About Rena
Rena is a practicing architect who teaches design and drawing at the Architecture Faculty of Sydney University and conducts popular drawing workshops. Her teaching method called Embodying Vision integrates sketching mindfulness and movement.
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Meeting members of Body Conscious Design at the Healthy Houses Conference in Bratislava, May 2011
Prof. Jader Tolja, (Domus Academy, Italy), Dr. Rena Czaplinska-Archer (Australia) Prof. Veronika Kotradyova (FA STU Slovakia), Nattawa Kamklai, (Thailand) – all members of Body Conscious Design. And meeting Prof. Galen Cranz (Berkeley USA), the founder of Body Conscious Design during her visit to Sydney in August 2011.
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Designing houses as if body/human life mattered.
Key Note Speaker at the Conference Healthy Houses Bratislava May 2011 Abstract: “Going home/Body thinking I have been and still am a seeker, But I have given up asking questions to the stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teachings My blood whispers to me” ~ Herman Hesse Green and sustainable design [...]
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Meeting Juhani Pallasmaa at the National Architecture Conference in Melbourne 14-16 April 2011
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Time for Drawing – Riversdale
Drawing in the beautiful setting of the Arthur Boyd Center will allow for full immersion in the environment and an intimate contact with Glen Murcutt’s architecture. The building itself and the surrounding landscape will become our “life model”. We will include movement sessions that follow Anna Halprin’s deep understanding of awakening creativity through movement, while [...]
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Drawing Workshop October 22nd, 2011