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Commercial: The Commercial series of podcasts deals with the rising pace and dramatic change of this sector if the built industry that is leading to challenges in both how commercial structures are designed and also how they are maintained and refurbished in order to meet current safety standards and environmental guidelines.
EPISODE 105: THE INDEFATIGABLE DR. DAVINA JACKSON ON HER NEW BOOK AND THE REALITY OF AUSTRALIAN DESIGN EPISODE 103: TROY CREIGHTON FROM STORMTECH EXPLAINS WHAT COMMERCIAL DESIGN CAN TEACH RESIDENTIAL BUILDS.
Dr Davina Jackson is an international writer and promoter of creative applications of post-internet technology for urban development, and pan-Pacific architecture, geography and history. Her latest book is Australian Architecture: A History (Allen & Unwin, 2022).
In this revealing interview, Dr Jackson talks about Australian architecture and its history, the intrinsic value of Indigenous architecture, where she thinks sustainability is really going and what her latest book on the built environment is all about. The managing director of Stormtech Troy Creighton explains how now re-adapting commercial technology for use in residential setting is becoming more commonplace. The main technology we are talking about here revolves around the management of water and how this is becoming a vital part of many buildings and/or precinct design strategy.
Troy also describes some of his latest commercial projects where water management technology has been repurposed for use in a residential setting. EPISODE 101: JAYNE HARRISON ON INSPIRATION, EDUCATION DESIGN AND THE UNIQUE QUALITIES WOMEN BRING TO THE PROFESSION
Jayne Harrison is Founding Director of JDH Architects and has been at the helm since its inception in 2003. Through her leadership, JDH has delivered an extensive portfolio of education and community projects and a hardearned reputation as one of Australia’s most creative and dynamic architecture firms.
As a leading voice advocating resilient and responsible architecture and building methodologies, Jayne explains why she believes in a better way to practice her profession, where people and the environment are the cornerstones of good design.
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EPISODE 100: LUKE JOHNSON FROM ARCHITECTUS TALKS ABOUT DESIGN, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BRUTALISM OF MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
Luke Johnson from Architectus is a highlyskilled designer who has worked throughout Australia, Japan and Europe on arts and cultural, education, residential, transport, health and workplace sector projects.
In this wide-ranging interview, Luke talks about where design is going, how education design has become his passion and why we need embrace sustainable design sooner rather than later. EPISODE 93: ARCHITECT BRETT DIPROSE ON THE SECRETS BEHIND DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE
Prior to joining Warren and Mahoney, Brett Diprose held the position of Associate Director with Peddle Thorp Architects.
In this interview, he explains the process behind developing an understanding of the clients and their ambition for a project that is of vital importance for creating a unique identity for any sporting project.
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Talking residential and commercial drainage, innovation, and sustainability with Troy Creighton from Stormtech
In the latest Talking Architecture and Design podcast, we sit down to discuss why an onshore supply chain is essential, and leaving drainage considerations till last is a poor choice.
Commercial and residential design are separate but joined. Regulated both differently and to different degrees, in many cases solutions that are suitable for one aren’t suitable for the other. But from that void comes an interesting relationship of synergy and mutual ideation. Intelligent manufacturers keenly identify the solutions that work in either context, and figure out how they can be adapted for use in the other.
For 30 years, Australian drain manufacturer and innovator, Stormtech has been innovating drainage solutions that have been adapted between residential and commercial contexts. A case in point is threshold drains - an innovation conceived by Stormtech for use in the residential context. These linear drains are rebated into the floor to provide level access between the interior and exterior - or, in different adaptation, along the edge of a shower recess in place of a hob. They were designed for accessibility, functionality, and aesthetic - and it’s those characteristics that have seen them become a mainstay in commercial development.
Stormtech’s innovative streak goes well beyond their products and right into their process and operations, with a laser-like focus on sustainability. “Our drains are made with two materials: PVC and stainless steel,” says Troy Creighton, Stormtech CEO. “Even though it’s a plastic, which is inherently problematic, PVC is still fit for purpose after 80 years. So it has an incredible lifespan. Any PVC offcut gets reground and turned into new Stormtech products. Roughly a 10th of a percent of our PVC - which is cutting dust - ends up in landfills. Our waste is maybe 10 kilos a year of PVC, while stainless steel - because obviously it’s a valuable recycling material - goes into new stainless steel.” So, from the perspective of a company with innovation and sustainability in its DNA, what technologies can we expect to see more of in the future? “There will be a rapid rise in waste energy recovery systems,” says Troy. “That could mean either recovering the energy from the movement of water in a reservoir situation, it could be as cooling energy using water as a coolant, or it could be as heat energy - by taking heat from water and using it somewhere else. Particularly with waste heat recovery systems, that energy saving can be around a genuine 30% decrease in energy use, which is obviously pretty amazing.”
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