“We sail up and up above you, we are the Skywhales!” On Saturday 19 March, in the early morning hours, thousands gathered at Corben Oval to witness Patricia Piccinini’s Skywhales take their inaugural flight across Melbourne’s skies. The moving morning saw Skywhale and Skywhalepapa come to life under a full moon before they floated off…
Read MoreTo celebrate International Women’s Day 2022—and Women’s History Month all throughout March—we’ve delved into the MPavilion archives to round up some of the most thought-provoking, inspiring and important conversations with women that we’ve been fortunate to host over the past eight years. Listen to conversations covering everything from women in architecture and design to empowering…
Read MoreWhat says summer more than MPavilion and gelato from Pidapipo? We’ve teamed up with the good folk at Pidapipo to bring you the ultimate summer collaboration—a unique flavour designed for MPavilion 2021! Inspired by the colours of MAP studio (Venice) ’s MPavilion, Pidapipo has created a crushed passionfruit granita with fresh yoghurt gelato, which will…
Read MoreSecretary is a Stockholm-based office for architecture. Founded in 2017 by theorist Helen Runting and architects Karin Matz and Rutger, the practice is built on a shared interest in the capacity of architecture to facilitate a dignified life at the scale of the population. We had the pleasure of chatting with Helen while she is…
Read MoreMPAVILION SHOP Searching for the perfect gift for the design-lover in your life? Treat them (or yourself) to something special from the MPavilion Kiosk this holiday season. MPavilion: Encounters with Design & Architecture Book —$80 Exploring how each architect addressed the design of MPavilion, the book reflects a growing and much needed broader conversation about…
Read MoreWant to be involved in a workshop led by international collective Space Saloon? MPavilion has teamed up with Space Saloon—a design laboratory on the move—to host ‘Public Protocols‘—a month-long exploration of public space through digital and physical performative research that finds inspiration in daily rituals and movement. And we’re inviting all doers and thinkers passionate…
Read MoreThe moment we’ve all been waiting for…drum roll, please…MPavilion 2021—’The Lightcatcher‘—by MAP studio (Venice) is officially open in the Queen Victoria Gardens! An urban lighthouse. A beacon of joy. An architectural playground. MAP studio’s ‘The Lightcatcher‘ truly needs to be experienced in person to enjoy the grandeur from every angle. Can’t wait to get down…
Read MoreAfter being the world’s most locked-down city, we’re putting on the biggest MPavilion season yet! Are you (and your calendar) ready? We’re so excited to launch the program for our forthcoming season, taking place in the Queen Victoria Gardens from 2 December 2021 to 24 April 2022, with online events from 23 November 2021. MPavilion…
Read MoreMPavilion 2021 Chair The MPavilion chair is one of the key commissions of the MPavilion season, and we were thrilled to receive such a strong response to our open callout to design the 2021 chair—with more than 40 submissions—from both local and international designers. Winner With great pleasure, we announce that the winner of the…
Read MoreFor the third year in a row, MPavilion is looking for 15 to 25-year-olds interested in programming, curating, art, design and architecture to be in our next cohort of M_Curators: a passionate group of young people shaping our 2021 season. Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, this invaluable mentoring opportunity will provide young people with hands-on experience…
Read MoreExpressions of interest are now open to be a part of our eighth season, taking place between 11 November 2021 and 27 March 2022. From lockdown epiphanies to longstanding ideas, if you have a talk, workshop, performance, installation or intervention in mind, we want to hear from you! Proposals will need to draw inspiration from…
Read MoreWe’ve waited a long time to reveal MAP studio’s MPavilion—almost two years! And now the wait is over. We are delighted to bring you ‘The Lightcatcher’. The shimmering, kaleidoscopic design will provide an urban lighthouse for MPavilion’s 2021 program of free cultural events at our home located on the land of the people of the…
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