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TASA Thursday: Skate, Create, Educate and Regenerate

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Join us for an engaging panel discussion on 21st August 2025 at 5pm (AEST) which will explore the intersection of skate culture, urban design, and sustainable placemaking. This session will spotlight how skaters’ creativity and ingenuity can regenerate cities, challenge architectural norms, and foster more inclusive, adaptive public spaces.

Together, the panel will examine the sustainability challenges of skatepark booms, the DIY and guerrilla movements shaping skate spaces, and the role of skating in redefining our relationship with the built environment.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday 21st August 2025
Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm (AEDT)
Format: Zoom Webinar
Cost: complimentary

Speakers:

Anastasija Kukić – Sponsored roller skater and architecture graduate, Anastasija’s work interrogates inequality in the built environment and champions subtle, human-centred interventions. Through her concept of “little ‘a’ architecture,” she advocates for regenerating existing spaces to restore agency to city users.

Alicia Mardones – Chilean-born roller skater and architecture postgraduate, Alicia’s research Finding the Line explores integrating skateable spaces into the urban realm without new construction, promoting adaptive reuse and sustainability.

Aaron Christiansen – Skateboarder, skate design consultant, and landscape architecture honours candidate, Aaron brings long-standing advocacy and hands-on design experience to skate infrastructure in Sydney.

Session Chair:
Dr Indigo Willing – Sociologist, skateboarder, and internationally recognised community leader, Indigo is founder of Skate, Create, Educate and Regenerate, co-chair of Skateistan’s International Advisory Board, and co-author of Skateboarding, Power and Change.

Together, the panel will examine the sustainability challenges of skatepark booms, the DIY and guerrilla movements shaping skate spaces, and the role of skating in redefining our relationship with the built environment.