Retrofitting and repurposing existing structures can achieve decarbonisation goals, enhance occupancy, attract investment, and rejuvenate cities – all while reducing environmental impact. No wonder our industry can't stop talking about it. It

Bringing all the pieces together in Melbourne’s innovation precinct

Sep 5th, 2023 1h 18m

Parkville, Melbourne — home to one of the world’s leading biomedical innovation communities. Arden — the next stage of the expanding Parkville innovation ecosystem. These precincts serve as catalysts where ideas, industries, and investors conv

Great Adaptations: 2023 Workplace Futures Survey with Ingrid Bakker and Daniel Davis

Aug 13th, 2023 13m 37s

Companies that have changed their offices and ways of working since the pandemic have a 17% higher satisfaction score among employees than those that haven’t. That's a big number - just one of many fascinating data points out of our 2023 Workpl

Lessons for Brisbane from the London Olympics. With Caroline Stalker, Andrew Comer and Ashley Munday

Jul 25th, 2023 33m 41s

On this episode of Hassell Talks, architect and urbanist Caroline Stalker joined retired Partner of Buro Happald Andrew Comer and architect, urbanist and Head of Design Ashley Munday to explore the potential mechanisms for creating a successful

Campus chemistry and transformational learning - With Julian Gitsham and Professors Tim O’Brien and Teresa Anderson (Encore Episode)

Jul 16th, 2023 24m 11s

Architect Julian Gitsham sat down with Professors Tim O'Brien and Teresa Anderson to record this conversation about designing the best campus environments for transformational learning.And who better to quiz than the minds behind the bluedot f

Country’s voice is loud and clear. Are designers listening? Part 2. With Kat Rodwell and Hannah Galloway

May 31st, 2023 48m 37s

You asked, Kat answered! Get ready for our 'Epic Yarn' - Part 2. Part 1 saw Landscape Architect Hannah Galloway explore the topic of ‘Listening’ with First Nations Consultant, Cultural Advisor and Storyteller Kat Rodwell. For the second half

Country’s voice is loud and clear: are designers listening? Part 1. With Kat Rodwell and Hannah Galloway

May 25th, 2023 47m 7s

Are you ready for an 'Epic Yarn'?Listening lies at the heart of so much of what designers do, but listening to what Country and Culture is telling us means connecting deeply and meaningfully with the land and its people.How well are designers

Inside the push for net zero Perth. With Karla Fox-Reynolds, Dr. Brad Pettitt MLC and Professor Josh Byrne

May 5th, 2023 38m 56s

Perth in Western Australia has joined thousands of other cities around the world aiming for Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. How will this unique city, facing unique climate challenges, meet the target? And how will designers help the city go

Housing Futures — Designing heart and soul into affordable alternatives with Fiona Dunster and Jeremy Schluter

Apr 11th, 2023 27m 46s

With a housing crisis affecting cities and people, we're taking a look at the close ties between design and innovation in the residential sector.How are emerging housing models responding to community needs? What role is design playing in ensu

The ordinary, everyday buildings that could save our cities, with Razvan Ghilic-Micu

Mar 29th, 2023 29m 18s

It is time to move on from the pursuit of iconic architecture.The issues keeping our clients and collaborators up at night are the same things pushing our cities closer to the cusp of wholesale change.Things like the competition around attrac

The 15 Minute City - what’s not to like about convenience, equity and sustainability? With Camilla Siggaard Andersen (Encore Episode)

Mar 10th, 2023 32m 27s

The 15 Minute City has become a hot topic - gaining traction in corners of the internet not typically involved in the dialogue around city planning and urban living.With forward-thinking conversations threatened to be overtaken by conspiracy t

Housing futures with Jeremy Schluter and Michael McCormack: Is the crisis leading to new design solutions for our cities?

Feb 23rd, 2023 25m 20s

They say there's no place like home.In Europe, Australia, the US and Asia - there's not enough quality housing stock to go around, and limited affordable choice in the types of homes available.The current generation of renters and buyers are

A big, shared idea for Brisbane beyond 2032 — with Ken Maher AO, Caroline Stalker and Prof. Helen Lochhead.

Feb 9th, 2023 20m 32s

How did Sydney, London, and Barcelona pull off Olympic-sized events that delivered enduring, generational change?In 2032, southeast Queensland - a region with the city of Brisbane at its heart - will host the summer Olympics and Paralympics. T

Equity, Sustainability and Regeneration in the Built Environment

Nov 24th, 2022 52m 47s

Feeling overwhelmed in the face of climate and sustainability challenges? Have we got the episode for you.With the built environment contributing to around 40% of global emissions, our industry has a critical – and pivotal - role to play to li

Return to the garden: the unexpected emotional value of nature in cities. With Professor Nigel Dunnett, Michael McCoy and Jon Hazelwood

Oct 27th, 2022 26m 26s

*ENCORE EPISODE* Nature in our cities. If you're paying attention you'll notice the effect it's having on you. The slowed heart rate, a stolen moment to notice flickering leaves, buzzing insects, birds landing.Those designed-for, natural mom

Lessons from Country: creating better outcomes together with First Nations people

Oct 11th, 2022 17m 11s

"What you create as an organisation has to be something that pushes the boundaries everywhere," said Co-Director of Danjoo Koorliny, Carol Innes AM to a gathering of designers, government representatives clients and First Nations collaborators.

The 2022 Workplace Futures Survey. With Daniel Davis and Domino Risch

Sep 29th, 2022 29m 11s

When it comes to how workers feel about their workplace, it's hard to mount an argument against three years' worth of data and insights into possibly the most disruptive period for workers in memory. Senior Researcher Daniel Davis has been stud

How to design for safety and inclusion in a fast changing city. Alix Smith, Chris Lamborn and Associate Professor Nicole Kalms

Sep 14th, 2022 13m 27s

Rail precincts don't always feel like the safest places to be for women, girls and the gender diverse, particularly after dark.Alert and constantly on guard, it's a relentless navigation of sightlines, lighting, exposure, surveillance and posi

Designing for spontaneity and delight in our cities. With Jon Hazelwood, Su Lim, Chong Wang, Hannah Fox.

Aug 23rd, 2022 24m 3s

Welcome back to Season 4 of Hassell Talks! This season we're taking a look at Designing for a New State of Togetherness.We believe good things - great things - can happen when people come together through seemingly spontaneous experiences.The

Stories of rapid innovation, healing and design from Herston Biofabrication Institute. With Mathilde Desselle and Carolyn Solley

Jun 15th, 2022 24m 40s

While technology rapidly advances — people, by contrast, remain constant.Creatures of habit, we need others to survive. We are the sum of our skin, our organs and body parts. Our minds distinguish us, and our intelligence is key to survival bu

Campus design should be ’a strange beast’ of art, science and design. with Professors Teresa Anderson and Tim O’Brien, and Julian Gitsham

Apr 26th, 2022 27m 56s

What does bouncing Kraftwerk’s music off the surface of the moon have to do with the future of the university campus?Universities are paying close attention to the way interstellar music-science-arts-technology-culture experience makers bluedo

SPECIAL EPISODE. MTalks presents: Illumination - data, knowledge and design

Mar 16th, 2022 49m 5s

To celebrate the start of Melbourne Design Week, we’re excited to share a podcast from Australia’s leading architecture commission MPavilion.The MPavilion MTalks series brings some of Melbourne’s brightest and most creative minds together on t

One big, unsafe bottleneck: Redesigning Emergency Departments for safety and flow

Feb 27th, 2022 25m 35s

Even before Covid-19, many working in the health system would claim that Emergency Departments weren’t in the best of health.The narrative in the media, and from clinicians themselves, paints a picture of overcrowded spaces, overwhelmed and un

Closer, together: can Ireland warm to an urban future? With Camilla Siggaard Andersen, Brian Moran, Ali Grehan, Pat Farrell and Niamh Moore Cherry

Feb 10th, 2022 32m 29s

Cities around the world are committing themselves to creating compact, amenity-rich neighbourhoods as they tackle the challenges of climate change, urban sprawl and wellbeing.Ireland’s cities, with their history, natural amenities and passiona

Workplaces for the nuanced, future user: the 2021 Workplace Survey with Daniel Davis and Catherine van der Heide

Sep 30th, 2021 23m 52s

There's no simple answer to the workplace-during-a-pandemic conundrum, but there are many ways that organisations can fine-tune their workplaces to appeal to the inevitably changed habits and expectations of their people while meeting their own