NZIA Talks: Drawing the future, chaired by Micheal McCabe

In collaboration with Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Branch, join us for the second of two talks exploring how drawing practices influence how architecture is designed and understood.

Inspired by our current exhibition, Rendered Futures: Drawing architecture, which examines a period of significant technological disruption to the tools of image-making, this panel discussion considers how drawing is evolving as the process becomes increasingly codified through computer-aided design – standardising representations of architecture and shaping the way it is taught and communicated.

In this session, chaired by Micheal McCabe, we ask: what might these changes mean for drawing’s influence on the discipline of architecture, and for its creative and critical potential in the futures to come?

Panellists include Pete Bossley, Oliver Ray-Chaudhuri, Dominic Glamuzina and arc/sec's Uwe Rieger and Yinan Liu.

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Micheal McCabe is an interdisciplinary designer based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He has worked with art galleries (Objectspace, Window Gallery, The Dowse), theatre companies (Auckland Theatre Company, Silo Theatre, Actors Program, Massive Theatre Company, PAT) and public art organisations (Auckland Artweek, Satellites). He lectures at AUT's School of Future Environments.

The arc/sec Lab for Cyber-Physical Architecture and AI Systems is based at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. Led by Associate Professor Uwe Rieger, Chief Technologist Yinan Liu, and Innovation Strategist Dr Charlotta Windahl, the Lab aims to develop the next generation of responsive architecture. Their interdisciplinary research team works across dance, music, robotics, bioengineering, medical science, business, and computer science. Their work merges the dynamic qualities of digital worlds with the sensory qualities of physical spaces and constructions; employing large-scale prototypes and immersive installations to develop and to demonstrate new cyber-physical design principles.

Pete Bossley – Director of Bossley Architects – has worked extensively in the fields of architecture and interior design, with particular experience in museums and galleries, as well as residential and retail sites. Bossley’s museum projects have centred on Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa New Zealand Maritime Museum, Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, and the Auckland War Memorial Museum Masterplan. Bossley has taught architectural design for over twenty-five years, serving as an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka Unitec Institute of Technology. He received a Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal Award in 2012 for his outstanding contribution to the field of architecture.

Dominic Glamuzina established his own practice in 2000, working as a sole practitioner before forming a partnership with Aaron Paterson and later with Chris Smaill. Glamuzina's design methodology is grounded in a rigorous yet playful drawing practice, using exhaustive 2D iterative testing to generate both functional and expressive forms. Across a range of typologies, his work is characterised by unexpected material combinations, a sense of compression and release, and the careful insertion of delightful moments into projects of every budget. He has received local and national awards for residential and commercial projects and has taught and critiqued design papers at the UoA throughout his career.

Oliver Ray-Chaudhuri is a designer, researcher and educator from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He graduated from Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland in 2024 with a Master of Architecture (Prof) and Heritage Conservation. He is a co-founder of Side Walk; a spatial practice research collective that considers the impacts of economic, climate, and social uncertainties on architectural design. He teaches at UoA's Te Pare School of Architecture and Planning, and is co-editor of Bypass Journal.

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This event is presented in partnership between Objectspace and Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Branch. NZIA are committed to promoting and celebrating outstanding architecture that enhances our cities, towns and natural environments.