This month we are going to tour an architectural tour de force – the Sydney Opera House!
On 28 June 2007 the Sydney Opera House was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List under the World Heritage Convention, placing it alongside the Taj Mahal, the ancient Pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of China as one of the most outstanding places on Earth.
This tour, led by architect Eoghan Lewis, will draw you into the amazing visionary world of the architect of the Sydney Opera House through the eyes of its creator, Danish architect Jørn Utzon.
Discussing the sources of the young architect’s deepest inspiration, his working methods and influences, we will discover the development of Utzon’s ideas and their materialisation in the Sydney Opera House.
The political events that led to his undoing in 1966 will be discussed and we will be able to see Utzon’s own drawings and models to unpack his intended but ultimately unrealised designs for the interiors.
DATE: Thursday 26 May 2022
TIME: 10.00am-12.30pm
Limit of 30 people MAX
MEET: 9:45am for 10:00am start at the Sydney Botanic Gardens Gate, near the eastern edge of the Sydney Opera House platform.
COST: $35.00
RSVP TO: [email protected] with your name and mobile phone number and wait for confirmation of a place before paying
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
Payment Option 1 (Preferred):
By Credit Card through the Payments section of the website
Payment Option 2: Online (direct deposit) into the SWIC bank account
Account Name: SWIC Inc.
BSB No: 112-879
Account No: 431-019-281
Description: Monthly Activity + your initial and surname
What Else?
Please arrive at the meeting point 10-15 minutes prior to tour departure. Depending on numbers they will hand out a wireless audio system.
Whatever happens with regard to the weather, we will walk! Bring a sun hat, umbrella, camera, sketch book and so on.
The Guide
The tour will be led by architect Eoghan Lewis, founder of Eoghan Lewis Architects (www.eoghanlewis.com.au) and the Sydney Architecture Walks (SAW). Eoghan has been studying and sharing the work of Utzon with professional groups and the public for the last 21 years through SAW.
About SAW
‘We are architects and we conduct tours of Sydney on foot and on bicycle. Each tour is a straightforward and jargon-free story-telling journey that explores ideas through architecture, offering an interface between in-depth architectural knowledge and the wider design-conscious community. We want you to understand the how and why of the city whilst we explore and unpack Sydney’s most provocative and daring projects; works of contemporary architecture, public art and landscape that inspire and delight but also projects that reveal something of Sydney’s grimy pulse. All our tours are led by architects.’