Architects vs Engineers Debate Event

Architects vs Engineers DEBATE
A light hearted debate featuring some of Melbourne's most sustainable projects presented by Australian Architects Declare and ASCE and WGA

Presented by Australian Architects Declare in partnership with WGA

DETAILS

WGA Office 
Level 6/ 312 St Kilda Rd Southbank VIC 3006

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DATE

Tue 16th September 5.45 for a 6pm start – 7.30pm

ACCESS

Accessible bathroom - Yes
Assistance animals welcome
Seating available
Wheelchair accessible

Traditionally, architects and engineers think a bit differently and have different roles to play in terms of minimizing impact on the environment. This light-hearted debate will feature case studies and expert insights on how architects and engineers have addressed sustainability in some award winning and exemplar projects. Whilst this event will be a debate format the focus will be on knowledge sharing and celebrating some great projects.

Debate topic:
Do architects have more power than engineers in lowering emissions and shaping regenerative and self-sustaining cities?

For the affirmative:

Mastura Mokhtar from Six Degrees will present sustainability features of the recently completed Six Degrees project for the City of Melbourne on the Munro Site as part of the redevelopment of Queen Victoria Market. The mixed-use project includes the new narrm ngarrgu library and Family Services, affordable housing, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation For Purpose Impact Accelerator Hub, and fine grain ground level retail.

Peter Miglis, Director and Wei Kiat Goh, Senior Associate, Woods Bagot will present the Younghusband redevelopment with its "minimum impact for maximum result" A redevelopment of a 122-year-old redbrick wool store and adjoining network of industrial early-20th-century buildings.

Noy Hildebrand, Principal Consultant at Revitalising Environments will will provide the Affirmative summation highlighting what architects bring to the sustainability table.

For the Negative:

Michael Harnack and Paul Ratcliffe, Building Structures Team Leaders Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec will present the case study of the award winning La Trobe University (La Trobe) which utilizes Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) in its new student accommodation project, which includes more than 600 beds. This mass timber construction significantly reduces the project's embodied carbon, enhances thermal performance, and allows for faster construction using modular techniques like pod bathrooms and CLT elements.

Caimin McCabe, Director of Sustainability, E-LAB Consulting will present the services engineering aspects of the Younghusband building that E-Lab undertook as part an integrated approach to the adaptive re-use of the heritage building.

Craig Harris, Director and Principal Consultant at LID consulting will will provide the Negative summation highlighting what engineers bring to the sustainability table.

In the following panel and Q&A, moderated by Anna Lindstad, they will discuss further how we can maximize sustainability and adaptive re-use any other tricky questions that emerge.

Introductions and panel discussion will be lead by Anna Lindstad, Architects Declare, Board of Directors
Welcome and housekeeping by Frances Clancy Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec Building Sector Leader
Brief introduction to ASCE and ASCE/COS 73-23 Standard Practice for Sustainable Infrastructure, the first standard for Civil engineering projects by Lucie Missen, ACSE Australia Section President
and debate bell ringer.
Brief introduction to Architects Declare by Ande Bunbury, Ande Bunbury Architects Architects Declare, Board of Directors

For registered architects, the event will attract 1.5 formal CPD points.
Light refreshments and drinks will be served.