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Better Cities Series: Neo-Placemaking

  • Where

    SHADES
    12A Eddy Avenue
    Central Station
    Sydney NSW

  • When

    1 March 2023
    4:30–6pm

  • Published
    February 14, 2023

“Neo-Placemaking: New techniques for a tired old industry” represented the return of Right Angle’s Better Cities Series. Hosted by SHADES Bar & Cultural Club – a venue we opened in 2022 as part of the EDDY activation of Central Station – the late afternoon event combined a conversation on Neo-Placemaking with Barrie Barton and a new breed of placemakers and city-thinkers.

We were thrilled to be joined by Penny Fuller, Michelle Grey, Xinyi Lim, Michaella Solar-March and Tea Uglow. By the end 
of this event, any disdain in the room for the way placemaking has been was more than offset by an enthusiasm for how it could be.  

Event Speakers

Barrie Barton

Barrie Barton is co-founder and Group CEO of Right Angle, Golden Age and Paramount Recreation Club. A lawyer by qualification, an entrepreneur by nature and an urbanist by profession, he has spent most of his adult life thinking about the relationship between the places where we live and the sorts of people we become as a result. In late 2019 he was named one of Harper’s Bazaar’s Visionary Men for his contribution to city life.

Penny Fuller

Penny Fuller is a Founding Partner of architecture and interior design studio Silvester Fuller. Born and educated in Canberra, Penny relocated to Sydney in 1998 to work on Aurora Place in collaboration with Renzo Piano and then later moved to London to work as an Associate with Foster + Partners. Penny is a former recipient of the Institute of Architects Emerging Architect Prize, has sat on design excellence and architectural awards juries and lectured at universities across Australia.

Michelle Grey

Michelle Grey is a Creative, Marketing and Programming Executive and Entrepreneur. She has shaped some of the most innovative cultural companies and institutions – from global hospitality brands such as NeueHouse and Soho House to The New York Times’ largest consumer-facing live platform and Absolut’s global online art gallery. Most recently she co-founded Arts-Matter, a Sydney-based cultural programming platform and creative agency, and is also the CEO and co-founder of Culture Vault, a new NFT creative agency and curated platform.

Xinyi Lim

Xinyi Lim (林心仪) is currently cooking, writing and consulting out of Eora Country (Sydney, Australia). Always experimenting through her ongoing venture Megafauna, she uses food as an artistic tool for social justice, building community and the exploration of culture and heritage. Most recently, she was the head chef at Cafe Freda’s. This website is a selection of personal art projects, commissions and collaborations from her years since leaving law for food.

Michaella Solar-March

Michaella is a Sydneysider who spent 13 years working in NYC, most recently as CMO for Rockefeller Center where she led the rebranding and revitalisation of the iconic 32-acre landmark. Before that, Michaella was the global director of programming and experience for Soho House, where she led placemaking initiatives, cultural programming and events across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. 

Tea Uglow

Tea works with cultural and creative organisations around the world exploring the space between technology and the arts and what can happen where they intersect. Tea has spoken at Sydney Writers Festival, TEDx and the annual AIGA conference in Minneapolis. Until recently, Tea was Creative Director for Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney.