NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY    11 SEPTEMBER TO 15 NOVEMBER 2009

Sean Godsell Architects
with Earl Carter

Director
Sean Godsell

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Portrait of Sean Godsell 2009

Podcast interview

A discussion with Sean Godsell
on 24 July 2009.
18:17 minutes

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  1. What inspired you to work as an architect?
  2. What advice would you offer to someone interested in working in the field?
  3. How do you foster your own creative thinking?
  4. How does your creative practice relate to your identity?

Installation by Sean Godsell Architects

Based in Melbourne, Sean Godsell is known internationally for his distinctive residential architecture which ranges from single family dwellings including St Andrew’s Beach House and Glenburn House to ‘compassionate infrastructure’ projects such as the Park Bench House and Bus Shelter House that provide refuge for displaced persons in the urban environment. His Future Shack concept is a mass produced relocatable emergency housing unit made from recycled shipping containers.

Portrait of Sean Godsell 2009
by Earl Carter

Earl Carter says his portrait of Sean Godsell ‘uses the two elements common to all of his buildings – the use of strong minimalist space and surfaces, and his intelligent use of light and its interplay within three dimensions’. Carter’s image has not been manipulated, and is ‘a homage to the traditional photographic portrait, giving the photograph a sculptural integrity which the architect’s buildings have become renowned for’.