas
Join the SOH BUILD team in a night of conversation with a futurist, an architect and artists to explore design and creating new spaces, both physical and virtual, to encourage deep engagement with learning.
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday 20 May 2024 | Doors Open: 6.15pm Event time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm |
Maximum five (5) tickets per person. Tickets registered in excess of the ticket limit may be cancelled without notice.
The only authorised agency for this event is Sydney Opera House. For more information about authorised agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
In English
Wheelchair accessible
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Run time
The duration of this event is 90 minutes.
Age
Recommended for ages 16+
The future of transforming space through collaborative design
In dialogue with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 – QUALITY EDUCATION, futurist Claire Marshall moderates a conversation with architect Fiona Young and artists David Haines and Joyce Hinterding about how the creative design of space can facilitate new ways of learning. In consideration of both physical and virtual space, how can new ideas be shared through our surroundings and how can immersive or embodied spaces change the way we learn about the world around us?
Tonight’s guests each transform space through collaborative design practices, and facilitate new ways of learning and engagement in radically creative ways. Architect Fiona Young of Hayball co-designs learning spaces with both students and teachers contributing new thought into the area of tactile and experimental learning inside and outside of the classroom. Artists Joyce Hinterding and David Haines create immersive environments where audience become participants and experience the often unseen energies and forces of the universe.
The conversation with panellists and audience will be moderated by Claire Marshall , award-winning creative, academic and experiential futurist.
Presented by Sydney Opera House
Meet the panelists
Dr Fiona Young
Architect
Dr Fiona Young is an architect and researcher in the field of learning environments. Her research focus is on learning environment affordances that support deep and playful pedagogical practices. As Principal at Hayball in Sydney, her focus is on Education and GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) sector projects. Core to her role is enhancing learning opportunities through design and interpreting and bridging understanding between educators and architectural teams.
Joyce Hinterding and David Haines
Artists
Artists collaborate on large-scale artworks that explore diverse subject matter, often with a focus on revealing the unseen and the unheard. These works often incorporate Joyce’s investigations into energetic forces and David’s concern with the intersection of hallucination and the environment. These works invite visitors to take control and conduct their own voyage through digital and sonic environments of virtual forests, islands and futuristic interiors.
Claire Marshall
Futurist (Moderator)
Claire Marshall is an award-winning futurist whose work melds story-telling, futures thinking and experiential learning. A researcher, keynote speaker and futurist, her work explores how stories shape both our imagined futures but also the actions we take. Her most recent work Museum of Futures, an exhibition exploring our different futures with climate change, has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. She also teaches UTS for TD School and is currently undertaking a PhD.
Other information
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six minute walk to the Opera House.
Covid-safe information
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We’re committed to making your experience safe, comfortable and enjoyable, with a number of measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. We remind our audiences and visitors to please stay home if you feel unwell. If you need to discuss your ticketing or booking options, contact our Box Office team on 02 9250 7777.
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We have a number of safety measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. While face masks are no longer required, we ask all our patrons and visitors to practise good hygiene.
The Sydney Opera House no longer requires patrons to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Frequently asked questions
The tour meeting point is at the Welcome Centre located on the Lower Concourse of the Opera House.
It’s a great idea to arrive early, grab a drink and soak up the view. Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour to allow sufficient time to cloak any large bags.
This should allow enough time for the mandatory visual inspections and/or cloaking of bags and personal belongings by Opera House staff before starting your tour.
Where possible, please leave bags at home. If you bring a bag, those larger than A4 size will need to be cloaked before you can go on the tour. We're unable to store suitcases or large bags as we have limited cloaking facilities.
If you are going to be late for your tour please call our Reservations team on 02 8188 3734 for assistance.
Where possible, please do not bring bags to the Sydney Opera House. Bags larger than A4 size will need to be cloaked before you can go on the tour. However we can’t store suitcases or large bags as our cloaking facilities are extremely limited.
Cameras are allowed on the tour and there are plenty of photo opportunities throughout the entire tour. Your tour guide will advise you whilst on tour if photographs are not to be taken inside any venues. Please note there is no video filming on the tour.
Mobile phones are permitted on the tour however please ensure they are switched off or on silent for the duration of the tour.
You will have the opportunity to visit some of the Opera House’s many venues and theatres on this tour.
Please note that as we are a busy performing arts centre, venues and theatres are subject to availability at the time of your tour.
You can make a booking for up to 11 people though our maximum capacity per tour is 35 people. For capacity reasons the booking must be made by calling 02 8188 3734. Our Reservations team will assist with your reservation.
We encourage you to purchase your tour in advance online or via the phone where you’ll receive an eTicket. Please bring this with you and present it upon check-in at the Welcome Centre located on the Lower Concourse of the Opera House.
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