Co-CEO of Australian architecture studio, BVN, Ninotschka Titchkosky, talked to The Fifth Estate ahead of last month’s Building Circularity conference about the importance of technology, low-carbon materials and innovation.

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BVN is passionate about deploying building circularity in its work, from its biggest projects, such as Atlassian’s hybrid timber tower, to smaller details such as the shape of air-conditioning ducts, as well as in the adaptive reuse of older buildings. The Australian-based studio is using state-of-the art technology, such as robotics, experimenting with new, lower carbon materials, and working in collaboration with everyone from builders and engineers to universities and government agencies.

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The goal is a dramatic reduction in embodied carbon in new buildings and existing stock, says Titchkosky, who addressed the The Fifth Estate’s conference about BVN’s work, and took part in one of of the conference’s panel sessions. It’s a goal the sector is beginning to embrace, she says, but most builders are innovative only within the conventional framework of design and construction. “I do see change, I really do. I think part of it is clients, a really big part of it is construction and the rest of the system. In the end, we have to have […]

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