Brutalist Podcast: Recent Episodes
Rory Pope & Bram Chapman
Cities are growing at an alarming rate but how are they growing? We all have utopian ideas of how the world should be but how hard is it to actually get it there? We talk all things architecture and design with the vast array of professions that help shape our cities.
Johnathan Sri is a Greens Councillor for The Gabba Ward. Jonno campaigned on a bold platform focussed on making our city more sustainable, equitable and democratic, and addressing the negative impacts of gentrification and speculative property investment. He is firmly opposed to unsustainable, profit-oriented over-development, and believes that residents should have more say over how their city changes and evolves.
John Ellway is a local Brisbane Architect who is well known for the award-winning 'Terrarium House' where he lives with his family. John advocates for a more balanced approach to work, taking on less work allowing time to spend with his family. It's clear that this method enables him to throw himself into the project and create a more resolved architectural expression that responds to the client and their needs.
Mason Cowle is the Director at Ellivo Architects and is famous for creating one of the most transparent and vibrant working cultures in Brisbane. Working as an architect in the high-end multi-residential sector of the building industry Mason has carved a path that others are heavily drawn into.
Sustainability guru John Moynnihan talks to us about his dual life living in Ireland and Australia. As director of Ecolateral John has his head deep in the building industry and the market that drives it. Thinking of buying your first home? you might want to listen to this first.
Shuwei Zhang is an Architectural / Parametric Designer at Populous. Focusing on automation and data-driven design Shuwei is on a mission to incorporate smarter technologies into the future of architectural design.
Kieren Dolores is the National Vice President of SONA (Student Organised Network for Architecture) and Student at Vokes and Peters.
What did you get out of Uni? Do you feel like you taught yourself? like you didn't get enough technical knowledge from your education or was it the greatest experience of your life? We talk about university life and the learning environment and its application to the 'real' world.