Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

2024

Depicts built structures on the Moon’s surface with Earth visible on the horizon.

Program Sydney Design Week 2024

Space Architectures | Melodie Yashar

Name: Space Architectures | Melodie Yashar
Start: 2024-09-17T08:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-09-17T09:00:00.000Z
Location: Parramatta Town Hall

Talk

Ended 17 Sept 2024

Free

Parramatta Town Hall

International space architect, technologist and researcher Melodie Yashar shares her perspective on the ethics of space settlement and designing resilient homes for off-world living.

As space agencies plan human outposts on the Moon and Mars, space architect, technologist and researcher Melodie Yashar asks, ‘How can we promote a sustainable, equitable future in space?’ Yashar’s research explores the ethics of space settlement and how openly accessible construction methods such as 3D printing can be used to create resilient structures. Yashar’s talk will be followed by an in-conversation exploring access, sustainability and resilience with local architect Marni Reti.

This is an Auslan interpreted event.

Speaker

Melodie Yashar is the vice president, Building Design and Performance at ICON, a construction technologies company focused on large scale additive manufacturing for Earth and space. In 2023 NASA awarded ICON a prestigious contract to develop lunar surface construction systems based on 3D printing technologies. She teaches undergraduate and graduate design studios at ArtCenter College of Design, California.

Marni Reti is a proud Palawa and Ngāti Wai woman, born and raised on Gadigal, D’harawal and Dharug Country. Marni is a registered architect at Kaunitz Yeung Architecture and Lecturer and Master’s Design Studio Lead at UTS. She has dedicated her professional and academic career to engaging Indigenous knowledges into architectural practice and design.