Coastal Design Assembly 2026
6 - 8pm
26th of August 2026
Lecture Theatre, MCA Sydney
Coastal Design Assembly 2026 is an event bringing together a set of recent projects that engage directly with coasts, harbours, headlands, pools, reefs and waterfronts. The Assembly offers a public forum for designers, artists and coastal practitioners to share work at the edge between city and sea.
Coastal Design Assembly 2026 is an event bringing together a set of recent projects that engage directly with coasts, harbours, headlands, pools, reefs and waterfronts. Presented by Sophie Lanigan Projects, the Assembly offers a public forum for designers, artists and coastal practitioners to share work at the edge between city and sea.
Format
The Assembly is structured as an evening of concise but substantial presentations, each focused on a single project rather than a broad office overview. This format is intended to create a clear and engaging public program for a mixed audience of designers, students, coastal practitioners and interested coastal citizens. At the end of the evening, each speaker will be invited to respond to the same closing prompt: What is one coastal intervention, design or idea you’d like to exist, and what would have to change to make it possible?
Speakers and Projects
Photo by Clinton Weaver
Steven Fighera,
Shannon Foster and Jo Kinniburgh from
CHROFI and Bangawarra
to present
North Head Viewing Platform
Adrian McGregor from
McGregorCoxall
to present
Tsukiji Tokyo Urban Waterfront
Peter Besley and Jessica Spresser from
Besley & Spresser
to present
Pier Pavilion
Maya Martin-Westheimer from
Floorplan Studio
to present
Walking with Aunty Maxine Ryan: A La Perouse Field Guide
Anna May Kirk
Artist
to present
Living Sculptures
Sophie Lanigan
Researcher
to present
Between City and Sea
Additional projects and speakers to be confirmed.
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