GUILLERMO ARANDA-MENA

...and a red typos. Finding my usual spaces in the midst of global pandemics.... for real or for virtual.   Is nature regaining terrain over Covid 19? Is this a virtual escapist attempt to the places I used to travel to on a regular basis?   Places in Melbourne such as City Business District, Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Castlemain, Phillip Island, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mantova, Milan, Mexico  (early days of our longest lock down ever: - Lockdown 1: Tuesday 31st March 2020 to Tuesday 12th May 2020. A total of 43 calendar days. - Lockdown 2: Thursday 9th July 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020. A total of 111 calendar days. - Lockdown 3: Saturday 13th February 2021 to Wednesday 17th February 2021. A total of 5 calendar days. - Lockdown 4: Friday 28th May 2021 to Thursday 10th June 2021. A total of 14 calendar days. - Lockdown 5: Friday 16th July 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021. A total of 12 calendar days.).  ...

BELL SHAPE: The Built-Environment Learning Laboratory is the first of RMIT's SHAPE electives initiative in which students and academics directly engage with planning and architectural interventions in Melbourne's Central Business District. Studio partners include the City of Melbourne, Melbourne Metro Rail Authority and private sector sponsors. The studio is truly collaborative across built-environment disciplines including planning, architecture, landscape architecture, construction management and civil engineering. The studio engages with social and economic infrastructure projects, such as planning and designing a new station for Melbourne Metro CBD North. The studio integrates tools, technologies and Cloud-based BIM services. Teaching Team Planning: Ian Woodcock Architecture: Guillermo Aranda-Mena Landscape: Karolina Bartkowicz Civil Engineering: Ron Wakefield Supper-imposing Koolhas in Melbourne CBD Guillermo Aranda-Men...