About MPavilion
FOUNDED IN 2014, MPAVILION IS A UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE COMMISSION AND DESIGN EVENT FOR MELBOURNE.
Initiated by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation with support from City of Melbourne and the Victorian State Government, every year for four years an outstanding architect will be commissioned to design a temporary pavilion for the Queen Victoria Gardens, in the centre of Melbourne’s Southbank Arts Precinct.
An event hub, a meeting place and an invitation to experiment, each MPavilion brings creative collaborators together to present a free, four-month program of talks, workshops, performances and installations from October to February.
MPavilion 2016 is designed by Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai, an award-winning architect and practice of distinction based in India. The 2015 MPavilion was designed by AL_A the studio of Stirling Prize–winning architect Amanda Levete, and now has a permanent new home in Melbourne’s Docklands. The 2014 MPavilion was designed by Australian firm Sean Godsell Architects, and now has a new, permanent home at Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum.
MPavilion’s 2016 program has been put together by creative director Robert Buckingham, deputy creative director Jessie French and associate producer Jennifer Zielinska.
– Main photo by Earl Carter.
Free Admission
MPavilion is open from 5 October 2016 – 18 February 2017.
Location
MPavilion is located in the Queen Victoria Gardens, opposite Arts Centre Melbourne on St Kilda Road, Melbourne.
- World Architecture News 12 October 2016 MPavilion, featuring 7km of bamboo, opens
- Inhabitat 10 October 2016 Studio Mumbai unveils handmade pavilion crafted from seven kilometers of bamboo
- The Wire India 9 October 2016 Within Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Gardens Lies An Indian Space for Australian Creativity
- The Saturday Paper 8 October 2016 Bijoy Jain’s Mumbai-inspired MPavilion
- PIT India 5 October 2016 Indian architect's creation opens in Melbourne
- The Australian 5 October 2016 MPavilion tickles the bellybutton for a welcoming creative space
- ABC 774 Melbourne 5 October 2016 The Conversation Hour with Waleed Aly
- Wallpaper* 4 October 2016 Escape patch: Bijoy Jain’s bamboo Mpavilion launches in Melbourne
- Dezeen 4 October 2016 Studio Mumbai presents MPavilion 2016 built using seven kilometres of bamboo
- designboom 4 October 2016 bijoy jain's bamboo MPavilion opens in melbourne
- The Age 4 October 2016 Indian architect Bijoy Jain's new pop-up MPavilion a hut above the rest
- E-Architect 4 October 2016 MPavilion 2016 by Bijoy Jain
- Architectural Digest 4 October 2016 An exclusive look at the Bijoy Jain-designed MPavilion in Australia
- Archdaily 3 October 2016 Bijoy Jain's 2016 MPavilion Opens in Melbourne
- Assemble Papers 27 September 2016 A place of meaning: Bijoy Jain
- Australian Financial Review 26 September 2016 Melbourne's third MPavilion designed with love from Mumbai
- Australian Design Review 26 August 2016 Highlights: MPavilion reveals 2016 program
- Architecture AU 25 August 2016 Amanda Levete Architects’ MPavilion relocated to MALA-designed Docklands park
- Architectural Digest 16 August 2016 The story behind Bijoy Jain’s 2016 MPavilion
- Architizer 5 August 2016 From Model to Masterpiece: Studio Mumbai’s MPavilion Combines Collaboration With Craftsmanship in Melbourne
- Times of India 28 July 2016 Indian-origin architect unveils bamboo structure design in Australia
- Architect Magazine 26 July 2016 Design for MPavilion 2016 Revealed
- Wallpaper* 27 July 2016 Bamboo wonder: Studio Mumbai’s Bijoy Jain designs 2016 MPavilion in Melbourne
- India Today 26 July 2016 Indian-origin architect unveils bamboo structure design in Aus
- Australian Financial Review 26 July 2016 Architect Bijoy Jain creates simple social space for Naomi Milgrom's MPavilion
- The Australian 26 July 2016 Big bamboo MPavilion: built on cultural exchange
- The Age 26 July 2016 A state of repose: Bijoy Jain's design for third MPavilion unveiled
- Architecture AU 26 July 2016 Studio Mumbai’s MPavilion designs unveiled
- Archdaily 25 July 2016 Bijoy Jain Designs Australia's Largest Bamboo Structure for 2016 MPavilion
- Blouin Artinfo 25 July 2016 Bijoy Jain’s Design for Melbourne’s 2016 MPavilion Revealed
- Dezeen 25 July 2016 Studio Mumbai to use bamboo and cow dung to build third MPavilion in Melbourne
- designboom 25 July 2016 bijoy jain reveals bamboo design for melbourne’s 2016 MPavilion
- The Age's Spectrum 23 July 2016 MPavilion 2016: acclaimed architect Bijoy Jain brings the outside in
- AFR Luxury Magazine 28 June 2016 Architect Bijoy Jain draws on the essentials for Naomi Milgrom's third MPavilion
- Sydney Morning Herald 22 July 2016 MPavilion 2016: acclaimed architect Bijoy Jain brings the outside in
- The Australian Financial Review 28 June 2016 Architect Bijoy Jain draws on the essentials for Naomi Milgrom's third MPavilion
- InDesign Live 7 March 2016 A new home for the MPavilion
- Australian Design Review 4 March 2016 2015 MPavilion gifted to the city of Melbourne
- Sydney Morning Herald 9 February 2016 MPavilion 2016: Indian architect Bijoy Jain announced for project's third oteration
- Bangalore Mirror 9 February 2016 MAMA MIA!
- Business Standard 9 February 2016 Australian High Commission welcomes Bijoy Jain's MPavilion commission
- Broadsheet 9 February 2016 2016 MPavilion Architect Announced
- Architecture AU 9 February 2016 Studio Mumbai to design 2016 MPavilion
- Designboom 8 February 2016 Bijoy Jain commissioned to design melbourne's third annual MPavilion
- Arch Daily 8 February 2016 Studio Mumbai Founder Bijoy Jain to Design Melbourne's Next MPavilion
- Dezeen 8 February 2016 Studio Mumbai to design 2016 edition of Melbourne's MPavilion
- Blouin Artinfo 8 February 2016 Studio Mumbai’s Bijoy Jain Awarded MPavilion 2016 Commission
- Architect Magazine 8 February 2016 Indian Architect Bijoy Jain to Design the 2016 MPavilion in Melbourne, Australia
- The Spectator 6 January 2016 Cat on a hot petal roof
- Designboom 20 December 2015 TOP 10 temporary structures of 2015
- The Australian Financial Review 10 December 2015 The best and the worst architectural and interior designs of 2015
- Wallpaper* 1 December 2015 Art for everyone: 15 installations that capture the global imagination
- Vogue Australia 1 November 2015 She built this city
- Domus 27 October 2015 AL_A: MPavilion 2015
- The Architectural Review 15 October 2015 Interview: Amanda Levete
- Dezeen 5 October 2015 Amanda Levte's tree canopy-like MPavilion opens in Melbourne
- Shop Talk London 22 May 2015 Summer in the city
- The Age 10 April 2015 Star architect envisages natural canopy
- Art & Australia 2 December 2014 Pagodas, Pavilions and Contemporary Design: MPavilion
- Casabella 1 December 2014 Sean Godsell – MPavilion Melbourne
- Wall Street Journal 20 November 2014 MPavilion Finds a Home in Australia
- Assemble Papers 10 October 2014 MPavilion: A brief history & user's guide
- The Design Files 9 October 2014 MPavilion
- Blouin Artinfo 7 October 2014 Inaugural MPavilion Architectural Commission Unveiled in Melbourne
- ABC 774 Melbourne 7 October 2014 MPavilion offers architectural shelter for Melbourne culture
- The Guardian Australia 6 October 2014 Art and shade: MPavilion opens in Melbourne
- Architecture AU 6 October 2014 Sean Godsell’s MPavilion unfurled
- Broadsheet 19 July 2014 MPavilion Brings Architecture to Our Gardens