CLIENTS + COLLABORATORS:City of Port Phillip + LIAN Architects + City of Melbourne + Wilderness Building Co. + Instant Shade + Bodriggy Brewing Co + Awards + Victoria State Emergency Service
EXCX is a design collective based in Melbourne/Naarm Australia.
We design
by adding ‘extra’ context to a site beyond the physical and regulatory definitions
of its boundaries and a linear idea of history.
Our
strategies include unearthing lesser known narratives of place (cultural,
ecological and technological), playing with the levers and aesthetics of development
to do less with more, and drawing counterfactual timelines and fictional artefacts to
suggest new identities and possible realities.
Ultimately our
aim is to create complex, direct and delightful places that invite and
challenge people to make new collective and future-oriented stories in urban
space.
EXCX members are Paul van Herk, Shereen Amin, Matthew Tibballs and Lauren Garner.