Carnegie Local Part 2 Project 2020 Brooke Barker Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | Australia When boundaries are narrowed, the horizon becomes local.Carnegie Local examines borders, boundaries and thresholds to shift our understanding of “the local” by reimagining the suburbs as a network of expositions following the sky rail through Melbourne. The project is a proposal to elevate the suburb Carnegie to global recognition through an international expo operating under the theme of the local.The condition of the collective local arises when boundaries become narrowed; place is isolated and defined within its own physical or metaphysical borders. In this moment,idiosyncrasies of the local are revealed; characteristics that develop into the hyperbole of itself. Carnegie Local understands this condition as a civic presence, and uses the expo to exemplify and celebrate.Carnegie Local is an event in which a collection of pavilions are the architectural consequence of devouring the identity of Carnegie through the framework I have assumed of this collective local; idiosyncrasies are celebrated, and recognised as a condition that is globally shared.This project is conceived through the lens of my own absurd local; featuring a seal as the town mascot, projected onto the global stage not only by offering the worlds whitest beaches, but a full scale Stonehenge. Tutor(s) Michael Spooner