March Studio: Making Architecture, Material & Process traces the contemporary architecture practice’s research-driven and experimental approach over the past two decades.
The monograph offers readers an exclusive look at the design process and diverse portfolio of Melbourne architecture, interiors, and design practice March Studio, founded by Rodney Eggleston and Anne-Laure Cavigneaux. Their commitment to making and design-practice research, including an office that doubles as a fabrication workshop, is explored through prototypes, models, processes and reflective essay by Fleur Watson.
From establishment to present day, Watson dissects March Studio’s approach across six key themes: ‘propositional’, which details prototyping, testing and making projects; ‘serial’, which focuses on repetition and singularity; ‘commons’, which centres on community and making public rooms; ‘cinematic’ which unpacks compositional and graphic sensibility; ‘the big gesture’ — the role of roofs, trusses and facades as large design gestures; and ‘glitch’ — how the practice has embraced digital techniques that often lead to unexpected outcomes.
March Studio: Making Architecture, Material & Process is part of a series of monographs in collaboration with RMIT University School of Architecture and Urban Design, published by Thames & Hudson, Australia. The series highlights the contribution of RMIT’s community to Australian architecture and urban design.
Jackalope Pavilion by March Studio
The monograph opens with a conversation between presenter, writer, and comedian Tim Ross, Rodney Eggleston, and Anne-Laure Cavigneaux. In this conversation, Eggleston reflects, “Right from the beginning of the practice, we felt that the only way we could work, learn and communicate our design ideas to our clients and collaborators was by immersing ourselves in the processes and techniques of making and prototyping.”
In collaboration with RMIT University of Architecture and Urban Design, the monograph is part of a series, EDITIONS: Australian Architecture Monographs, published by Thames & Hudson, Australia. The series spotlights the contribution of RMIT’s community to Australian architecture and urban design.
“Taking delight in the opportunity to hero materials – often a singular material – and show what is possible is certainly something we strive for in our work,” Rodney Eggleston says in conversation with presenter, writer, and comedian Tim Ross. Pictured: Aesop Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, by March Studio.
March Studio founders Rodney Eggleston and Anne-Laure Cavigneaux.