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Urban.com.au was in attendance on Monday morning, as the Naomi Milgrom Foundation officially opened the Carme Pinós-designed MPavilion 2018 at the Queen Victoria Gardens. Carme Pinós was selected to design the 2018 MPavilion on the back of her community-focused philosophy of design, with the Barcelona-based architect and educator becoming the first female Spanish architect to design public work in Australia.

MPavilion 2018 marks the fifth incarnation in an ongoing series that was initiated and commissioned by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation with support from the City of Melbourne, the Victorian State Government through Creative Victoria and ANZ. The pavilion this year celebrates building communities and women in leadership, with a free four-month program of events from 9 October 2018 to 3 February 2019, featuring over 500 Australian and international guests and collaborators. 

The previous four MPavilion installations have found permanent homes at the end of their program duration at the Hellenic Club, Docklands, Melbourne Zoo and most recently, Monash University's Clayton Campus.

MPavilion 2018 was officially opened by MPavilion founder Naomi Milgrom AO, architect Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós and the City of Melbourne’s Councillor Rohan Leppert. The opening event was commemorated with a live performance from Yorta Yorta soprano Deborah Cheetham AO and Dhungala Children’s Choir.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/mpavilion_inline_image.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="MPavilion 2018 launch L-R: Naomi Milgrom, Debbie Cheetham Dhungala Children’s Choir, and Carme Pinós"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="252" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/mpavilion_inline_image.jpg?itok=nc-bhNMV" title="MPavilion 2018 launch L-R: Naomi Milgrom, Debbie Cheetham Dhungala Children’s Choir, and Carme Pinós" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>MPavilion 2018 launch L-R: Naomi Milgrom, Debbie Cheetham and the Dhungala Children’s Choir, and Carme Pinós</figcaption></figure><h2>What they say...</h2>

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Working with Carme to bring her inspiring MPavilion design to life has been an absolute pleasure. Carme’s vision opens Australia to conversations about how to make our cities more inclusive through design. It’s a privilege to commission a work with such international and future-thinking insight.

- Naomi Milgrom AO, chair of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation
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For the past four years, MPavilion has celebrated and showcased the best of contemporary Australian and international architecture right in the heart of our city, winning eight national and international awards.  The annual MPavilion program has been a major success, featuring collaborations between more than 1,000 designers, architects, cultural and educational institutions. The City of Melbourne is proud MPavilion continues to call Melbourne home and I’m excited to visit the gardens and see this year’s pavilion.

- Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne Sally Capp
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In designing this year’s MPavilion, I wanted firstly to make a space for the people of Melbourne to feel connected—to each other, to the city they live in, and to nature. We are all part of the world, and architecture can tell that story and provide a place for us to experience life together. I hope the MPavilion becomes a flow of knowledge and creativity this summer.

- Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós 
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<h2>MPavilion 2018 Program</h2>

A selection of events Urban.com.au readers might be interested in checking out at MPavilion are listed below:

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	<div>The first event of the season: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mpavilion.org/program/melbourne-festival-presents-the-land-on-which-we-stand/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539046753182000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_tTFezQfl4mmMsO4BGhg4x9uAbg" href="http://mpavilion.org/program/melbourne-festival-presents-the-land-on-which-we-stand/" target="_blank">MTalks: ‘The land on which we stand’</a> Oct 9 – Carme Pinos joins a panel discussion curated by Melbourne Festival on the exploration of country, levels of meaning, occupation and use of land, followed by a keynote lecture that evening on her vision of architecture and urbanism.</div>
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<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mpavilion.org/program/parlour-spring-salon-with-carme-pinos/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539046753182000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEgaz9y4CMFscFfvJkR277b-ioZHQ" href="http://mpavilion.org/program/parlour-spring-salon-with-carme-pinos/" target="_blank">MTalks: Parlour in Conversation: Carme Pinos and Kerstin Thompson</a> Oct 10 – Carme appears for a final time with MPavilion founder Naomi Milgrom AO and ABC journalist and author Virginia Trioli in a conversation about design, leadership and this year’s MPavilion journey</div>
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<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mpavilion.org/program/blakitecture/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539046753182000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE181zsMj69BSKAAYFgfhP8jRd_4g" href="http://mpavilion.org/program/blakitecture/" target="_blank">MTalks: BLAKitecture</a> series of five panels on Indigenous built environment curated by Palawa woman and Director of Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria, Sarah Lynn Rees. Including ‘Women’s business’ Oct 15, ‘Indigenising procurement’ 12 Nov, ‘Memorialisation’ 26 Nov, ‘Indigenising education’ 10 Dec and ‘Indigenous Architecture and Design Victorian Members Yarning Circle’ 21 Jan.</div>
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<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mpavilion.org/program/assemble-papers-presents-living-closer-together-symposium/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539046753182000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9_MnhxFLsI7R1wSoWUbCVabSJFA" href="http://mpavilion.org/program/assemble-papers-presents-living-closer-together-symposium/" target="_blank">MTalks: ‘Living closer together: Symposium’</a> 20 Oct – a day-long series of panel sessions exploring the intersection between the way we experience, design and plan for a lively equitable city, presented by Assemble Papers.</div>
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<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mpavilion.org/program/fixperts-community-engagement-design-intervention/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539046753182000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEEtTwYBxl0DlRKPOp5Dji1EbXXiA" href="http://mpavilion.org/program/fixperts-community-engagement-design-intervention/" target="_blank">MProject: Fixperts,</a> a global, creative campaign that uses to design to help people with everyday problems will see student designers and their tutors engage with the local community to identify a person with a genuine problem with the potential for transformational impact through a design. 7 &amp; 14 Nov, 21 Dec</div>
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MRelay: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mpavilion.org/program/ageing-ableism-and-architecture/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539046753182000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEBoVKo4HeJE_5mjN3MisiNSiLpfQ" href="http://mpavilion.org/program/ageing-ableism-and-architecture/" target="_blank">‘Abelism, Ageing and Architecture’</a> 10 Nov</div>
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MRelay: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mpavilion.org/program/wayfinding-and-wellbeing/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539046753182000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGvEXtPRvSC6B8JXkvQ5h-RkgC94A" href="http://mpavilion.org/program/wayfinding-and-wellbeing/" target="_blank">‘Wayfinding and Wellbeing’</a> 8 Dec </div>
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<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mpavilion.org/program/friday-night-fiestas-at-mpavilion/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539046753182000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHeZ-qFhdS4MVBzquytYLWtehR3VQ" href="http://mpavilion.org/program/friday-night-fiestas-at-mpavilion/" target="_blank">MMusic: ‘Friday Night Fiestas’</a> ongoing – open-air hangout with an eclectic set of DJ’s including Triple R’s Annaliese Redlich and Noise in My Head’s Michael Kucyk </div>
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<div>All photos taken by Urban.com.au</div>
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Laurence Dragomir

MPavilion 2018 officially launched

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The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has unveiled highlights of the MPavilion 2018 program which comprises over 400 free events, over the course of its four-month duration.

Opening to the public from 9 October 2018, and running through to 3 February 2019, MPavilion 2018 has been designed by renowned Barcelona-based architect Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós.

The 2018 program has been curated to respond to the ethos of Carme Pinós, focusing on design and building communities, fostering inclusivity, women in leadership and the architecture of education.

The first event on MPavilion's 2018 calendar will be held on Tuesday 9th of October at 12:15pm coinciding with the official launch. Carme Pinós will join a panel discussion curated by Melbourne Festival titled ‘The land on which we stand’ exploring the idea of country, levels of meaning, occupation and use of land.

The program will take the form of MTalks, MMeets, MMusic, MRelay, MProjects and MKids and will feature talks, dance, performance, kids workshops and installations.

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<figcaption>MPavilion 2018. Image: Estudio Carme Pinós</figcaption></figure>MPavilion's 2018 program features over 500 collaborators, including international guests such as London’s former director of Tate art museums Sir Nicholas Serota CH, Hyphen-Labs NY, an international collective of women of colour working at the intersection of art, technology, science and design, and the UK’s Fixperts—a global community of social designers and makers.

Local collaborators include Melbourne Festival, Indigenous architecture forum BLAKitecture, Bakehouse Studios, Chunky Move, Science Gallery, RMIT, State Library Victoria, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne Music Week, Melbourne Theatre Company, Liquid Architecture and Community Hubs Australia.

In an MPavilion-first, 2018 will also see inaugural Writer in Residence Maddee Clark, and Artist in Residence, local artist Esther Stewart.

For more info and the full MPavilion 2018 program, click <a href="http://mpavilion.org/program/">here</a>.

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<figcaption>Carme Pinós. Image: Supplied</figcaption></figure><h2>What they say...</h2>

<blockquote>
The Victorian Government has been a proud partner of MPavilion since it was founded in 2014. This year's ambitious program showcases the important role design plays in our community. MPavilion engages audiences of all ages making an 
active contribution to Melbourne’s cultural and social life and to our reputation as the Creative State.

We are proud to support MPavilion and look forward to another exceptional program of educational, inspirational and innovative ideas.

- Martin Foley, Minister for Creative Industries
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Carme Pinós is a major influence on global architecture, creating spaces that place human experience and environment at the centre of her designs. Inspired by Carme’s design and philosophy, our program engages the city in vital conversations about what it means to be inclusive and community focused.

I’m excited to present this year’s events—they explore the social impact of design yet create enjoyable access for all ages.

- Naomi Milgrom AO, founder of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation 
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