// URBAN ISLANDS 2009 // Intensive Design Studio on Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour

WELCOME TO URBAN ISLANDS 2009

Following the enormous success of last year's studio, we are pleased to announce Urban Islands 2009, introducing to Sydney three emerging international practices: Geoff Manaugh [USA]; Mette Ramsgard Thomsen [Denmark / UK], and Mark Smout [UK].

GEOFF MANAUGH [ USA ]

METTE RAMSGARD THOMSEN
[ Denmark ]

MARK SMOUT [ UK ]

Book:

Urban Islands vol 1: CUTTINGS
was launched on Thursday 17th May 2007 at The Steel Foundry on Cockatoo Island.

To purchase a copy of CUTTINGS at the SUP Store: http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781920898557

C O C K AT O O I S L A N D in Sydney Harbour is a zone of
transition and rebirth where the public can engage in the making of
an incredible urban place. The URBAN ISLANDS project brings
together international and local collaborators to develop strategies
of engagement with post-industrial sites around the world.
URBAN ISLANDS vol 1 : CUTTINGS presents the outcomes
from the 2006 Urban Islands studios on Cockatoo Island, bearing
testament to the energy and ideas generated in this place.

To purchase a copy of CUTTINGS at the SUP Store: http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781920898557

Published by:

Sydney University Press

Sponsored by:

The Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney

Photos of the Launch by Kota Arai:

Go to: Cockatoo Island

NEWS
• Enrolments are now full for 2009. Urban Islands will be happening again in 2011.

SYMPOSIUM
This year's symposium will address contemporary myth-making in the realm of the political economy.

LECTURES
Emerging international practices will present guest lectures of recent works open to the public.

CUTTINGS Vol. 1
The publication from Urban Islands 2006 was launched on Cockatoo Island

WHERE IS COCKATOO?
Sydney Harbour aerial photo:

PRESS
Reviews that the Urban Islands Project has received, including AA, AR and Shinkenchiku architecture magazines.

CATALOGUE
The Altogether Elsewhere catalogue of ideas.