Architecture Australia, July 2022
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Beyond sustainability: The power of regenerative design
Projects
From deforestation to regeneration: Spring Bay Mill
An old woodchip mill on Tasmania’s east coast, once an integral part of the state’s controversial logging industry, is now a post-industrial events and performance venue and the site of ongoing environmental regeneration.
Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design
The Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design reflects the surrounding ironbark trees and eucalyptus flowers, and boasts a multitude of other sustainable design features.
Pathway to a dense, historic and beautiful city: Substation 164
Sustainably compact, respectfully resolved and thoughtfully arranged so that heritage and modern elements complement one another, this redevelopment of two Sydney CBD buildings offers hope for the city’s future.
Perspective
Winning the climate battle at home
Rory Hyde explores four houses that demonstrate how emissions can be reduced by building smaller, choosing different materials and designing spaces for adaptability.
Revisited
Retrospective: CH2 (2006)
Melbourne’s Council House 2 has achieved celebrity “green building” status in the 16 years since its completion. On a recent site visit with Rob Adams, who oversaw the project for the City of Melbourne, Stephen Choi considered what the profession might learn from CH2’s still-evolving sustainability measures.
More articles
Values-driven design: ANZ Breathe
Breathe Architecture new sustainable fitouts for ANZ are welcoming for staff and visitors, respectful toward the planet and, thanks to thoughtfully implemented biophilic design, literally green.
Rewilding: Stepping back to take action
Amanda Sturgeon explores how urban and regional rewilding projects can help our natural systems recover from the impacts of climate change.
The circular economy: Retaining value by transforming our process
In the face of severe global environmental challenges, using less in the built environment and designing for longevity, disassembly and reuse are imperative and can have both impactful and awe-inspiring results.
Nature as inspiration: Bio-based materials for sustainable construction
Bohemia Hookham looks into bio-based materials for sustainable construction – some of which have been used for thousands of years, others more recently developed, and some we’re likely to see in the near future.
Working together to achieve net zero carbon
Helen Lochhead, chair of the Institute’s Climate Action and Sustainability Taskforce, outlines the Institute’s various platforms designed to help the profession in the net zero carbon quest.
Connecting with Country: A pathway to listening
Andrew Broffman examines the NSW Connecting with Country Draft Framework, and speaks with its co-author Dillon Kombumerri about the challenges and rewards of a Country-centred approach to design.
Architecture education and climate change
Architecture schools are potentially a revolutionizing force for the whole profession, but that they need to leave behind some obstructive ideological debates.
From ‘less bad’ to ‘more good’: keys to a sustainable practice
For practices struggling to thread sustainability through their work, Clare Parry suggests that sharing resources with other organizations and focusing on the high-impact areas is crucial.
Sustainability in conservation and adaptation
The adaptation of existing structures plays a major role in reducing the impacts of climate change. Lovell Chen explains how it unlocks sustainable design in significant heritage buildings.
A sustainable, integrated neighbourhood: Burwood Brickworks
Suburban, replicable, sustainable: Burwood Brickworks furthers the conversation by returning to first principles to deliver smart resource management – and resident empowerment.
Roundtable: A regenerative future – what will it take?
Where are we on the sustainability continuum, where do we need to be and how can we get there? Amanda Sturgeon spoke to four practitioners who have thought extensively about these questions and made changes to the ways they work.