Hearing Architecture

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week we bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident, but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We as designers have an opportunity to do better.

In this episode I meet with Daniel Bell of Atelier Luma, based in the Camargue region in the South of France. Daniel graduated as an architect from the Glasgow Mackintosh School of Architecture and has since practiced as an Architect in France, Ireland, and the UK. 

Since 2018 he has worked at Atelier LUMA; a design and research lab located in Arles. His role here is a slight deviation to the traditional role of an architect, yet he is often working with built space and materials. At Atelier Luma he has joined a team of designers, engineers, scientists, and experts from the fields of culture, craftsmanship, humanities, and social sciences and innovation, to explore the potential of non-extractivist, and often discredited, local materials. Their research subjects vary across areas including invasive plants, agricultural coproducts, algae, and industrial waste. Each project has a hyper local focus.

I visited Atelier Luma back in June 2023 shortly following the opening of their new headquarters: Lot 8. Sited within a heritage park of 27 hectares, Lot 8 sits within a campus collection of architectures, with neighbours such as Frank Gehry and Annabelle Selldorf, and a series of historic railway industrial buildings dating from the 19th century. The site is now inhabited by functions including a modern art gallery, and a series of exhibition spaces. The Atelier adds a new function to the park; a semi-public and most fascinating research hub of bioregional design, operating out of a building or rather, one large prototype of what the Atelier researches and investigates.

In Spring 2023, Lot 8 opened as a result of a three-year large-scale, experimental building project, designed to serve as a pilot program in the field of renovation. Designed by and for Atelier LUMA, it is the teams’ workplace. A research and prototyping space that consists of a biolab, wood, ceramics, textile and research workshops, office spaces, a dye house, a material testing lab, and a functional plant garden. 

Le Magasin Électrique is built and equipped with the results of Atelier LUMA’s research, in collaboration with BC architects & studies and Assemble, London. From the coating of the façade to the crystal salt door handles. Structural elements such as walls and partitions were produced from waste earth and minerals, and agricultural coproducts. The acoustics and the finishing of the interiors were done with panels of sunflower fibres, rice straw, and soil from the bioregion. The terrazzo floor, bathroom tiles, stains, door handles, and light fixtures are the result of years of research into algae, salt, bioplastics, earth, and enamels in collaboration with local partners.

In the following interview, Daniel and I discuss how the building was conceived as a pilot project for an architectural process celebrating craftmanship, collective experimentation, site specificity and the development of biomaterials. In this case the process is anchored in the Arles or Camargue bioregion and the designers tapped into a network of local and international expertise, in order to share acquired knowledge.

We discuss the need to move from a globalised, extractive supply chain, towards regional ecosystems of materials that help regenerate the environment. How it is imperative for designers to question the way materials can be assembled, reassembled, or reconfigured to contribute to its adaptation to changing environmental and social conditions.

It was wonderful to see a project where the design team identified opportunities, possibilities, and poetics, over waste. 

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Daniel Bell of Atelier Luma. Thank you for exemplifying how through investigating the resources and know-how in our bioregion, and connecting different fields of expertise, we can develop local solutions for ecological, economic, and social transition.

Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

Supported by: State Workshops

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia where this podcast was produced, as the first storytellers, the first communities and the first creators of Australian culture. I extend that respect to the Traditional Custodians of country throughout the multiple places abroad where this podcast was recorded.  We thank Traditional Custodians for caring for Country for thousands of generations.  and recognise their profound connection to land, water, and skies.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week we bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident, but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We as designers have an opportunity to do better.

Until recently, earthen construction methods were widespread globally, but in the 19th century industrial bricks and concrete revolutionized the construction landscape. This shift ushered in a new era where traditional earth building materials were supplanted by industrial alternatives, leading to a surge in housing production and widespread access to quality shelter. However, industrialization also brought drawbacks such as excessive material usage, pollution, and rising greenhouse gas emissions, particularly noticeable from the 1960s onward. Today, the construction sector bears a heavy environmental burden, contributing significantly to CO₂ emissions, raw material consumption, air pollution, and waste generation. Nonetheless, there is vast potential for the industry to operate more sustainably by incorporating proven materials from our past. 

Joining us in this episode is Nicholas Coeckelberghs of BC architects, Brussels, an architect dedicated to implementing these changes.

Nicholas is an architect and co-founder of hybrid practice, designing and undertaking "acts of building" towards systemic change in the construction sector. BC stands for Brussels Cooperation and points to how BC grew - embedded within place and people. They operate through 3 legal entities registered in Belgium; BC architects (a design studio), BC studies (a non-profit education laboratory), and BC materials (a material production cooperative).

BC strive for bioregional, low-tech, circular, beautiful, and inclusive design. They work with their minds and hands, undertaking activities such as community organisation, material production, contracting, teaching, and prototyping.

I was lucky enough to visit the workshop back in June 2023. I turned up with my audio interview equipment but somehow ended up elbow-deep in clay and aggregate joining one of the team’s iconic earth construction workshops. This is an example of the enthusiasm and out-of-the-box thinking of the BC crew. 

Nicholas and I spoke about how the kind of change that is needed to the construction industry is a cultural one. And how transition needs to be learned as a practice. BC has identified that it takes time for construction communities to imbibe certain kinds of knowledge — knowledge more often accrued through learning by doing, and by collaborating. A kind of knowledge that arises from an act of ‘getting close’ to a material or a method, through processes of trial and error. BC Materials is not a normal material production company

The studio and workshop operate on a Brussels wasteland in a fully demountable and circular production hall, which can be transported to other locations in the Brussels region. It is governed as a cooperative of workers and other interested parties, reflecting its aim to achieve broad and lasting impact in the construction sector. They do this by building a community and creating capacity around earth construction, and one which does not aim for the fastest possible sale of building materials or for the highest possible profit margins. BC negotiates the balance between a commercial activity and a societal mission and aims to show, and to implement, strategies for a proper transitioning of our construction sector to a culture of local, circular, almost CO2-neutral construction in between craftsmanship and industry. I eventually got around to dusting off and recording with Nicholas.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, and made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association, in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guests Nicholas Coeckelberghs of BC architects and studies. Thank you for your expertise in materials, insights in sustainable and circular building and intensive fieldwork. Thank you for acting on behalf of the generations after us and for encouraging us to quite literally, get our hands dirty with materials around us.

Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alastair Swayn Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

Supported by: State Workshops

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia where this podcast was produced, as the first storytellers, the first communities and the first creators of Australian culture. I extend that respect to the Traditional Custodians of country throughout the multiple places abroad where this podcast was recorded.  We thank Traditional Custodians for caring for Country for thousands of generations.  and recognise their profound connection to land, water, and skies.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week we bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident, but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We as designers have an opportunity to do better.

The built environment sector, notorious for its resource consumption and waste generation, faces a pivotal moment. In a world where 'away' is a luxury we can no longer afford, the linear economy's destructive ‘Take, Make, and Throw Away’ model demands reconsideration and urgent action.

In this episode, I speak with Victor Meesters, a Paris-based architect working with the Belgian collective Rotor.

Since 2005, Rotor has operated as a multidisciplinary group of architects, designers, and other professionals interested in the processes that shape a building. Specifically, they are interested in the flow and transit of materials in the industrial and construction sector and the industry’s relationship to resources, waste, use and reuse. 

Their research is disseminated through publications, critical writing, workshops, and conferences. And they work with the expanded construction industry to produce exhibitions, books, economic models, and policy proposals. 

On a practical level, they work to combine their research with the design and realization of architectural projects, coordinating large-scale dismantling operations of reusable construction elements and collaborating on architectural projects. Since 2014 their commercial spin off: Rotor DC ,or deconstruction, has been an active arm of the studio, which oversees deconstruction projects in end-of-life buildings with a view to finding them a new use. In practice, the team goes into buildings slated for demolition and sells off parts of those buildings. It documents building elements, creates a catalogue of the items, estimates how much it would cost to salvage the materials, and delivers them directly to the client. At the conception of the business, Rotor DC almost exclusively sold materials dismantled by its own workers, however the shop now also trades materials from several other suppliers such as demolition contractors and real estate companies.

Back in June 2023, I got to explore the salvage yard and the store houses which surround the offices of Rotor and Rotor DC. They are based within the urban setting of Brussels. A tactical metropolitan locale, working with the studio’s goals to become a central part of a regional ecosystem for large scale reuse.

As I walked through the ‘house of doors’, past the neat piles of salvaged stone, and through the aisles of plumbing fixtures, it was easy to understand the convenience and appeal of the organisation to ‘mum and dad’ renovators, to other architectural studios, or to developers alike.

The business is proud to announce that many of the stocked materials are cheaper than new for the same quality. Some materials may be equally expensive as new, but come with a great story, a deep patina or simply a clear conscience. And then, from time to time, they offer pieces or materials that were conceived by renowned designers, created by skilled craftsmen, or made using technologies now out of reach. On the day of my visit, there were pieces of a gothic cathedral from Antwerp available for someone to snap up, whilst later in the week I saw some rare and well-kept mid-century desks by an iconic local designer. These pieces are priced a bit higher, but Rotor notes their hope that the economies made with the more generic materials help bring them in reach of the many.

In my conversation today, I speak with Victor about the realities of their processes and how Rotor has carved a niche for itself working at both ends of the theory- practical spectrum.  It was a joy to explores the birth as well as the afterlife of buildings and to touch on the impressive undertaking of the complex system of many stakeholders.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the SIM Icelandic Arts Association in Reykjavik. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Victor Meesters of Rotor. Thank you for encouraging us to be as generous with this city as it is with us.

Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

Supported by: State Workshops

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia where this podcast was produced, as the first storytellers, the first communities and the first creators of Australian culture. I extend that respect to the Traditional Custodians of country throughout the multiple places abroad where this podcast was recorded.  We thank Traditional Custodians for caring for Country for thousands of generations.  and recognise their profound connection to land, water, and skies.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week we bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident, but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

In today’s episode I speak with Floris Schiferli of SuperUse Studios, Rotterdam. Superuse Studios is an international architecture collective for circular and sustainable design. In their office, a design is not considered as the beginning of a linear process, but rather: A phase in a continuous cycle of creation and recreation, use and reuse.

They have applied several strategies to make sustainable architecture with reclaimed materials. And have a wonderful and delightful variety of projects, including fit-outs, playgrounds, commercial offices and social housing.

SuperUse’s is driven by a deep-rooted belief in transforming waste into valuable resources.  Their work pioneers ideas about moving beyond the "green economy" where a commercial enterprise is organised according to ecological principles and the waste streams of one business becomes the source of raw materials for another. 

This pioneering venture has garnered widespread recognition for its groundbreaking work in waste architecture and circular design, earning them the distinguished ARC 21 OEUVRE award in 2021.

The firms design process works to rethink the functionality of a ‘thing’ and to understand how it could perform a new function once it serves its initial purpose. SuperUse has distilled this process into 16 different flows that enter and exit buildings and cities. Each project begins by mapping these flows and then examining where the flows interconnect. 

We were lucky enough to spend time with Floris back in July 2023, where he gave us an insight into this incredible economy of the future.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, and made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association, in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Floris Schiferli of SuperUse Studios for your discussion Thank you for seeking to inspire and empower others to build a more resourceful and sustainable society.

Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alastair Swayn Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

Supported by: State Workshops

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia where this podcast was produced, as the first storytellers, the first communities and the first creators of Australian culture. I extend that respect to the Traditional Custodians of country throughout the multiple places abroad where this podcast was recorded.  We thank Traditional Custodians for caring for Country for thousands of generations.  and recognise their profound connection to land, water, and skies.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week we bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident, but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We as designers have an opportunity to do better.

Going from a linear to a circular mindset requires a huge transformation in the built environment and can only be successful with an innovative approach and through partnerships for change. In this episode I meet with an individual who offers both and operates at the periphery of the built industry.

Siddharth Hande a Data Scientist and Social Entrepreneur and is founder and CEO of Kabadiwalla Connect. His organisation is working to transform the informal waste supply-chain in cities in the Global South, including his own hometown of Chennai, India.

His location and subject of investigation might appear foreign at first, both geographically and in its analysis of industry not specific to architecture. But Sid is considering the circular economic paradigm from a global perspective, and is proving that circular solutions based on data do have an application to a much boarder context.

Sid studied in Australia, at my university no less. But I first crossed paths with Sid at the UIA international Congress of Architecture in Copenhagen in July 2023 when I saw a presentation Sid gave on the Circular Economic perspectives and data-driven social change.

In our conversation today, we discuss what this fascinating organisation is doing in Asia, and how he is spreading the word abroad. I learned about the current informal waste supply-chain in cities such as Chennai.  And how Kabadiwala Connect is integrating informal actors into the formal waste management system; to deliver low-cost and low-carbon, waste management solutions that cities in the Global South need to support their growing economies and populations.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Siddharth Hande of Kabadiwala Connect. Thank you for identifying how bottom-up systems can be a success and how a city might leverage existing informal infrastructure and urban actors into an innovative movement. 

Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

Supported by: State Workshops

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia where this podcast was produced, as the first storytellers, the first communities and the first creators of Australian culture. I extend that respect to the Traditional Custodians of country throughout the multiple places abroad where this podcast was recorded.  We thank Traditional Custodians for caring for Country for thousands of generations.  and recognise their profound connection to land, water, and skies.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

The larger and more complex the world becomes, the better architecture is needed. Architecture can no longer be satisfied with uniting form and function. It must address and embrace a much larger number of considerations from aesthetics, to function, to climate, health and energy. At the same time, the project's finances, law and time must be respected.

In this episode we speak with Lene Damsbo Brix of Matter by Brix, and founder and partner of Circle Bank. A talented and driven Copenhagen – based force; Lene is grappling with these conundrums. 

Lene is an architect by training with over 25 years of experience in the architectural and construction sector, including working at a number of well-known practices which now are celebrated for their design agenda revolving around circularity.

But after years at the desk, Lene has stepped away from the tools to focus on systems and process’s that can begin to help with the industry’s transition toward circularity. 

Today Lene and I discuss the Circle Bank project and it’s important goals in creating a digital platform that integrates new knowledge through the process of scanning, demolition, material handling and architectural design. We dive into the detail of the tool and platform explore the grand ambition of the organisation: that By 2030, circular construction has outcompeted linear construction.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, and made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Lene Brix for your discussion and leadership in moulding our architectural technologies and systems towards a circular future. We join you in dreaming that it is only a matter of time before the circular economy becomes competitive with the standard linear model of construction. Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

Supported by: State workshops

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia where this podcast was produced, as the first storytellers, the first communities and the first creators of Australian culture. I extend that respect to the Traditional Custodians of country throughout the multiple places abroad where this podcast was recorded.  We thank Traditional Custodians for caring for Country for thousands of generations.  and recognise their profound connection to land, water, and skies.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week we bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident, but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We as designers have an opportunity to do better.

The construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings account for almost 30% of the globe’s carbon emissions and 40% of global energy consumption. This current way of practice is unacceptable, unsustainable, and misaligned with climate reduction targets. Our current model of architecture makes these problems worse. 

However, it also gives the architectural community a huge opportunity for impact and with a significant portion of new construction taking place in urban environments, cities have a role to play in encouraging sustainable construction methods and creating a market demand for low-carbon and bio-based materials.

Enter this week’s guest; Peter Vangsbo, Associate Director for Climate and Sustainable Services at Arup.

Peter leads the Circular Cities Services the Arup Copenhagen office. As part of the Nordic leadership team, he provides deep expertise in the areas of circular systems, decarbonisation, resilience, and climate change.

 His home city of Copenhagen is a locale often touted as being a hotbed of progressive, sustainable thinking, and of wide-spread design understanding and appreciation. This is something I saw and experienced first-hand during my visit, where an average apartment was just as likely to feature an PH5 Henningsen lamp as they are an Ikea piece. It’s a city where city residents can swim in the harbour within the centre of the city, and visit, hike up or even ski down the envelope of the infrastructure facility that processes their household waste (Google CopenHill by BIG if you don’t know what I am talking about). The urban setting of Copenhagen is like no other.

Peter has experience working on large urban and infrastructure projects and has experienced success in championing low-carbon construction, efficient reuse of resources, and the specification of biobased materials. I was interested in speaking with Peter to understand when working on large-scale and vital city infrastructure, how public and private sectors can interact and how he has managed to focus conversations and processes around these green and self-proclaimed ‘radical’ initiatives.

We discuss aspects of business model innovation, finance and funding, governance and policy, locality-based sustainability goals, and how to use data to prove the benefit of sustainability against the feasibility targets so often aimed for in business. 

We query the market barriers to accelerating the use of biobased building materials and how low-carbon construction needs to invest more in alternative building materials and we call upon industry leaders and city policymakers to make tackling embodied emissions a priority.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, and made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Peter Vangsbo of Arup, Denmark for your advocacy and expertise and engagement of policymakers and key players across the public and private sector, as we continue to work towards sustainable cities and carbon-positive future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alastair Swayn Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Hilary Duff and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

Supported by: State Workshops

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The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

In this episode, I meet with Sandy Bell of Stance Studio, an Australian-trained and registered architect, who has spent the last half-decade living and working in Denmark. At the time of the interview, Sandy was operating a fascinating hybrid practice, Stance Studios, that spanned the roles of the ‘design architect and construction architect often seen separated in Denmark. Similarly Stance’s output ranges in scale, from handcrafted furniture, single residential, and through to commercial and educational projects. Often working with local practice Einrum Arkitekter, the studio has spent the last number of years expanding into, and advancing, the niche of mass timber design and construction.

Astutely aware of the construction sector’s major contribution to human environmental impact on the planet, Sandy advocates for mass timber products as a sustainable alternative to traditional building. 

Among other things, our conversation explores various aspects of mass timber performing as a sustainable alternatives to steel and concrete, and we delve into how construction is undergoing a revolution through integrated building technology, transforming the utilization of timber in the industry. 

I was lucky enough to cycle the city with Sandy and got to follow his classic Danish wagon bike around town. We started in his office where a small typical desk setup was excitedly located beside a timber and off-cut-filled workshop nested in a larger co-working space filled with talented other creatives, working with salvaged materials.

We visited several of his projects, from the intimate – furniture pieces and shop fit-outs to the large and commercial ones such as Copenhagen Distillery, and Gladsaxe (Gleaghds- axe -e) Kindergarten.

We ended our tour at the site of Falleby (Fal-le-boo) project, which we discuss in the interview. Its timber CLT envelope and neat construction process meant it was one of the cleanest and most comfortable construction sites I have ever set foot on. I can imagine it must be quite a joy to work on as a contractor. Which brings us to the atypical role, which Sandy and his CLT-focused counterparts play.

On the construction site, Sandy is just as likely to be found with a hammer in hand as he is with a clipboard or measuring tape of a typical architect. 

It is a small shift in the traditional role of an architect that can hopefully lead to a large and more crucial shift in the industry, towards a craft and materials-focused, low-carbon and cyclical way of building.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening, and thank you to our international guest, Sandy Bell of Stance Studio. It was truly delightful to delve into your appreciation for traditional craftsmanship and innovative processes, and speculate about the future landscape of mass timber construction. Let’s watch this space, and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks, also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff. Music by Blue Dot Sessions released under Creative Commons Licencing.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

In this episode we speak with Kirsten Lynge of Søuld. Kirsten is head of sustainability and co-founder of Søuld, a Danish material manufacturer committed to providing forward-thinking designers, builders, and end-users with eco-friendly, recyclable and CO₂-storing building materials made from eelgrass.

At Søuld, Kirsten uses her skills from her engineering background, where she has been trained in managing sustainable production systems. She pairs this with her love for eelgrass, awakened from a childhood at Læsø, a Danish Island known for its historical eelgrass roofs, that last for centuries.

I was lucky enough to touch and feel some of this seaweed or grass. There was number of historical samples in the office when I spoke with Kirsten. It was quite astounding to touch something that has been around for over 300 years and think about how materials such as these could be utilised to stand in buildings that aim for a lifespan of even a slim portion of that time. 

Listening to Kirsten, the ideas of the product seem so simple or obvious that it can be hard to understand why our industry makes it so difficult to make them viable. This is a scenario I came across many times when talking to those producing similar solutions.

Specifically, Kirsten has queried: Why not take a material that is in abundance in Denmark, seaweed, to press and shape into a building material to insulate buildings. It Revives old traditions of seaweed houses and focusing on common sense solutions with a proven track record in other times in our history.

In our discussion today, we discuss what happens when a simple idea meets a complex industry - How regulation, formal and informal industry practices, and competition by established players, all shape how a sustainable idea manifests into a viable product. Kirsten’s team has made it work in the landscape of the construction industry and its existing practices and players. But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing. 

Alongside the invention of the product, Kirsten, and the team at Søuld has had to educate and convince contractors, architects, and engineers, as well as customers. They have had to battle to prove compliancy and codes in a space where current regulations match the performance and test logic of current products, often made in factories, and without the curve balls that natural materials throw. They have had to fight to exist in a risk-averse industry where there is significant financial hurdles, hesitancy to deviate from existing regulations, and where the interest in promoting new, more sustainable solutions is lower than what our environment needs.

To sum up, Søuld and fellow counterparts in the industry of new sustainably focused materials, have had to do much more than just develop their innovative product or service. They must reconfigure and persuade an entire value chain to embrace their innovation. Ultimately, they have to help build an entire new industry.

Søuld is well on its way, being helped along by key and interesting business partners, research grants and a supportive network of local designers.

Today's episode showcases one particular story, as an exemplar of the journey of these small businesses, designers and great thinkers preparing Solutions with the potential to move the world in a better, more sustainable direction.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening, and thank you to our international guests Kirsten of Søuld. Thank you for your drive, aiming at something beyond minor modifications of current practice. And in your offering of functional, sustainable, and beautiful alternatives to traditional building materials that can improve sustainable development whilst also improving human health and well-being.

Our sponsor Brickworks, also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff. Music by Blue Dot Sessions released under Creative Commons Licencing.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

The architectural endeavour yields two distinctive outcomes, the addition of a building and the subtraction of a void. As construction takes shape -a curated assembly of materials, a corresponding void emerges in a location where these materials originally sourced, generally from elsewhere in the world. For years, designers have only been asked to consider result one: the building. But we've entered an age where architecture can no longer look over the impact of where and how materials are exploited.

In this episode, I meet with Andy Coward, a Danish and UK-based structural engineer with 17 years of experience designing buildings and bridges, burning man installations, Apple stores, football stadiums, and architectural offices.

Andy spent many of these years as an associate partner at Foster + Partners in London, where he first dappled in architectural projects. A shift to Scandinavia with his appointment as head of engineering at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in Copenhagen continued this trajectory, ignited his search for innovation within practice, and furthered his investigation into how structural materials can address climate change. 

His search for a fresh approach to making, designing, and using concrete led to the founding of his current practice Net Zero projects and one of his first offerings:  the low-carbon structural system Minimass.

Many within this circularity field talk about the requirement to move away from concrete and cement as a material. But here, we see Andy taking a different approach. Recognising that the world cannot stop its addiction to concrete overnight, he is instead advocating within the existing system helping it shift towards a better future. He asks how we can best use this material, how we can reduce our quantities, and be tactical in our composition of materials to allow concrete structures to live for longer. It’s a logical evolution of a design philosophy: use the right material in the right place for the right purpose – no more, no less.

In our discussion, Andy talks about two big challenges faced during construction:

1. The cost of materials: people have and will always fret about this. It’s not new. 

2. Carbon – A matter finally and importantly garnering more interest.

It is becoming more and more apparent that these two items are intrinsically tied to each other and will only become more so as the availability of materials decreases, and the impacts of carbon become more apparent on our environment. 

Andy was challenged to create a system that focuses on reducing both at the same time. Andy notes that he is not a materials scientist – he will leave the invention of new materials to others.

He is not a ‘robot’ guy, not a software programmer, but is a designer. He has questioned how he can use this background to create a system which uses less. Less material and less labour. 

Today we begin our discussion with an analysis of our past, and how there may be clues to suggest the types of thinking we should apply to our current practice. Among other things we discuss the spectrum of beautiful and innovative concrete structures which emerged during the 20 century and modernism. Parabolic shells and thin arches with their fantastic use of minimal material and with a focus on forces in tension and compression. They emerged from a time when materials were scarce but labour was cheap.

Our discussion today queries what will happen in the future where materials are again in short supply, but the cost of construction means we must think differently.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation, and recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association in Copenhagen. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Andy Coward, of Net Zero Projects. Thank you for sharing how your innovative structural solutions open many benefits, opportunities and push the boundaries of the rigid systems we work within. Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff. Music by Blue Dot Sessions released under Creative Commons Licencing.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

The architectural endeavour yields two distinctive outcomes, the addition of a building and the subtraction of a void. As construction takes shape -a curated assembly of materials, a corresponding void emerges in a location where these materials originally sourced, generally from elsewhere in the world. For years, designers have only been asked to consider result one: the building. But we've entered an age where architecture can no longer look over the impact of where and how materials are exploited.

In this episode, we speak with Architects and academics, Jon Foote & Ula Kozminska from Aarhus University in Denmark. Our conversation centres around a fascinating paradigm shift in construction—what they term as 'The New Stone Age.' where architects are again considering the ancient benefits of stone, fuelled by a contemporary sustainability agenda. Jonathan and Ula share recent projects exploring the reintroduction of load-bearing stone, questioning the possibility of creating modern stone buildings without steel, structure, and cladding, hearkening back to traditional methods.

Their research prompts critical questions about transitioning to a more custodial form of extraction, aiming to reduce reliance on materials like steel, concrete, and wood—industries often grounded in extractivist principles. For example, they highlight the paradoxical process of concrete: limestone is crushed and burnt, losing 60% of structural strength and therefore requiring steel reinforcement. In contrast, stone, relatively abundant, and with its lower carbon footprint, emerges as a more sustainable option. Yet, the current focus of the stone industry is on decoration—benchtops, basins, facades, and finishes— We have forgotten how to use stone in a way it performs best.

Jonathan and Ula stress the need to scrutinize extraction practices, not just to reduce material consumption but also to reimagine responsible approaches to altered landscapes. They emphasize visualizing the connection between buildings and the landscapes where materials are sourced. Together, we explore the potential of natural stone in architecture as an ecology—caring for both what is taken and what is left behind. 

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, and made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the Danish Arts Association in Copenhagen.  Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guests Jon and Ula for challenging extractivism, and envisioning a future where our buildings not only stand the test of time, but also stand in harmony with the landscapes they emerge from. Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff. Music by Blue Dot Sessions released under Creative Commons Licencing.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

In this interview, I meet with Ana and Jan of Studio Ludika, an emerging Icelandic based architectural and research practice. Ana is a born and bred Icelander, who teamed with the Polish born, Cario raised Jan, to establish Studio Ludika when living in the UK.

After years of practice, the duo shifted their office to Ana’s home city of Reyjakvik, where their studio focuses on research and construction projects concurrently. Their multifaceted work combines research development and undertaking with the aim of introducing a more sustainable and self-sufficient way of building in Iceland, with a focus on alternative bio-based materials

I was particularly interested in speaking with Jan and Ana because of the many parallels can be drawn from Iceland as an island nation, to the scenario back at home on our island… Australia. Our island’s similarly feature incredible natural wonders drawing in thousands of tourists. But our lands are also rich in natural assets, deemed ripe for exploitation, extraction and export across the globe.

Despite being rich in resources, research to date, suggests that the majority of materials being utilised in the average construction in Iceland, is brought in from abroad. Walking the docks, not too far from the city centre, you can see row after row of shipping container arriving full, and leaving empty. The city is building taller, sprawling further, and is full of grey, thick and solid concrete. Almost 70% of construction in Iceland is concrete based. A wild fact for a country with no local cement industry.

In our conversation, Ana and Jan lament that Icelanders we have forgotten how to build self sufficiently, living on an island completely reliant on carbon intensive material imports. Among other things, Ana and Jan comment on how Icelanders used to know how to build with what they had around them. In a country of very little trees for timber, they built within the landscapes. Grassy turf houses that raised and fell back into the earth. They note that at the time, it wasn’t a glorious, but it worked. It kept it’s inhabitants warmed, and safe through icy winters.

Now they dream of a day where locals  don’t have to rely on the outside world to provide most things, and where homes don’t have to become hermetic capsules cut off from nature, through layers of synthetic materials with ever more complicated ways of cutting off the inside from the outside. Of a return to architecture which embraces the natural that surrounds it, and where buildings don’t need to exploit, pollute and be dependent. But our conversation is a hopeful one. We discuss how the smallness of Iceland can become a driving force, and an advantage that bigger sprawling societies lack: agility.

Ludika is working towards a reality through experimentation, testing, and hopefully eventually through demonstrating with regular construction, that we can build differently to what has become the norm. Can Iceland be a trailbalizer in demonstrating that radical transformation in how we build is possible? If a small island nation can demonstrate this, perhaps the feat for larger nations will no longer be unimaginable….

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, and made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the SIM Icelandic Arts Association,  Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guests Ana and Jan of Studio Ludika. Thank you for sharing your story and encouraging us to move towards a society where the buildings we raise, do not contribute to climate breakdown. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff. Music by Blue Dot Sessions released under Creative Commons Licencing.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

The Hearing Architecture podcast, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

In this episode, we listen to a thought-provoking discussion with Arnhildur Pálmadóttir, a visionary architect and explorer of new narratives in the built environment. 

Arnhildur operates from two architectural offices in Rekjavik Iceland. SAP – a small research and practice-based design studio. and the newly created Lendager Iceland, a local branch to the revolutionary Danish sustainable practice. 

In a world where climate change looms large and the responsibility of architects weighs heavy, Arnhildur challenges us to question the status quo and envision new possibilities beyond existing systems. With a studio ethos grounded in both childlike curiosity and scientific rigor, Arnhildur has spent the last four years pushing the boundaries of what's possible in architecture.

Arnhildur's quest began at a point of despair over climate change, coupled with a deep fascination for science, technology, and geological exploration. Her studio's research is driven by a desire to connect disparate industries and technologies, seeking innovative solutions to pressing global challenges. Among other things, our conversation queries the fundamental materials of modern construction—concrete, steel, and wood—and confront the stark reality of their carbon footprint. Here Arnhildur prompts us to consider a radical shift: What if our buildings could emerge from geological layers, fashioned from locally-sourced materials in harmony with the natural environment?

In Iceland, she has raised the potential of lava as a building material. One that in the last few months, has appeared through eruptions at a frequency beyond forecasts or expectations.

Identifying the significant quantities of lava continually produced by the Earth itself, Arnhildur poses a question: Can we harness this abundant resource to build the cities of tomorrow, free from the constraints of traditional materials and their environmental impact? 

When we look at the carbon footprint of our usual materials – cement, steel and wood, and consider these in terms of how much we as humans are forecast to build in the coming years, the goals of the UN to maintain global temperatures below 1.5 degree, feels improbable.

So Arnhildur suggests that perhaps hypothetical thinking and the magical power of architecture to imagine a new world and new ways to build cities outside the current system; is what is required.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. This episode was recorded during a period of residency with the SIM Icelandic Arts Association in Reykavik. Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Arnhildur of SAP and Lendager Iceland.  Thank you for demonstrating that speculative projects are important way to open the way for a new debate about architecture and climate change. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff. Music by Blue Dot Sessions released under Creative Commons Licencing.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

The Hearing Architecture podcast proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

In this episode, we speak with Lasse Lind of GXN, an independent, design-driven research studio that pioneers strategic sustainability within the construction industry. 

Founded in 2007 by parent architectural office 3XN, GXN and now features over 20 researchers and consultants promoting a circular future by challenging the way we use and reuse resources in the building industry.

At GXN, the architecture itself is not in focus, but rather the process behind the ideation and implementation of circularity in architectural projects. 

In our discussion Lasse and I explore how these important research consultancies tackle the role in asking questions that there is often not time or space to ask within the architectural process. Lasse explains GXN’s aim to provide insights into the preconditions that inform circularity on the construction site.

We touch on the new types of conversations being had with developers, where the sustainability performance of a building is deemed as much a risk as the financial feasibility of the project. He talks of design teams upskilling, knowledge sharing and about knowing where we need to go, and the need to be much more aggressive in what we need to do, but how we are at the very beginning at understating what this means for design.

Among other things, we spoke about the impressive Quay Quarter Tower, a collaborative project by the Danish office built a little closer to my regular home. 

The Syndey project set an ambitious goal: to build new, whilst reusing as much of the existing building as possible and to set a lofty new standard for what is possible for adaptive reuse in architecture.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, and made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. 

Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Lasse Lind for your discussion. Thank you for sharing your stories and we are excited to envision a future where our industry enables us to make buildings as part of the climate solution and not the problem.

Let’s watch this space and we look forward to speaking with you again.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff. Music by Blue Dot Sessions released under Creative Commons Licencing.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

The Hearing Architecture podcast proudly sponsored by Brickworks, presents Again and Again and Again, a mini-series hosted by Hilary Duff.

Each week, we will bring you interviews and conversations as we seek better ways to understand, harness and deploy the expertise and knowledge of professionals currently within the design community, at home and abroad. Our guests are all experts on circularity within the building industry and share the aim to display that waste is not an accident but the consequence of decisions made at the design stage. Here is our opportunity. We, as designers, have an opportunity to do better.

In this episode, we hear from Andri Snær Magnason. He is not our usual podcast guest as he is not a formally trained architect, yet he has worked alongside them, written for and about them, and comes from a lineage of family involved in the environment, whether built or natural.

I thought that my conversation with Andri would be a good starting point for the publication of my research because he deals with words and facts in a way that we as humans can relate.

His books, projects, presentations, and advocacy all try to convince us of one thing: We need to start connecting to future in an intimate and urgent way.

Today’s discussion focuses less on architecture, and more on our environment as a setting for our future and how and why we care about it.

Andri is a Reykjavik-based Icelandic writer and documentary filmmaker, who navigates the realms of environmental activism, architecture, visual art, music, film, and theatre. He ran in the 2016 Icelandic presidential election, where he passionately advocated on environmental issues. His literary portfolio spans novels, poetry, essays, theatre and children's books, performed and published across more than 40 countries. His 2019 National bestseller, "On Time and Water," delves poetically into the alarming realities of environmental change, approaching the subject as if a shared tale at the dinner table. 

Time, particularly in the context of climate change, is a recurrent theme in his work, and he offers an intimate perspective that resonates amidst the overwhelming facts and figures. In our conversation, Andri emphasizes the challenge of connecting people to a future that seems beyond imagination, stressing the need for a more personal understanding of time as a dimension in the face of global changes. 

I spoke with Andri back in his office in Reykjavik in August 23, after I had just returned from a hike in the highlands of Iceland to view the now declassified OK glacier, and Andri’s commemorative plaque which we discuss in our recording.

Our interview explores the power of language and its ability to collapse these wide expanses of time into something we can feel, touch and get close to emotionally.

It was a joy to speak about these topics in which architecture slots itself within. Energy, resources, materials, landscape, and time.

This has been Again&Again&Again, a mini-series of Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks, and made possible with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation. 

Thank you so much for listening and thank you to our international guest Andri Snaer Magnason for your discussion, your stories and your myths. We join you in the goal of making the future feel intimate, relevant, and in realising the interconnectedness of individuals and loved ones across the unfolding timeline we exist in. We look forward to speaking with you again.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the   Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The miniseries Again&Again&Again is proudly supported by the Alstair Swayne Foundation. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore and Hilary Duff. Music by Blue Dot Sessions released under Creative Commons Licencing.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Katie Skillington speaks with registered architect and academic at Melbourne University, Jarrod Haberfield. Katie and Jarrod discuss the subject of Jarrod’s PhD, which focused on Art and architecture and the emergence of the art-museum typology. They discuss art’s influence on Jarrod’s architecture work, the role of criticism in art and architecture, and the realities of undertaking a PhD compared to working in an architecture firm.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, registered architect and academic at Melbourne University, Jarrod Haberfield. Thank you so much for sharing insights from your PhD and what goes into a massive research project like this. We can’t wait to hear more about your work in this area in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Katie Skillington and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with one of the guest keynote speakers at this year's Australian Architecture Conference, Executive Director, Head of Design Studio, and a founder of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Paul Monaghan. Paul is a registered architect in the UK, internationally acclaimed with a focus on redefining the built environment. His key projects in workplace design, arts, education, residential and masterplanning sectors have all been recognised with numerous UK and international awards, including the 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize for Burntwood School.

As a strong advocate for better cities, Paul is a member of the UK government’s Office for Place Advisory Board and The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s steering group for the establishment of an expert design body working towards greater design quality and community involvement in planning decisions in England. Paul was a member of the advisory group for MHCLG’s Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, which published its report in 2020. We’re thrilled that Paul will be joining us in person this year at the Australian Architecture Conference. This episode serves as an introduction to Paul's keynote lecture at the conference.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, UK registered architect, Executive Director, Head of Design Studio, and a founder of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Paul Monaghan. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about building better housing in the UK and Europe. We know there is a lot we can learn from your work here in Australia and we can't wait to hear your lecture at this year's conference.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode of Hearing Architecture, Daniel Moore is speaking with registered architects Ed Lippmann, director of Lippmann Partnership, and Peter Sarlos of Sydney East Architects and special counsel at M&A Lawyers. Daniel, Ed and Peter discuss a case study regarding moral rights in architecture in which one of Ed Lippmann’s projects was involved. Moral Rights provisions in Australia’s Copyright Act expressly recognise and protect the rights of authorship, including the right of attribution, the right against false attribution, and the right of integrity. Ed and Peter take us through the case study where another architect was engaged to undertake work that impacted one of Ed’s projects and how he and the other architect addressed his moral rights as the works were undertaken. 

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guests, registered architects Ed Lippmann, director of Lippmann Partnership, and Peter Sarlos of Sydney East Architects. Thank you so much for sharing your case study on moral rights with us. We look forward to hearing from you again in the future. If listeners would like to know more about the moral rights, copyright laws, and the various codes of conduct relevant to architects, please feel free to visit the Australian Institute of Architects Acumen website at acumen.architecture.com.au to search and download all the relevant practice notes.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produce architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with Valentina Petrone who is not a registered architect in Australia but is the Future Ready Circular Economy Lead at WSP. Valentina has a Master’s Degree in Architecture with Hons from the Politecnico of Milano, and has been awarded the affiliate title of Adjunct Associate Professor with University of Sydney – School of Architecture, Design and Planning. She is passionate about reducing waste in the built environment, and at WSP, she implements Circular Economy principles and strategies that help minimise the construction industry’s environmental footprint. 

Valentin and I discuss Embodied Carbon literary in Australia, some of the projects WSP is working on with a robust circular economy focus, and some of the best references architects in Australia can use to begin their circular economy journey. 

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, Valentina Petrone, who is not a registered architect in Australia but is the Future Ready Circular Economy Lead at WSP. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about what WSP is doing and ways architects in Australia can help minimise their impact on the environment. We can’t wait to see what you do next.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Sally Hsu is speaking with registered architect Qianyi Lim who is a Director of Sibling Architecture, a research-based practice with studios across Naarm, Melbourne and Eora Country, Sydney. Qianyi is working across a range of civic, cultural and residential projects in NSW, including the recently completed South East Centre for Contemporary Art , Darling St adaptive reuse apartments and Dixon St Chinatown. She is also an architectural educator and critic, where she is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and a member of the NSW State Design Review Panel. In 2022, Qianyi was the recipient of the NSW Emerging Architect Prize and Wilkinson Award for architecture. Qianyi and Sally discuss how Sibling was established, how Sibling works across a variety of architecture typologies as well and exhibition design and research, and Qianyi shares some advice about navigating the architecture profession as an emerging architect.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening and thank you so much to our guest, registered architect and Director of Sibling Architecture Qianyi Lim. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about your unique career and Siblings unique work. We can’t wait to see what you and Sibling do next.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sally Hsu and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with registered architect Kate Shepherd, working at Cumulus Studio based in Hobart Tasmania. Kate has been working across practice and academics in architecture since 2011. Kate has had an extraordinary career, working in academia at the University of Canberra and in practice, where she demonstrated design excellence across various scales of practice both domestically and internationally. In 2022, Kate received the Emerging Architect Prize in the ACT before she made the move to Hobart and began working for Cumulus Studio. Kate and Daniel discuss the journey she undertook as an emerging architect, what led her to choose to move to Tasmania, and the building typologies she is most passionate about after working on after working across scales over the years.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, registered architect at Cumulus Studio, Kate Shepherd. Thanks for talking about your unique career path in your architecture career. We can’t wait to see what you do next.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture on your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community, please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with registered architect Mike Sneyd, director of EKD Architects based in Western Australia. Mike is uniquely placed in the Australian architecture profession as one of the most isolated architects in the country. Working between three offices in Kununurra, Broome and Fremantle, EKD is heavily involved in advocacy for the architecture profession with a growing reputation of design empathy and building regional capacity in North Western Australia. In this episode, Mike and I discuss his decision to work with some of the most remote communities on earth, his passion for working on projects that support First Nations people, and the realities of designing for places and people that require a different design approach than in standard urban settings. Let’s jump in!

This has been Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, registered architect and director of EKD Architects, Mike Sneyd. Thanks for talking about your unique work and the realities of we can’t wait to see what you do next.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with Dave Bickmore and Graham Charbonneau, registered architects and directors of Studio Gram based in South Australia. Dave and Graham are two of Australia’s most successful emerging architects with one of the most impressive practice portfolios catching the eye of design experts in Australia and abroad. In 2018, Studio Gram was awarded the prestigious Emerging Interior Practice of the Year and they were also the 2022 South Australian recipient of the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architect Prize. In this episode we talk about the way they bootstrapped their firm when they first started, how they don’t follow one style or influence in their work, and how they hope the architecture profession can help in areas such as mental health, and not just talk about the issues.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guests, registered architects and directors of Studio Gram, Dave Bickmore and Graham Charbonneau. Thanks for talking about your inspiring work, we can’t wait to see what you do next.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Nicole Eadie and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with Dr Waldemar Jenek, who isn’t a registered architect but is an architectural academic specialising in advanced architectural technology at the Queensland University of Technology. Dr Waldemar Jenek is an experienced researcher and educator specialising in the intersection of education, technology, and architecture. With a strong focus on computational technologies and their impact on architectural design, his research explores immersive environments, interactive computer graphics, and parametric design, connecting the digital and physical worlds. He is passionate about integrating immersive technologies into education, leveraging his expertise in software design, augmented, virtual and mixed reality.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, who isn’t a registered architect, but an academic expert in advanced architectural technology at the QUT, Dr Waldemar Jenek. We can’t wait to see what you do in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore is speaking with registered architect and Director of Prevalent Architecture in New South Wales, Ben Berwick. Ben is an accomplished emerging architect who has studied and worked around the world primarily between Australia, the USA and Japan. Ben and I discuss some of his experiences working and studying in Japan, his unique approach to sustainability, how he has begun to implement this into his practice, and some of his most recent projects.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, registered architect, Director of Prevalent Architecture, Ben Berwick. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about your unique career overseas and sustainability. We can’t wait to see what you do next.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Nicole Eadie and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with registered architect, Director of Bijl Architecture and New South Wales Architect Practice Examination Convenor, Melonie Bayl-Smith. In 2018, Melonie won the Australian Institute of Architects Paula Whitman Prize for Gender Equity for being an exemplary leader for the architecture profession in practice, education, research and policy development over a sustained period. Melonie and I discuss the ethics of architecture, working with and managing project teams including clients and builders, and architects' responsibilities when they are leading and administering projects across all the stages of design.

This is Hearing Architecture, proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, registered architect, and Director of Bijl Architecture Melonie Bayl-Smith. Thank you so much for sharing your stories regarding ethics in architecture. We can’t wait to see what you do next.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Sally Hsu is speaking with Matt Davis who is a registered architect and studio director of Bates Smart in Sydney. Matt has run his own successful practice, Davis and Davis, and has also worked in a strategic advisory capacity with the NSW Government Architect and the NSW State Design Review Panel. Matt and Sally discuss Matt’s cyclical career journey in the architecture profession and what skills he developed along the way to best serve the variety of clients he has worked with over the years.

Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thanks to Sally Hsu for interviewing and thanks to our guest, registered architect and studio director at Bates Smart, Matt Davis. It was so great to hear about your career journey, we can’t wait to see what you and the team deliver at Bates Smart. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produce architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sally Hsu and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with registered architect and Associate at STH, Anna Fox, and Dr Ruby Lipson-Smith who is not a registered architect but a researcher at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, at Western Sydney University, specialising in co-design for healthcare environments and services. Ruby’s research challenges how traditional healthcare environments, programs, and technologies are designed and used, and how to measure their impact on users' experience, behaviour, health, and cognition. Ruby manages the NOVELL Redesign project, a Living Lab that brings together people with lived experience of stroke, policymakers, researchers, and designers such as Anna and the team at STH to co-design stroke rehabilitation environments. Let’s jump in!

This has been Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guests, registered architect and Associate at STH, Anna Fox, and Dr Ruby Lipson-Smith who is not a registered architect but a researcher at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University. We look forward to seeing the results of the research when it’s published.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore is speaking with the registered architect and Founder of Breathe Architecture and Nightingale Housing, Jeremy McLeod. Australia and many other countries around the world have housing affordability crises that need to be addressed. Architects can make a meaningful impact in this space when they create housing that is socially, financially and environmentally sustainable. In this episode, we discuss how Jeremy and the Nightingale team believe that homes should be built for people, not solely for profit and also the organisations Nightingale has started working with to try and narrow the gap between affordable sustainable housing for more people in Australia.

This has been Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, registered architect and Founder of Breathe Architect and Nightingale Housing, Jeremy McLeod. It’s great to hear about all the initiatives your undertaking to make sustainable housing more affordable and we can’t wait to see what Breathe and Nightingale do in the future. We look forward to having you on the podcast again.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Nicole Eadie and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, Sally Hsu is speaking with Dr Damian Madigan who is a registered architect and Senior Lecturer in Architecture at UniSA among the many hats that he wears. Holding a PhD from Monash University, Damian collaborates with academics, industry, and government to create suburban infill typologies for changing demographics. As an individual and collaborator Damian's housing propositions have won design competition awards, shortlistings, and commendations from the City of Los Angeles, NSW State Government, the City of Sydney, Architecture Australia, and the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation. Let’s jump in!

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our guest interviewer Sally Hsu and our guest registered architect and Senior Lecturer in Architecture at UniSA, Dr Damian Madigan. It’s always fascinating to hear about your work in urban infill projects and strategies for improving housing in Australia. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sally Hsu and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Abigail Lee is speaking with registered architect and Director at Maytree Studios, Rebecca Caldwell. Abigail talks with Rebecca about how she designs the kind of world she wants to live in. Her design philosophy combines ethics, social and environmental responsibility with the forward-thinking sensibilities of contemporary architecture. Rebecca is genuinely invested in her clients and advocates for a 'humans first, architects second' approach to design - putting ego aside to find a creative solution to their needs within budget.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our guest interviewer Abigail Lee, registered architect and Director at Maytree Studios, Rebecca Caldwell. Thank you so much for talking about the work you’re doing and how you’re approaching architecture services in your own unique way. Rebecca gave a great presentation at the Australian Institute of Architects 2023 National Conference, so I’m glad we were able to have you on the podcast to expand on your professional journey. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Abigail Lee and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, Kimberley Hui is speaking with the registered architect and Director at Architecture Architecture, Nick James. Nick enjoys a hands-on approach, building a strong rapport with clients, consultants and builders alike. Socially inclusive design is a strong driver in Nick’s work, always seeking opportunities to engage with the broader community no matter the scale of the project and in this episode, Nick and Kim talk in detail about Architecture Architecture’s involvement in the Urban Coup building in Nightingale Village, which Architecture Architecture designed.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest interviewer Kimberley Hui and our guest, registered architect and Director at Architecture Architecture, Nick James. All of the projects designed by Architecture Architecture are a delight to see, regardless of scale. I was able to visit their award winning renovation project “Sunday” last year and the thought that goes into their buildings is incredible. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Kimberley Hui and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, Nicole Eadie is speaking with registered architect and associate at Austin Maynard Architects, Ray Dinh. Austin Maynard Architects won Dezeen’s 2022 Architecture Studio of the Year globally with the jury noting that “a lot of interesting residential architecture is coming out of Australia at the moment, and Austin Maynard Architects is a leader in this field. The firm has developed an impressive and diverse portfolio of houses at different scales, all of which have a strong sense of identity”. Anyone who has worked in award-winning practice knows there are often a lot of late nights to achieve impressive outcomes, but Austin Maynard Architects makes work/life balance a priority and has an office structure that breaks down some of the standard ways that practices operate.

This has been Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening and thank you so much to our guest, registered architect and associate at Austin Maynard Architects, Ray Dinh. Thank you so much for talking about the office culture at AMA, it sounds like it’s one of the best places to work and a worthy winner of the Dezeen Architecture Studio of the Year 2022. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Nicole Eadie and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode of Hearing Architecture, Daniel Moore interviews Dr Isabella Bower who isn’t a registered architect but is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Isabella’s work explores whether we can improve brain functioning and mental health through built environment design. During her PhD, she investigated how modifiable interior design characteristics of buildings impact processes we use in daily life such as perception, attention, and emotion regulation.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Isabella Bower at the University of South Australia, who is not a registered architect. Thank you so much for sharing stories about your research and how your research can inform the way we design our spaces for the better. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Sally Hsu is speaking with registered architect and regional managing principal at HDR Architects, Cate Cowlishaw. Cate speaks about her work at HDR as a global practice and how she enables the teams in her practice to excel. Cate also talks about how the convergence of health, education, science, research and innovation has culminated in the emergence of innovation precincts that appear to be springing up all over the world.

This is Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening and thank you so much to our guest registered architect Cate Cowlishaw from HDR Architects. Thank you so much for sharing all of your stories about working in a global practice and the specific work you’re involved in within your practice. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produce architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sally Hsu and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore speaks with architecture academic and sustainability specialist, Dr Kirsty Mate. While Kirsty is not a registered architect, she has been working within architecture for decades with a specialised lens on sustainability. Kirsty recently completed her PhD at the University of Tasmania titled “The Changing Paradigms of Contemporary Consumerism: Sustainability, adaptation and spatial tactics for shopping scapes”. She understands acutely what impact consumerism culture has on the environment and this led her to open her own shop in Launceston called the Redress Shop.

This is Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening and thank you so much to our guest academic Kirsty Mate who is not a registered architect. Thank you so much for sharing all of your stories about sustainability and consumerism and sharing insights about your Phd and the ReDress Shop. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Daniel Moore talks with registered architect and Director of Interiors at Breathe Architecture, Bettina Robinson. Bettina leads the interior design arm of Breathe and has cultivated a thoughtful approach to spatial organisation and a pioneering attitude towards the utilisation of sustainable materials and design methodologies. We discuss Bettina’s process for selecting materials that serve the needs of different typologies and the reason Breathe released their free ‘Guide to Sustainable Materials’ when others might see that as giving away a lot of valuable IP.

This is Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening and thank you so much to our guest registered architect Bettina Robinson. Thank you so much for sharing all of your stories about material selection at Breathe and how much of an impact it can have on sustainable projects. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, you're hearing from registered architect and the 2022 Western Australia Emerging Architect Prize winner Matt Delroy-Carr. Matt is an amazing young architect with a lot going on. He designs sustainable carbon-neutral houses, develops his own projects, has a hand in the building process, and is now selling the plans for some of his projects for anyone to build on their own site. He’s a really amazing guy that architects from anywhere can learn a lot from. 

This is Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest registered architect Matt Delory-Carr. Thank you so much for sharing the stories about your experiences and all the different types of work you do. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produce architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, Bridie O’Tool interviews registered architect and the 2022 Queensland Emerging Architect Prize winner Tanya Golitschneko. Tanya works at Hassell in Brisbane and shares how she found her area of specialisation in transport architecture. She is also an advocate for enabling architecture for better accessibility in the built environment through her lived and practice experience. Let’s jump in!

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much to our guest registered architect Tanya Golitschneko from Hassell. Thank you so much for sharing the stories about your experience and all the important work you’ve undertaken in infrastructure projects. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Bridie O’Tool and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, Daniel Moore interviews Jeremy McLeod a registered architect, founding director of sustainable architecture firm Breathe Architecture and founder of alternative not-for-profit development company Nightingale Housing. Jeremy shares some of the main initiatives that he uses in Breathe and Nightingale projects to have the most impact on climate change. Have your notebooks ready, because Jeremy is giving away a lot of his tricks. Let’s jump in!

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening and thank you so much to our guest registered architect, founding director of sustainable architecture firm Breathe Architecture and founder of alternative not-for-profit development company Nightingale Housing, Jeremy McLeod. Thank you so much for sharing so much information about what can be done to make our buildings more sustainable including electrification, electrification, electrification. We look forward to speaking with you again in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sam Bowstead and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, our host Lily Jiang interviews Kavita Gonsalves, who is not a registered architect but works in practice as the Sustainable Design Lead at Populous and is also a PhD candidate at the Queensland University of Technology. Kavita shares the process she has been going through in her PhD that focuses on social sustainability and the ways place can evoke position experiences.

This has been Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Lily Jiang is interviewing Kavita Gonsalves, PhD candidate and Sustainable Design Lead at Populous. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about social sustainability, one of the forgotten but extremely important areas of making sustainable and healthy communities, we can’t wait to see more of your projects in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sam Bowstead and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, our host Karen Tuiyott is interviewing architect Lee Yang Yang who is a registered architect and the 2023 WA Emerging Architect Prize winner working at Mode Design in WA. Yang talks about his journey in architecture through education and working in practice after moving to Perth from Malaysia, and the importance of encouragement and recognition of emerging architects in the architecture profession. Let’s jump in!

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Karen Tuiyott and her guest registered architect Lee Yang Yang who is a registered architect and the 2023 WA Emerging Architect Prize winner working at Mode Design. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about emerging in the profession and how younger architects can be supported, we can’t wait to see more of your projects in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sam Bowstead and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, our host Kimberley Hui is interviewing Jocelyn Chiew who is a registered architect working at the City of Melbourne as the Director of City Design. Kim and Jocelyn discuss intersectionality in architecture. Intersectionality is a way of examining how different forms of oppression overlap and interact to create complex experiences of discrimination. This can be done by understanding how one person’s gender, race, ability, sexuality, age, class or immigration status makes their experience different to someone else’s. Kim and Jocelyn talk about how this is being considered in the architecture profession and the built environment more broadly.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Kimberley Hui and her guest Jocelyn Chiew, registered architect and Director of City Design at the City of Melbourne. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about intersectionality and how everyone considers this in their architectural practice and the broader built environment, we can’t wait to see more of your projects in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sam Bowstead and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, our host Sally Hsu interviews architect HY William Chan who is a registered architect and councillor at the City of Sydney. William discusses his background working as an architect before becoming a councillor and how his architectural knowledge informs his work in the planning, regulatory, and community engagement process.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Sally Hsu and our guest architect HY Willian Chan, architect and councillor at the City of Sydney. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about how an architecture background can help shape our cities, we can’t wait to see more of your projects in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sally Hsu and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, our host Sam Bowstead is interviewing architects Craig Hayman & Hannah Charlton from Hayman Charlton Architects. Craig and Hannah discuss designing and building sustainable off-grid ecotourism lodges in wild Africa. They discuss spending a lot of time connecting to a site, sustainable design and building in the bush, and what these projects have taught them for their future projects.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Sam Bowstead and our guests architects Craig Hayman & Hannah Charlton from Hayman Charlton Architects. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about designing in wild Africa, we can’t wait to see more of your projects in the future.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Sam Bowstead and Daniel Moore.

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In this episode, our host Olivia McKim interviews architects Ben McPherson and Natalie Di Sisto from DesignInc Adelaide. Ben and Natalie discuss the Wulunda Recreation and Convention Centre in Mount Gambier, South Australia and how DesignInc undertook and delivered a complex project that required in-depth community consultation and specialist consultation coordination on a project that was so important to the community. Let’s jump in!

This has been Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Olivia McKim and her guests Ben McPherson and Natalie Di Sisto from DesignInc Adelaide. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about Wulunda Recreation and Convention Centre in Mount Gambier. We look forward to seeing what DesignInc comes up with next.

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This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Aileen Chew and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, our host Aileen Chew is interviewing Sophie Bond from Hassell and Anna Silva from SPH Architecture. Aileen, Sophie and Anna discuss gender equity in architecture, and how these considerations impact work-life balance in the architecture work force, and how this informed the establishment of the EmAGN initiative “Archi Bubs”.

This has been Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Aileen Chew and her guests Sophie Bond from Hassell and Anna Silva from SPH Architecture. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about gender equity and we’re looking forward to your future projects. If anyone is interested in joining Archi Bubs, please follow the EmAGN instagram accounts and you’ll see when they post upcoming sessions.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produces architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Aileen Chew and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, our host Katie Skillington is interviewing David Ash from Guymer Bailey Architects. David shares how his experience of transitioning from being a building surveyor into becoming an architect contributed to his role helping graduates enter the real world of architecture practice, as lead of Cultural Engagement at Guymer Bailey Architects. Let’s jump in!

Hearing Architecture proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Katie Skillington and her guest in this episode architect David Ash from Guymer Bailey Architects. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about office culture engagement and we’re looking forward to your future projects.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produce architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Katie Skillington and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

In this episode, our host Lily Jiang is interviewing Andrew Noonan, from Sustainable Design Lead at Hassell. Andrew shares how his interest in sustainability lead him to learn more about circular economies, and how sustainable considerations throughout the entire architecture process create projects that have the best results for people and the environment.

Hearing Architecture is proudly sponsored by Brickworks. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to our host Lily Jiang and her guest in this episode architect Andrew Noonan from Hassell. Thank you so much for sharing your stories about circular economies in architecture and we’re looking forward to your future projects.

Our sponsor Brickworks also produce architecture podcasts hosted by Tim Ross. You can find ‘The Art of Living’, ‘Architects Abroad, and ‘The Power of Two’, at brickworks.com.au or your favourite podcast platform.

If you’d like to show your support please rate, review, and subscribe to Hearing Architecture in your favourite podcast app. If you want to know more about what the Australian Institute of Architects is doing to support architects and the community please visit architecture.com.au

This is a production by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. The Institute production team was Madelynn Jenkins, and Claudia McCarthy, and the EmAGN production team was Lily Jiang and Daniel Moore.

This content is brought to you by the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects and Graduates Network, in collaboration with Open Creative Studio. This content does not take into account specific circumstances and should not be relied on in that way. This content does not constitute legal, financial, insurance, or other types of advice. You should seek independent verification or advice before relying on this content in circumstances where loss or damage may result. The Institute endeavours to publish content that is accurate at the time it is published, but does not accept responsibility for content that may or will become inaccurate over time.

Our guest in this episode is architectural critic, writer and educator, Rory Hyde. Rory is an associate professor of architecture, curatorial design and practice at the University of Melbourne. After working in architectural practice, Rory’s career has excelled in many areas connected or adjacent to traditional practice. In this interview, Rory shares his thoughts on architecture career pathways, the importance of doing things other than architecture that broaden our experiences and understanding of the world, the place of passion projects in an architect's career, and how some side projects become main projects. This interview is conducted by Nicole Mesquita-Mendes, the 2022 National SONA President based in Queensland.

Our guest in this episode is architectural educator Dr Louise Wallis from the University of Tasmania. Louise is an architectural education specialist and chair of the School of Architecture and Designs learning and teaching committee. In this interview, Louise shares how complex the education of architects is, the progressive consolidation of architecture competencies within education curriculums, and the advancements in education delivery such as the development of cadetship or apprenticeship architecture courses in the UK. This interview is conducted by Nicole Mesquita-Mendes, the 2022 National SONA President based in Queensland.

Our guests in this episode are registered architects and educators Lindsay and Kerry Clare. Lindsay and Kerry are directors of the award-winning practice Clare Design based in Queensland, and in 2010 won the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal, particularly for their work in the advancement of architecture. Lindsay and Kerry share the story of the organic opening of their office, the way they like to educate by doing, and also share how a student can extend the experience outside of university hours. This interview is conducted by Nicole Mesquita-Mendes who is the 2022 National SONA President based in Queensland.

Our guests in this episode are architect Shaneen Fantin and Belinda Allwood, directors of People Oriented Design based in Cairns in North Queensland. In this interview, Shaneen and Belinda share how green technology works in the tropical climate of Queensland, the importance of material selection with regards to durability, and how computer modelling and understanding shade and prevailing winds are vitally important in the warmer climate that’s omnipresent in the northern parts of Australia. This interview is conducted by Callum Senjov, an EmAGN representative based in Queensland.

Our guest in this episode is designer, researcher and educator Tristan Morgan from Aurecon. In this interview, Tristan speaks about digital tools that can be enabled within homes, what some of the opportunities and barriers are concerning automation, and some of the projects that exemplify computational design at Aurecon at the moment. This interview is conducted by Ryan Berut, an EmAGN representative based in Western Australia.

Our guest in this episode is alternate energy specialist Jacqui Mills. Jacqui is an Energy Engineer and head of New Energy at Clipsal Solar. Before working at Clipsal, Jacqui was the virtual power plant lead at the Australian Energy Market Operator, which manages electricity and gas systems and markets across Australia. In this interview, Jacqui shares how adding solar to people's homes affects the grid, how large and small-scale batteries are being integrated into the overall energy system, and how important energy efficiency is to a home before solar and batteries are added. This interview is conducted by Daniel Moore, an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Stephen Choi. Stephen is a UK-qualified Project Architect and Australian-qualified Project Manager. He co-founded the not-for-profit environmental building consultancy, Architecture for Change, and has been a long-time ambassador for the Living Future Institute in Australia. In this interview, Stephen shares what the Living Building Challenge is, the importance of buying products that are either local or being produced ethically, and he talks about some of the fantastic initiatives behind the Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre, which has been certified as one of the most sustainable buildings in the world. This interview is conducted by Hilary Duff, an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is an architectural educator and co-founder of archimarathon, Kevin Hui. Kevin has organised architectural tours all around the world for two decades, and as an educator and architecture lover, knows that to understand and appreciate architecture truly, people have to go and visit buildings in the flesh. Kevin shares how construction becomes less cryptic when visiting buildings in person, how much planning and preparation goes into an archimarathon tour, and how Kevin has opened a studio next to Austin Maynard Architects in Melbourne where students can truly experience how architecture takes place in a working architecture office. This interview is conducted by Daniel Moore, an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Bonnie Herring from Breathe Architecture. Bonnie is the director of architecture and sustainability at Breathe and was the project architect of The Commons, which was the precursor to the groundbreaking sustainable apartment development model, Nightingale Housing. Bonnie participated in the Dulux Study Tour in 2015, where she visited Japan, Paris, and the UK. In this interview, Bonnie shares how intense the reporting and reflection during the Dulux Study Tour was, the difference between studying buildings in books at university compared to experiencing buildings in person, and the sustainable learning outcomes Bonnie gained while visiting extra-large scale projects as well as at famous architecture studios. This interview is conducted by Daniel Moore, an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Ben Peake from Carter Williamson Architects. Ben was the recipient of the Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship in 2014 and participated in the Dulux Study Tour in 2019. In this interview, Ben shares how taking part in a travelling scholarship while he was still studying opened doors to the profession of architecture, how experiencing buildings overseas in person has impacted his design work now, and how the relationships he established on the deluxe study tour are still essential for him to today. This interview was conducted by Sally Hsu, an EmAGN representative based in New South Wales.

Our guest in this episode was the recipient of the National and South Australian 2021 emerging architect prize, Dino Vrynios. Dino is an architect and director of Das Studio based in South Australia, founded by his wife and business partner, Sara Horstmann, in 2018. In this interview, Dino shares his experience travelling overseas via the Jack Hobbs McConnel Travel Fellowship, how Dino’s trip informed his decision to start the modular construction consultancy MDLR, and how travelling was a clear milestone in Dino’s career that clarified what he wanted in his career. This interview is conducted by Renata Gabara, an EmAGN representative based in South Australia.

Our guest in this episode is Milot Zeqiri and Brittany Gribben. Neither Milot nor Brittany are architects but they are the founders of a new web-based platform that helps the public find and connect with great architects in Australia and New Zealand. In this interview, we hear about their experience getting their own house built that lead them to create the platform, how ArchiPro aims to use the power of graphic design and clear communication to promote architect’s skills and services beautifully, how using an architect can save time and money, and how D.I.Y. information on the web can mislead people about how to get high quality and well-considered buildings. This interview is conducted by Daniel Moore, an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Rachael Bernstone. Rachael is a journalist, editor and communications advisor to architects, who has specialised in communicating about architecture and sustainable design for over 20 years. In 2016, Rachael founded the consulting agency “Sounds Like Design” to help architects communicate in a way that brings in more of their ideal clients and projects. In this interview, Rachael talks about the similarities between filmmaking and architecture, how Rachael delivers marketing, business development, and CPD services in the architecture profession, and the importance of communicating effectively, so an architecture firm’s vision is accessible and understood to the public. This interview is conducted by Kimberely Hui, an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Elizabeth Farrelly, who, although not being a registered architect, has had a prolific career contributing to the architecture profession through many disciplines. Elizabeth is an author, journalist, critic, educator and former public servant for the City of Sydney. In this interview, Elizabeth shares her incidental entry into the study of architecture, her thoughts on architecture criticism in public media outlets, the importance of getting “placemaking” right in Australian cities, and Elizabeth also expands on some of the themes in her latest book “Killing Sydney”, which addresses some of the significant issues of expedited development in Australia’s biggest metropolis. This interview is conducted by Sally Hsu, an EmAGN representative based in New South Wales.

Our guest in this episode is one of Australian architect's greatest champions, modernist fanatic and comedian Tim Ross. In 2019 Tim was awarded the National President’s Prize, where the jury said, “Tim is one of our industry’s most passionate activists and champions. Not only has he raised the profile of heritage and design in general, he also promotes Australian architecture in his unique voice in popular culture”. In this interview, Tim shares why he started his performance tour “Man About House” staged in significant residential architecture, how Tim uses his unique experience and narratives to connect almost anyone to the Australian built environment, and how buildings say something important about the time in which they were built in. This interview is conducted by Daniel Moore, who is an EmAGN representative based in Victoria, and Sally Hsu, who is an EmAGN representative based in New South Wales.

Our guest in this episode is Scott Verdouw from Jaws Architects, based in Tasmania. Scott is a registered architect and has practised architecture in Tasmania and Europe, with much of Scott's work being located in remote places that require sensitive responses and minimal impact. Scott shares how they approach accepting sensitive commissions from their clients, what Jaw’s went through working on the public accommodation huts on the Three Capes Track in the Tasman Peninsula National Park, and how the discussion and debate that takes place during a contentious project is part of a healthy design process. This interview is conducted by Abby Hibberd, who is an EmAGN representative based in Tasmania.

Our guests in this episode are Tania Davidge and Christine Philips who are based in Victoria. Tania and Christine have been involved in multiple campaigns highlighting when the public should be better engaged and recognised in developing the built environment. Tania and Christine share some stories about revealing the difficulties of navigating the city through the “Urban Tactility” program with Open House Melbourne, working with Indigenous communities designing for country with RMIT, and the importance of listening and action for underrepresented groups. This interview was conducted by Kimberley Hui who is an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Sean Godsell from Sean Godsell Architects, based in Victoria. Sean is one of Australia’s most celebrated architects who won the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2022 for his contribution to the profession. In this interview, Sean shares what he went through designing projects for people without housing, how producing these projects provoked conversation and debate around the associated issues of housing people in need, and how working on the smaller projects affected the design of some of Sean’s larger public projects. This interview is conducted by Hilary Duff who is an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Sarah Paddick from Total Space Design based in South Australia. Sarah shares how she became a specialist in the design of security architecture working on buildings that include prisons, what considerations go into the design for criminals and the staff that monitor them, and how prison design has evolved to increase the efficacy of what these buildings are meant to achieve. This interview is conducted by Renata Gebara who is an EmAGN representative based in South Australia.

Our guest in this episode is Fred Holt from 3XN Architects. 3XN Architects is a multi-national architecture firm with its head office in Copenhagen Denmark, and Fred is a partner in their Sydney studio. 3XN also has a sustainability and research arm to their studio called GXN where they rethink architecture, spaces, and materials. Fred shares with us how 3XN approaches their built and unbuilt projects, how 3XN integrates their research work into their architectural services, and how the Australian architecture market compares to the speculative and competition work taking place overseas. This interview is conducted by Sally Hsu who is an EmAGN representative based in New South Wales. 

Our guest in this episode is Katherine Vand who is a graduate of architecture who at the time of recording was working at Core Collective Architects in Tasmania. Kat, and her beautiful Danish accent, received an honourable mention in the 2022 Architecture Australia Unbuilt Prize for her project “A Rare Relation” an interpretation centre for the Antarctic heritage of Tasmania. Kat shares with us why she chose to submit her project to the competition, what she went through designing the project in her final year of university, and why it’s important that architects and the public get exposure to unbuilt projects and the ideas behind them. This interview was conducted by Abby Hibberd who is an EmAGN representative based in Tasmania. 

Our guest in this episode is Anna Jankovic and Andre Bonnice from the speculative architecture practice Simulaa. Anna and Andre are registered architects and academics who designed a project for the NGV Architecture Commission as part of the environmentally regenerative movement “A New Normal” called Gas Stack. Even though their submission didn’t win the commission, their unbuilt design won the 2022 Architecture Australia Prize for Unbuilt Work. Anna and Andre share what they built into the design of Gas Stack, how working on speculative projects contributes to their emerging practice, and how design research and teaching allow an architecture practice to investigate and explore ideas that might not be possible at the same scale in practice. This interview was conducted by Max Leegal Wight who is an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Peter Edwards from Archipelago Architects based in Queensland. Peter is a registered architect and director of Archipelago Architects, a practice that works across all scales from city-making through to small multi-residential projects. Philip shares his thoughts on the unrealised potential of unbuilt projects, how the new city of Brisbane interfaces with country and its indigenous culture, and how people design differently with regards to reformed legislation, such as liquor licence changes, or destroyed buildings, such as Notre Dame, and they’re forced to look at existing conditions differently. This interview is conducted by Bridie O’Toole who is an EmAGN representative based in Queensland.

Our guest in this episode is Philip Vivian from Bates Smart Architects. Philip is a registered architect and director of Bates Smart at their New South Wales office who has worked on some of the practice's largest urban growth projects. In this episode, Philip shares the different types of unbuilt work that Bates Smart take on, why the practice has taken on some of these projects as pro bono projects, and how projects focused on a vision of the future can help inspire governments to make our built environment better. This interview is conducted by Sally Hsu who is an EmAGN representative based in New South Wales.

Our guest in this episode is Meaghan White. Meaghan is a registered architect and director of Meaghan White Architects based in Western Australia. Meaghan shares some of her difficult experiences as a young female architect developing her skills in large practices, how having children changed her approach to residential architecture, and how specialising in architecture can be freeing when you know what you want. This interview is conducted by Aileen Chew and Ryan Berut who are EmAGN representatives based in Western Australia.

Our guest in this episode is Brian Clohessy from BVN Architects in New South Wales. Brian is a registered architect and head of people and character at BVN leading the development of the practice’s vision, strategy and structure for all things people-related. Brian shares how BVN approach the issues of gender equity within their practice, how leaders and staff should talk about their capabilities, competencies and skills, and how mental health can be affected by career progression. This interview is conducted by Sally Hsu who is an EmAGN representative based in New South Wales.

Our guest in this episode is Doctor Jess Murphy who is the convenor of the Champions of Change architecture group, which was formed in 2015 to address the acute underrepresentation of women in the senior levels of the architecture profession at the time. The Architecture Group now has 14 practices actively participating to increase the representation and influence of women at the highest levels of the profession. Jess shares how important it is for practices to be transparent about what’s happening with regards to gender equity, the change that can come from formal and informal leadership, and the effect that the systems inherent in architecture have on people that lead to so many people leaving the profession. The interview is conducted by Sally Hsu who is an EmAGN representative based in New South Wales.

Our guest in this episode is Ellen Buttrose who is a registered architect and associate with People Oriented Design in Cairns, working across the diverse climate and cultures of Queensland and the Torres Strait. In 2020, Ellen was the recipient of the Emerging Architect State prize in Queensland for her work that brings a local lens to global issues including climate change, indigenous empowerment and housing affordability. Ellen shares what informed her choice to become an architect, rising to the occasion as a woman in architecture, and how the progression of women in architecture has highlighted the issues of work/life balance. This interview is conducted by Bridie O’Toole who is an EmAGN representative based in Queensland.

Our guest in this episode is an architectural academic, critic, and advocate Naomi Stead. At the time of recording, Naomi was the Director of the Design and Creative  Practice Enabling Capability Platform at RMIT in Melbourne. Naomi was also a founding member of Parlour, one of the most successful research-led community groups that focus on the active exchange on women, equity, and architecture in Australia. Naomi shares the origins of Parlour, mental wellbeing in the architecture profession, the issues facing architecture education and making sure architecture graduates are prepared for practice. This interview is conducted by Kimberley Hui who is an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Keith Westbrook who is a registered architect and director of Cumulus Studio which have their Head Quarters based in Tasmania. We caught up with Keith just after he arrived back from the 2022 Dulux Study Tour where he spent two weeks travelling around Australia visiting some of the country's best projects and successful practices. Keith shares his experience of working with repeat clients, developing a shared understanding with a client when they return, and growing a client's confidence after proving that an architect can successfully deliver bold architectural choices.

Our guest in this episode is Rossi Kourounis who is a registered architect, principal at Rossi Architects and at the time of recording was the President of the Australian Institute of Architects Northern Territory Chapter. Rossi shares his experience of working on the Darwin Middle School Multipurpose Hall where he developed strong working relationships with basically everyone who formed the project team. You’ll hear how we worked with all the teachers before they started designing, the consultant team who helped create a complex architectonic expression, and especially the school's principal who became an advocate for the project and helped everyone achieve the high goals they’d set for themselves.

Our guest in this episode is architect Heather Wasley who is a registered architect and associate at Grieve Gillett Andersen in Adelaide. Heather started her role at GGA in December 2021 and most of the experience she talks about in this interview is from her time at Tectvs, where she worked for many years on a range of projects. Tectvs provided Heather with many opportunities to develop good working relationships with clients, something she strives to continue in her new role at Grieve Gillett Andersen. Heather shares her belief that the best architectural outcomes occur when an Architect is focused on understanding their clients and representing the best interests of a project, and that the client, the end-user and the wider public can all benefit from a productive relationship between a client and an Architect. This interview is conducted by Renata Gebara who is an EmAGN representative based in South Australia.

Our guest in this episode is architect Anna Gilby from Gilby and Brewin Architecture and Urban Design based in Tasmania and Victoria. Anna shares with us some insight into a deeply personal project where she designed a house extension for her parents who have physical mobility limitations. This interview was conducted by Hilary Duff who is an EmAGN representative based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is registered architect and licensed builder Scott Flett from Scott Flett Architecture Workshop based in Tasmania and New South Wales. Scott shares his approach to architecture with his building background in his tool belt, the creation of a brand new design product born from his experience working on rooves, and the building and design considerations that he went through on his parents home in Tasmania.

Our guest in this episode is Sam Spurr who at the time of the recording was the associate professor and head of discipline of the Masters of Architecture at the University of Newcastle. Sam also has a special research focus on mining ideology and coal capitalism, which examines the agency of architecture to make legible the complex forces at play in the Anthropocene Epoch. Sam shares how she developed her specific area of research, the traditional elements of architecture education and how it’s developing, and how architects might contribute to our changing societies. This interview was conducted by Sally Hsu who is an EmAGN committee member based in New South Wales.

Our guest in this episode is April McCabe who is a town planner and the director of social strategy and engagement at the Planning Studio and the former Policy Manager and Principal Policy Advisor to the Lord Mayor of Sydney. April shares how her background in geography shaped her understanding of placemaking, how empathy informs the design of cities for all people, and the importance of balancing streetscapes and public open space with growing city skylines. This interview is conducted by Sally Hsu who is an EmAGN committee member based in New South Wales.

Our guests in this episode are two of the busiest staff members at the Australian Institute of Architects, Leanne Hardwicke and Tim Leslie. Leanne is the General Manager of Policy, Advocacy and Education at the Institute who works at a National level and Tim is a registered architect who works at the State level as the Victorian State Manager of the Institute. Together they share the important work the Institute does to place greater importance on the climate emergency and the representation of indigenous architects, the production of guidelines and research that all architects benefit from, and the advocacy for architects to local, state, and federal government.

Our guest in this episode is Malcolm Middleton who is the former Queensland Government Architect and director of Malcolm Middleton Architects. Malcolm shares why it’s so important to talk to the right people in the right places, what the role of the government architect is, and how design guidelines in Queensland have encouraged the construction of better infrastructure. This interview is conducted by Genevieve Vella who is an EmAGN committee member based in Queensland.

Our guest in this episode is architect John Ellway whose office is based in Queensland. John shares how living in Japan and working on building sites influenced his unique home, learning how to extend a tight budget without sacrificing design outcome, and why getting away from the computer and learning how things actually get made served him well when working with builders and subcontractors. This interview is conducted by Genevieve Vella who is an EmAGN committee member based in Queensland. 

Our guest in this episode is Douglas Wan from WHDA Design and Architecture. Douglas shares with us why he decided to take on his own apartment renovation, deciding why a small apartment project was the right choice for him, and shaping his apartment to suit the unique way he wants to live versus what we see in mass-produced apartments. This interview was conducted by Kimberley Hui who is an EmAGN committee member based in Victoria.

Our guests in this episode are Jessie Fowler and Tara Ward from Fowler and Ward based in Melbourne. Fowler and Ward is an exceptional emerging practice who cut their teeth working together at Clare Cousins Architects. Before they started their own practice they had a hunger to learn what it really takes to make an architectural project happen. In this episode we hear about Jessie and Tara’s experience working with trades, appreciating what can fit in a small space, and how the experience on their own projects has benefitted their clients when weighing up the value of different design options.

Our guest in this episode is Jill Garner who is at the time of recording the Victorian Government Architect. Jill was also a founder of the architecture firm Garner Davis Architects who design private homes as well as large scale public projects. Jill has a unique perspective on architecture competitions having taken part in them through her own practice and also through running large scale architectural competitions for the Victorian State government. In this interview, Jill shares how the government uses architecture competitions, design champions in government, how architecture practices take on major competitions, the culture of competitions in Australia and abroad, and what Jill went through when she ran the Future Homes Competition. Our interviewer in this episode is Cassia Ward who is an EmAGN committee member based in Victoria.

Our guest in this episode is Scott Balmforth from Terroir who have offices in New South Wales, Tasmania, and Copenhagen in Denmark. Scott shares with us how Terroir took on Competitions at the beginning of their practice’s life to explore design ideas that built their portfolio on an international stage. He also shares stories about the intricacies embedded in competitions and how they’re run. Our host in this episode is Abby Hibberd who is an EmAGN committee member based in Tasmania.

Our guests in this episode are Aaron Peters from the Queensland based firm Vokes and Peters, and Andrew Scott from the New South Wales based firm Panovscott. Aaron and Andrew worked together on a submission for the 2017 National Gallery of Victoria’s annual architecture commission. They share with us the benefits of collaboration, working on a 2 stage competition, and how working on competitions can feed other work even when a practice doesn’t win. The interview is taken care of by Sam McQueeney who is an EmAGN committee member based in Queensland who also works at Vokes and Peters.

In this episode, we’re catching up with Matthias Hollenstein of Studio Hollenstein based in Sydney. His practice essentially began off the back of winning the architecture competition for Green Square in Sydney. The brief was to design a public square with extensive amenities to serve an area of inner-city Sydney that is slowly being developed into a modern high density precinct. The stakes for the competition were high but the outcomes have pushed the bar higher for great urban design and architecture.

This episode of Hearing Architecture is part of our continued collaboration with the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival otherwise known as APAF. The theme of the festival this year is “co-operate, co-design, and co-exist”. In this episode, we’re focusing on the word “co-exist” and how architects are bringing their clients and communities into the design process with them. Our guest in this episode is Brinda Somaya of SNK Architects in India who is a leader in an emerging form of participatory design that breaks down parts of the traditional hierarchy that separates architects from the end-users.