Episode 46: Kris Daff talks about why rent-with-the-option-to-buy is the smart way to address housing issues
Builder and developer Kris Daff is the managing director of two progressive building firms – the first is Make Ventures, a Melbourne-based property development and investment group focusing on large scale urban renewal projects and the second is Assemble Communities, an end-to-end build to rent developer and community manager responsible for the introduction of a new and exciting housing model gaining significant interest across the country. He explains why the the social, human and societal...
9 Mai 202030min
Episode 45: Architect Jo Gillies on how social isolation will change who we are as people and as workers
This episode we talk with founder and owner of design firm Archisoul Architects Jo Gillies about what is really important in these days of lockdowns, social isolation and social distancing and how we respond to these challenges will determine how we will get through them.Gillies also talks about wellness and its intimate relationship to our mental and physical wellbeing in a time of stress and isolation and how individual wellness is critical to our eventual general recovery as a society.
21 Apr 202028min
Episode 44: Architect and lecturer Sandra Furtado surveys our new work / life lockdown paradigm
Principal and director of Sydney-based architecture studio Furtado Sullivan Sandra Furtado talks about what it's like working as an architect under a lockdown situation with an economy that's in hibernation and an industry desperately trying to keep going under the most unusual and trying of socio-economic conditions. Furtado gives us an insight into how things are at present and where they may well end up when the situation eventually starts to change back to what we would consider as being...
7 Apr 202025min
Episode 43: Caroma's Dr. Peter Sweatman talks toilet design, water usage, automation and why toilet paper is on the way out
Dr Peter Sweatman graduated with first class honours in Industrial Design from the University of Canberra Peter started work with Caroma R&D on research to launch the first generation of Smart Flush toilets to the market and is currently completing a PhD in user centred bathroom design for older people at UNSW Built Environment. He talks about creating a new class of bathroom that works as an integrated space that can also be tailored and adapted to individuals to provide convenien...
27 Mar 202044min
Episode 42: Gensler’s Sustainable Design Leader for A/PAC Nermine Zahran and her journey of architectural discovery
Architect Nermine Zahran talks about how it is vital to continually learn and to educate others in the industry and in the general public about ways to minimise the impact of the built environment on the planet. With a career that started in Egypt and that has now come to one sense of fulfilment in Australia, Nermine Zahran explains her journey from one side of the world to another and how she is currently working to make the world a better place-one sustainable design at a time.
19 Mar 202035min
Episode 41: Architectus Principal Studio Leader, Ruth Wilson on the design and management of large and complex projects
We speak with Ruth Wilson about her diverse and accomplished 30-year career that has seen her manage large, complex projects and direct multidisciplinary teams towards buildings and places that exist at the forefront of innovative design. Wilson's role at Architectus spans being Studio Leader in Melbourne, a member of the Board of Architectus and an active leader of projects in higher education and the public domain. She specialises in projects involving large and complex stakeholder groups a...
2 Mar 202037min
Episode 40: We talk with landscape architects Kate Luckraft and Bianca Pineda about urban designs, gender roles in design & trees
ASPECT Studios director Kate Luckraft and associate Bianca Pineda share their ideas, views, experiences and thoughts on a range of iconic design projects ASPECT Studios has delivered like One Central Park, Barangaroo South and Quay Quarter in Sydney’s famous Circular Quay. Along the way, we find out about how working on these high-pressure and very much public projects as a woman and a landscape architect has shaped and even changed both the actual projects and also them as highly-sought aft...
28 Feb 202043min
Episode 39: We talk with Penny Fuller, a recent recipient of the AIA’s Emerging Architect Prize, which she was awarded for her first built project in Australia
We speak with architect Penny Fuller from one half of the leadership team of the firm Silvester Fuller which she founded with partner Jad Silvester. Prior to launching Silvester Fuller, Penny’s career included work on Renzo Piano’s Aurora Place and a period at Foster + Partners in London, where she worked as an associate, leading design teams on the development of large-scale projects. For more information, go to: https://www.awsaustralia.com.au/specifyaws/ The firm is responsible for ...
25 Feb 202032min
