Episode 63: Chris McCue from Carr on New Brutalism, Biophilic design and his new project at Brunswick Yard

Chris McCue, the managing director of Carr, with extensive experience and speciality within the architecture and interior design of high-end residential, multi-residential and hospitality work, is now focusing on redesigning former industrial sites like that at Brunswick Yard in Melbourne.

As a firm believer of wellness for the home environment, McCue notes that light and biophilia are just some of the ways we can better our living spaces. “Given we now spend more than 90 percent of our time indoors, it is vital that we explore new ways to engineer our indoor environments so they become ecosystems for improving physical and mental health,” he says.

Episode 62: Dr. Steve Cummings from Caroma talks about the importance of designing for dignity in aged care

Dr. Steve Cummings Director Innovation, GWA Group, owners of the Caroma brand of bathroom products, a brand just about everyone in Australia is familiar with. 

Dr. Cummings talks about designing with the consumer’s dignity in mind, aged-care issues and how a constant thirst for great design drives innovation at Caroma.

This podcast was bought to you in association with Caroma Livewell, proud sponsors of the Aged Care Series of podcasts.  For more information on Caroma Livewell please go to: https://www.caroma.com.au/livewell

Episode 61: Troy Creighton, MD of Stormtech on why lowering our water usage is now more crucial than ever

The managing director of Stormtech, Troy Creighton, talks about Stormtech’s history – its humble beginnings and the interesting back-story of the NSW South Coast company’s stellar growth.

Troy also covers a number of other areas including his passion – manufacturing to proper standards in Australia  as well as the current state of the industry, and how the continuing move towards higher levels of sustainability is set to change the future of his company and water usage in general across this wide, brown land.

This podcast was bought to you in association with Stormtech, proud sponsors of the Residential Series of podcasts.  For more information on Stormtech please go to: https://stormtech.com.au/specifiers

Episode 60: K2LD director Tisha Lee explains how the design world is adapting to our new normal

Since graduating from the University of Melbourne, Tisha Lee has accumulated over twenty years of experience working on significant educational, residential, and civic precincts.

Before joining K2LD in 2007, Tisha was previously a Senior Associate with HASSELL where she was responsible for the management of a dedicated team working on educational and community projects for both the State Government and the Private sector.

Tisha says that design, as well as designers, are changing and adapting and even thriving to the new normal reality that is the way we live, work, and play.

Episode 59: HY William Chan talks about how architecture and the design sector are vital to tackling both climate and social change

HY William Chan is an urbanist, architect, and designer dedicated to creating resilient and inclusive places for people.

A UNICEF Young Ambassador during the 25th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, William Chan has led community-building projects for the homeless, slum dwellers, and refugee youth.

He was named in the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list as a game-changing business and industry leader in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also an ambassador for the 2020 Sustainability Awards.

Here William talks about how architecture and designers, in general, have a crucial role to play both in mitigating climate change and in improving social conditions here and around the world.

Episode 58: Aidan Mullan from Interface talks about floors, floor design, building waste, sustainability, and is there such a thing as smart flooring?

Aidan Mullan, the Interface Engineering and Sustainability Manager about company initiatives, processes and methods, and where the evolution of technology is headed. 

With sustainability being at the core of everything that Interfacer does, Mullan describes how flooring manufacture is key to achieving sustainability across our built environment.

Episode 57: Christian Hampson, Co-founder of Yerrabingin, on urban rooftop farms, Indigenous bushfire mitigation & sustainability

Christian Hampson is a Woiwurrung and Maneroo Aboriginal man interweaving Indigenous tacit knowledge and collaborative design thinking to walk a new path, away from conventional approaches, and create new opportunities for intergenerational capital to allow future Indigenous generations to thrive.

As the co-founder and Director of Yerrabingin, Hampson, who is also an Ambassador for the 2020 Sustainability Awards talks about the need for more rooftop farms in urban environments and how Indigenous knowledge can be used far more effectively for bushfire mitigations and control.

Episode 56: Nicci Leung from Lifepod Evolution on how data, automation & AI influence sustainability

2020 Sustainability Awards Ambassador Nicci Leung from Lifepod Evolution began her career providing design and project services to some of the most highly regarded architectural and interior design practices in Melbourne. 

Combining her passions for design, innovation, and technology, Nicci’s vision for the future is a positive one, and in this episode, she talks about how technology, data, automation, and AI are all combining to play an ever-increasing role in influencing sustainability in the built environment.

Episode 55: Tone Wheeler on social housing and do we need a housing crash to fix all our social housing woes?

In this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, architect and lecturer Tone Wheeler looks at where we went wrong with the design and build of our social housing stock.

Wheeler discusses some novel ideas to get social housing back on track in Australia and what are some examples from overseas that we could emulate, as well as wondering whether a housing crash would be the best thing to invigorate the social housing sector?

Episode 54: Architect, lecturer, author, and councilor Professor Philip Thalis talks about the design of Sydney, where it’s gone wrong & what we can do about it

One of Australia’s most well-known and most respected architects, Philip Thalis is a founder and principal of Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects, professor of practice at UNSW Sydney, and a City of Sydney councilor.

Philip’s advice and expertise have regularly been sought by government and private clients and in this episode, he talks about what we need to do to make Sydney great once again in terms of urbanism, liveability, and overall design.

After 30 years’ experience in the design of public space, urban design, multiple housing, infrastructure, and heritage adaptation, his insights, views, and understanding of what a modern city needs both now and in the future are incisive and unparalleled and he shares these views in this exclusive podcast.