FUTURE BUILDING PODCAST
by Professor Mathew Aitchison
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Ep 27. Essay: Abundance of Housing: 1 year later
Ep 27. Essay: Abundance of Housing: 1 year later
About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- Ep 27. Essay: Abundance of Housing: 1 year later · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 27A year ago, Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein released their book 'Abundance', positing that to have the future we want, we need to build and invent more of what we need. In his…
- Ep 26. Californian Housing Reform Part II: An interview with Tyler Pullen, Assistant Director of Building Innovation at Terner Labs · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 26In Part II of the series on reforms to the Californian housing system, Prof. Mathew Aitchison speaks with Tyler Pullen, one of the key researchers on the White Paper prepared for…
- Ep 25. Californian Housing Reform Part I: An interview with Californian State Assemblymember, Buffy Wicks · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 25Prof. Mathew Aitchison speaks with Californian State Assemblymember, Buffy Wicks, about measures introduced to the Assembly to reform California's housing system. The post Ep…
- Ep 24. Essay: The Big Factory Idea (A Cautionary Tale) · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 24The 'Big Factory Idea' is often proposed as a solution to housing shortages – both in Australia and overseas. Prof. Mathew Aitchison interrogates this idea in his latest essay…
- Ep 23. Essay: The gearing is wrong in housing · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 23Prof. Mathew Aitchison launches a new content series for the podcast – Essays – where he shares his ideas and opinions on the pressing issues facing building and construction…
- Ep 22. MMC in the UK: A decade of learning with Cast Consultancy’s Mark Farmer · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 22Mark Farmer, Founder of Cast Consultancy, speaks to Prof. Mathew Aitchison on what he's learned about applying Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) in the UK. The post Ep 22…
- Ep 21. 50 Things I’ve Learned Writing Construction Physics, with author Brian Potter · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 21Brian Potter, author of the Construction Physics newsletter, speaks to Prof. Mathew Aitchison on the things he's learned about the opportunities and barriers to innovation in the…
- Ep 20. How to Unlock Offsite Construction for Affordable Housing with Prof. Ivan Rupnik from MOD X · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 20Prof. Ivan Rupnik, Founder of MOD X and Associate Professor at Northeastern University, speaks to Prof. Mathew Aitchison on how to unlock offsite affordable housing and shares…
- Ep 19. Venture Creation for the Built Environment with Dr Ray Levitt from Blackhorn Ventures · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 19Dr Ray Levitt, Partner at Blackhorn Ventures and Emeritus Professor at Stanford University, speaks to Prof. Mathew Aitchison from Building 4.0 CRC about Venture Capital…
- Ep 18. Can we fix housing construction productivity? With Danielle Wood Chair of the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 18Danielle Wood, Chair of the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission speaks with Building 4.0 CRC CEO Professor Mathew Aitchison about housing construction productivity…
- Ep 17. KOPE: The Digital Infrastructure Behind the Next Wave of Building Innovation. An Interview with Co-Founder David Flynn · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 17KOPE.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…
- Ep 16. Gropyus: Germany’s Hottest Building Scale-Up with Co-Founder Philipp Erler · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 16Co-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…
- Ep 15. Is this the most trusted housing brand in Australia? With Jeremy McLeod, founder of Nightingale Housing and Breathe Architecture · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 15Jeremy McLeod, founder of Breathe Architecture and Nightingale Housing, a not-for-profit organisation building apartments that are socially, financially and environmentally…
- Ep 14. What are the Building Blocks of a Great Building Production Strategy with Dr Helena Lidelöw · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 14Dr Helena Lidelow Chief Technology Officer at VBC, Volumetric Building Companies speaks about the necessary building blocks of a great building production strategy with Professor…
- Ep 13. The Path to Industrialised Building with Prof. Jerker Lessing · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 13Professor Jerker Lessing, Adjunct Professor at Stanford University Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Director of Research and Development at Boklok Swedens…
- Ep 12. Have We Built Our Last Skyscraper? with the Royal Danish Academy’s Prof. Anne Beim · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 12Professor Anne Beim, Head of the Centre for Industrialized Architecture CINARK at the Royal Danish Academy, speaks to Professor Mathew Aitchison about: building sustainability…
- Ep 11. Five Myths of Housing Affordability with Dr Cameron Murray · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 11Dr 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…
- Ep 10. Digital Transformation with Lendlease Digital’s CEO Bill Ruh · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 10Digital 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…
- Ep 9. Conversation 3. Leadership and Innovation with Jeff Immelt and Bill Ruh · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 9Venture 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…
- Ep 8. Conversation 2. Deconstructing Katerra with Brian Potter, Prof. Jennifer Whyte and Daryl Patterson · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 8Conversation 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…
