projects

The Presence of the Absence
a story set in the near future

exhibition / installation

certosa initiative / salone del mobile / milano 2022

sarah k / supercyclers

The Presence of the Absence
a story set in the near future
fictional (science-fiction) novel

the past is in the present just as it is also in the future (in place)

june 2022
‍sarah k / supercyclers

Place to sit
Tadao Ando / MPavilion 10 proposal
botanical garden precinct / naarm / melbourne 2023

a non-chair / nonbuilt intervention / subtraction

women in the field x supercyclers

current project

As it is
(what’s already there)

‘a place to sweep’

cullity gallery / school of design / uwa

5 - 15 March 2026

women in the field

about

women in the field was founded in 2023 by four Australian women in the architectural field: sarah k, alex lawlor, naomi barun and saran kim; to give form and programme to the concept of the Presence of the Absence, in the year following its launch at the salone del mobile in Milan 2022.

our experience combines the fields of architectural design, landscape architecture, international curation and extensive large-scale project management

sarah k
Sarah K is a design activist; designer, curator, and author.

She is the founder of collaborative design initiative, supercyclers, which since 2009, has focused on innovating sustainable change across disciplines; from architecture and object design to publishing and fashion.

alex lawlor
Alex Lawlor is currently lead architect at Architectus, Canberra and teaches at ANU’s dept. of Architecture.

She has an extensive career portfolio including a decade of leading major building projects for Melbourne University and leading the Capital projects team at Creative Victoria. Alex was also a principal architect on Melbourne City’s Federation Square.

naomi barun
Naomi Barun is a landscape architect and urban designer.

She works with cities as living landscapes using design, research, and conversation to explore how the places we share become a collective inheritance.

Naomi is a board director of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

saran kim
Saran Kim is an architect at Architectus and a Master of Architecture studio co-leader at the University of Melbourne.

She is also a haiku poet, translator, and designer with regular involvement in architecture and landscape architecture research projects.

contact

sarah k
sarahk@theotherhemisphere.com
Bondi

alex lawlor
alex.lawlor@architectus.com.au
Kanberi

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