FUTURE BUILDING PODCAST: Recent Episodes
Professor Mathew Aitchison
Over the last 100 years, the building industry has been deeply resistant to change. It is now regarded by many as a last frontier, ripe for disruption. Future Building takes a fresh look at the opportunities for change, examining news and trends along with research and developments from the field. Join Professor Mathew Aitchison for interviews with experts who share their knowledge and insights into the industry and what is coming down the pipeline. Future Building is sponsored by Building 4.0 CRC, a cooperative R&D hub leading innovation in the building industry.
KOPE.ai co-founder and COO David Flynn talks to Building 4.0 CRC CEO Professor Mathew Aitchison about trade-offs between standardisation and flexibility, new ways of organising construction industry, the culture of industry and it’s legacy, as well as future use of AI.
Co-founder of Gropyus Philipp Erler speaks to Professor Mathew Aitchison about starting Gropyus, how to grow and sustain a building start up, and the environmental sustainability of industrialised construction.
Jeremy McLeod, founder of Breathe Architecture and Nightingale Housing, a not-for-profit organisation building apartments that are socially, financially and environmentally sustainable, speaks to Professor Mathew Aitchison. They discuss affordable housing, sustainable design, architecture as brand and the future of housing in Australia.
Dr Helena Lidelow Chief Technology Officer at VBC, Volumetric Building Companies speaks about the necessary building blocks of a great building production strategy with Professor Mathew Aitchison.
Professor Jerker Lessing, Adjunct Professor at Stanford University Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Director of Research and Development at Boklok Swedens leading housing company within industrialised construction, does a deep dive on industrialised building: what it is, how it’s changed over time, what is the recipe for success, why Sweden is a world leader in this area, and what other countries and companies can learn from Sweden’s experience.
Professor Anne Beim, head of the Centre for Industrialized Architecture CINARK at the Royal Danish Academy, speaks to Professor Mathew Aitchison about: building sustainability, design for disassembly, circular economy, the advantages of vernacular building with traditional materials and industrialised processes and models, and rethinking our planetary boundaries.
Dr Cameron Murray discusses the top five myths of housing affordability with Future Building Podcast host Professor Mathew Aitchison. Cameron is is an economist and consultant who specialises in property markets, environmental economics, and corruption. He is a resident in Brisbane, Research Fellow in the Henry Halloran Trust at The University of Sydney, blogger of Fresh Economic Thinking and co-author of Rigged, the second edition of Game of Mates How favours bleed the nation, that was first released in 2017.
Digital Transformation of the Building Industry is discussed with Lendlease Digital’s CEO Bill Ruh. Covering: what we can learn from the digital transformation of other industries like telecom, media, manufacturing and automotive; what it is going to transition the building industry to become digital, and the future of the Building Industry.
Venture Partner, NEA, author, and former chairman and CEO of GE, Jeff Immelt is interviewed by his previous employee, now CEO of Lendlease Digital Bill Ruh. In this conversation Jeff and Bill take us behind the scenes to discuss Jeff’s new book called HOT SEAT and share never heard before insights about leadership and innovation, dealing with crisis and sustainability issues.
Conversation on the lessons from the rise and fall of Katerra with Brian Potter Katerra former employee. Prof Jennifer Whyte Head of the School of Project Management University of Sydney. Daryl Patterson Chief Product Officer Head of Design Lendlease Digital.
Conversation on the Impact of Industry 4.0 on Building and Construction with Dr Bronwyn Evans AM CEO of Engineers Australia and Chair of Building 4.0. Jeff Connolly Chair and CEO of Siemens Australia & Pacific. Andrew Dettmer National President of AMWU Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. Building 4.0 CRC members.
Taronga Venture’s Jonathan Hannam and Julian Kezelman with discuss RealTech: Investment Insights with Professor Mathew Aitchison.
CadMakers’ Javier Glatt discusses Digital Innovation in the Building Industry, Start Ups and Brock Commons Tallwood House, a mass timber hybrid building at the University of British Columbia.
Erik Baczuk a designer at Google discusses innovation in the built environment and Sidewalk labs Quayside development in Toronto.
Andrea Chegut director of Real Estate Innovation lab at MIT discusses real estate technologies data ethics martian concrete and the future of cities
Jose Torrero Cullen from the University College London talks about Fire safety engineering and training, high profile fire incidents and reforming the building industry.
Daryl Patterson the founder and chief product officer of Lendlease digital, discusses the Mckinsey report the next normal in construction how disruption is reshaping the world's largest ecosystem.