leon van schaik
innovation professor of architecture at RMIT University
Community of learning - service
Editorial boards
Transition, Melbourne (1987 – 2000)
Architectural Design, London (1999-current)
Transition (1987 – 2000) AD, London (1999-current)
Exhibitions
Curator, Ruins of the Future, Adelaide Festival 1996.
Commissioner for Australia, Venice International Architecture Biennale
2000.
Commissioner for Australia, Rotterdam International Architecture
Biennale 2003 and 2005.
Curator of Melbourne Masters Architecture, TarraWarra Museum of
Art 2004-2005.
Australian curator and advisor to New Trends in Architecture in
Europe and Asia-Pacific 2004-5, Lyon, Hong Kong, Coirk, Pusan, Tokyo,
Melbourne.
Recent invited lectures
“The Practice of Practice”, Queensland University of Technology
Talks Series, 2 September, 2003.
International Conference – Beyond, Tongji University, Shanghai,
March, 2003
Festival of Culture and Architecture, July 20, 2002 Gallery Hotel,
Singapore.
University of Texas, September 27, 2002 “Developing a local architecture
culture”.
Cities on the Edge,“Introduction - Cities on the Edge”, City Edge
2 International Urban Design Conference series, October 9-11, 2002.
RMIT Gallery Public Program, “New Architecture in Berlin Since 1990”.
13 November, 2002.
Committees outside RMIT University
Member of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust (current)
Moderator, Asia Design Forum (current)
Venice Architecture Biennale Task Force
YBE2004 Steering Committee, Victoria
VESKI (Victorian Endowment for Scientific Knowledge and Innovation)
- Design Sub-Committee
Advisor to the Victorian Property Alliance 2002
Professional Association
Presenter of RAIA Awards, Victorian Chapter, 2000, 2002 and 2003
Briefing of jurors, RAIA Awards, Victorian Chapter, 2005
Facilitator, the culture of architecture RAIA Conference, Melbourne
2005.
Awards
Life Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in recognition
of the furthering of architecture 2003.