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Alix Smith

Alix Smith

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Alix is an associate at HASSELL, based in Melbourne. She is a registered architect and graduated from the University of Melbourne. With exceptional leadership within the profession, Alix is involved in promoting gender equity, mentoring and Indigenous engagement through the establishment of HASSELL’s Women in Design Group, Global Intern Program and Indigenous Engagement Initiative and through collaboration with Parlour.

Alix is the design lead for a number of large and complex projects at HASSELL including Melbourne Metro, Level Crossing removal projects and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Through these projects she has demonstrated exceptional design skills and talent, advocacy for high-quality design and highly collaborative and generous leadership skills. Alix’s involvement in education and mentoring extends beyond HASSELL to running the Masters of Architecture design studio and she has involvement in the Institute of Architects including as a member of the 2018 Victorian Chapter Sustainability Jury.

In 2018 Alix undertook a secondment in HASSELL’s Shanghai studio giving her a global perspective to complement a local sensibility, a perspective which has been further strengthened from the 2019 Dulux Study tour from which she has just returned from. The prestigious program took a group of five emerging architects to Copenhagen, London and Lisbon.

10:30 am - 11:30 am
Hosted by: Design Precinct
Design Precinct, 550 Swan St, Richmond
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