HASSELL + EOC presents MARS HABITAT Hassell 2019-03-13 | The HASSELL design for a Mars Habitat has reached the final 10 of NASA’s 3D Printing Centennial Challenge. This NASA competition sought perspectives from outside the traditional aerospace industry, to explore how a human habitat could be designed and delivered on Mars using autonomous 3D printing technologies. HASSELL partnered with Eckersley O’Callaghan to design the external shell which could be constructed entirely by autonomous robots using Mars’ natural regolith. Final film has been made in collaboration with the team at LightField London.hassellstudio.com/project/nasa-3d-printed-habitat-challenge
HASSELL TALKS: the 2023 Workplace Futures Survey with Ingrid Bakker and Daniel Davis Hassell 2023-08-24 | ...
HASSELL TALKS: Country’s voice is loud and clear. Are designers listening? Part 2 Hassell 2023-06-07 | You asked, Kat answered! Get ready for our 'Epic Yarn' - Part 2. Part 1 saw Landscape Architect Hannah Galloway explore the topic of ‘Listening’ with First Nations Consultant, Cultural Advisor and Storyteller Kat Rodwell. For the second half of this Epic Yarn, we asked listeners to send in questions to ask Kat - and boy, did you deliver.No question was off-limits, and the prompt of 'get comfortable with being uncomfortable' saw questions about the dangers of 'fetishisation', about agriculture and contemporising culture, and the danger of Traditional Owners (TO’s) and First Nations consultant groups becoming overwhelmed and burnt-out. You also asked questions about the design industry, on reconciling project timelines, and the ways we can regenerate Country. Part 1 explored the ‘eggshells’ of engagement — the role of understanding that each project, situation and engagement is a unique opportunity to understand the land from the beginning. Exploring the nuances of cultural protocol and etiquette, Kat and Hannah also talked about the systems of Country that still speak loudly — even in crowded city centres — if we stop to listen.These two episodes serve as a reminder and resource for designers, organisations, and individuals that we can listen and learn much – from Country – and each other.Recorded on Lands of the Noongar Whadjuk people and the Wadawurrung people. Produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri people.We pay our respects to the original custodians of the lands where we practice, and acknowledge their unique ability to care for country and their deep spiritual connection to it.
HASSELL TALKS: Inside the push for net zero Perth Hassell 2023-05-30 | Perth in Western Australia has joined thousands of other cities around the world aiming for Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. How will this unique city, facing unique climate challenges, meet the target? And how will designers help the city go beyond the standards to beat the clock and make a thriving, regenerative hub?Hassell’s Sustainable Design Leader Karla Fox-Reynolds joined self-confessed 'sustainability nerd' the Hon. Dr. Brad Pettitt MLC and environmental scientist Prof. Josh Byrne for a conversation in our Perth studio on Whadjuk Country alongside peers from the design industry, and private and public organisations.The conversation spanned commercial and residential, urban and public spaces and the potential for adaptive reuse in the transition to net zero.
HASSELL TALKS: Country’s voice is loud and clear - are designers listening? - Part 1 - Hassell 2023-05-26 | Are you ready for an 'Epic Yarn'?Listening lies at the heart of so much of what designers do, but listening to what Country and Culture is telling us means connecting deeply and meaningfully with the land and its people.How well are designers — and organisations, individuals and communities — listening to these voices?Together with Landscape Architect Hannah Galloway, we wanted to explore the topic of ‘Listening’ with First Nations Consultant, Cultural Advisor and Storyteller Kat Rodwell.In Part 1 of this 'Epic Yarn', Kat and Hannah discuss the‘eggshells’ of engagement — the role of understanding that each project, situation and engagement is a unique opportunity to understand the land from the beginning. They explore the nuances of cultural protocol and etiquette, and the systems of Country that still speak loudly — even in crowded city centres — if we stop to listen.This episode is a must-listen for anyone wanting to deepen their understanding and to recalibrate how they listen to the voices of Country and Culture. In it, you'll hear the practical ways that individuals and organisations can better connect, support, and learn. Recorded on Lands of the Noongar Whadjuk people and the Wadawurrung people. Produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri people.We pay our respects to the original custodians of the lands where we practice, and acknowledge their unique ability to care for country and their deep spiritual connection to it.
HASSELL TALKS: Xavier de Kestelier and Sanjeev Gupta talk Mars, Architecture and Science Hassell 2023-05-11 | Sanjeev Gupta, professor of Earth Science at Imperial College London and part of the Mars Curiosity rover mission currently exploring Gale Crater for NASA joins interplanetary architect Xavier de Kestelier to examine the necessity of blurred boundaries between science and architecture, if humans are to successfully live on the Red Planet.
HASSELL TALKS: Designing safer cities for women, girls and the gender diverse Hassell 2023-05-05 | Rail precincts don’t always feel like the safest places to be for women, girls and the gender diverse, particularly after dark. Alert and constantly on guard, it’s a relentless navigation of sightlines, lighting, exposure, surveillance and positioning for safety. “We live in a world that is not equal and that gender bias and inequality affects the built environment… leading to messages that are both subtle, but also not very subtle, that we don’t belong in public space, particularly if you’re a woman,” says Associate Professor of XYX Lab, Dr Nicole Kalms.As designers, we believe we can do more than simply meet the governing standards and technical requirements demanded of rail stations — we can change the way people feel while using them, creating a more equitable and prosperous society. Hassell partnered with the team at Monash University’s XYX Lab to gather data and a better understanding of the design elements that shape women’s perceptions of safety. What we discovered was that through materiality, better lighting design, wayfinding, sightlines and even access to toilets - we can make a big difference into how safe many parts of our population feel.
HASSELL TALKS: Campus design should be a strange beast of art, science and design Hassell 2023-04-16 | What does bouncing Kraftwerk’s music off the surface of the moon have to do with the future of the university campus?Universities are paying close attention to the way interstellar music-science-arts-technology-culture experience makers bluedotfestival engage audiences in cross-disciplinary learning. But how far do they need to go on campus? Turns out - they need to create a 'wow' factor deeply rooted in curiosity and learning. Who better to debate the future of the university campus than Hassell's co-lead of Education and Science, Julian Gitsham, together with the creators of bluedot, Professor Teresa Anderson and Professor Tim O’Brien of the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank.In this episode we hear how to look at the benefits of designing environments around problem solving – rather than disciplines – and how good design can create and facilitate inclusive, innovative, and problem solving campuses.
HASSELL TALKS: Burnt Out - Mental health in design Hassell 2023-04-02 | Mental health is making headlines - including in the architecture and design industry as the cumulative effects of living and working through a second year of the global Covid-19 pandemic start to become known.So how can organisations, the industry, and individuals, take advantage of this moment to establish change and in doing so, protect the longevity and diversity of the design industry into the future?In this special episode of Hassell Talks we invited Parlour co-founder, Researcher and Professor of Architecture at Monash University Naomi Stead to share some of the early observations coming out of a survey of 2300 industry professionals into wellbeing in architecture.Joining Naomi is landscape architect, Place Intelligence co-founder and Human Potential Coach Bonnie Shaw, who explains how her own extreme experience with stress and pursuit of mental wellbeing marries data, endocrinology, neuroscience and behavioural psychology to support change, and community resilience.Together with former managing director Steve Coster they explore opportunities to promote an open help-seeking culture, foster wellbeing and create real, positive change around mental health for the benefit of individuals, organisations, clients – and ultimately the communities and end users of design."Designers are motivated by a desire to make the world a better place, and so they keep designing until they get to the best possible outcome beyond the point where they're really pushing their own personal well-being."- Naomi Stead"When you're working in really big, challenging adaptive problems, it puts so much pressure on people. And being able to do that work in a context where it's okay to talk about how you might be struggling or when you might be having problems, I think, is the only way we get through it." - Bonnie ShawHassell is a proud partner of mental health advocacy organisation, PukaUp. Find out more about the work PukaUp is doing to eliminate suicide.
HASSELL TALKS: The ordinary, everyday buildings that could save our cities Hassell 2023-03-30 | It is time to move on from the pursuit of iconic architecture.The issues keeping our clients and collaborators up at night are the same things pushing our cities closer to the cusp of wholesale change.Things like the competition around attracting and keeping great tenants, providing magnetic experiences and destination workplaces in uncertain times, dealing with 'great bones' in a building and delivering sustainable spaces are all complex, and often perplexing, issues.Challenging the building industry to create the momentum our cities will need for people and nature to thrive together, Senior Associate Razvan I. Ghilic-Micu spoke to a cross-industry audience of property owners, managers, developers and creators at TRANSFORM, the Green Building Council of Australia's event for sustainable built environments.With insights from 'From Ordinary to Extraordinary: A New Iconicity', Razvan spoke about the key ingredients needed for this evolution to take place.
HASSELL TALKS Stories of rapid innovation and healing from Herston Biofabrication Institute Hassell 2023-03-23 | While technology rapidly advances — people, by contrast, remain constant.Creatures of habit, we need others to survive. We are the sum of our skin, our organs and body parts. Our minds distinguish us, and our intelligence is key to survival but it's our ability to work together that tells the true story of our potential.The team behind the Herston Biofabrication Institute in Brisbane, Australia knew this, and deliberately removed the physical and mental limits in their way. Given the right space, resources and design they've seen a patient able to talk for the first time in 30 years; a specialist design-print-test-iterate a medical solution in days rather than months — and problems solved “beautifully [and] organically” in minutes.In this episode of Hassell Talks, Mathilde Desselle General Manager of the Herston Biofabrication Institute, tells Carolyn Solley of how the transparency and malleability of the building’s interior design has smoothed interactions and increased healing and recovery enabling both patients and the Institute’s multi-disciplinary workforce to thrive.
HASSELL TALKS; Redesigning Emergency Departments for safety and flow Hassell 2023-03-21 | Even before Covid-19, many working in the health system would claim that Emergency Departments weren’t in the best of health.The narrative in the media, and from clinicians themselves, paints a picture of overcrowded spaces, overwhelmed and unsafe for patients and staff, bottlenecked and stretched beyond capacity yet growing bigger – and bigger - but not necessarily smarter. Creating healthcare systems that meet the very best expectations and conditions for staff and patients should be a focus for communities and operators, and this involves examining the models of health, safety, privacy, the popularity of telehealth and the role of emerging technologies.As part of a WomenIn_ panel event hosted by our Melbourne studio, we invited Mya Cubitt, Emergency Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Stefano Scalzo, from the Victorian Health Building Authority, as well as Health, Infrastructure and Planning Consultant Brian Stevenson, to join Hassell's Health sector leader Leanne Guy and Managing Director Steve Coster to discuss the ever changing needs of Emergency Departments.This episode was produced by Prue Vincent and Annie Scapetis.
HASSELL TALKS: The 15 minute city - capturing hearts and minds worldwide Hassell 2023-03-17 | The 15 Minute City has become a hot topic — gaining traction in corners of the internet not typically involved in the dialogue around city planning and urban living.With forward-thinking conversations threatened to be overtaken by conspiracy theories, this encore episode of our podcast Hassell Talks takes a pragmatic look at the concept of 15 Minute Cities.Join host Camilla Siggaard Andersen, Hassell's London-based research lead, as she dives into the topic and the challenges facing cities in Ireland — and elsewhere — as they grapple with climate change, urban sprawl and wellbeing.
HASSELL TALKS: Housing futures with Jeremy Schluter and Michael McCormack Hassell 2023-02-28 | In Europe, Australia, the US and Asia - there’s not enough quality housing stock to go around, and limited affordable choice in the types of homes available.The current generation of renters and buyers are connected, design-savvy and socially aware. They are driving the demand for homes that challenge traditional models of living. They’ve also lived through the pandemic, so they need to be able to work comfortably from home with a supportive community around them. They desire access to green space, and amenities and convenience. They want quality homes suited to a changing climate.The market’s crying out for change. There are quality alternatives emerging, turning traditional approaches to housing on its head and the industry and market are now mature enough to support those trying to make a difference.To explore this we invited Michael McCormack co-founder behind small but mighty development firm Milieu to join our residential sector co-lead, Jeremy Schluter.Michael is a passionate advocate for improved urban design and is also Deputy Chair and a member of the Board at the Centre for Contemporary Photography. Milieu are a certified B Corp™, a global community of for-profit leaders who pledge to use business as a force for good.Milieu’s reputation for crafting beautifully conceived apartments driven by progressive urban design and exemplary architecture, such as Otter Place has resulted in a following in Melbourne and Sydney, with Milieu’s buildings gaining fans, awards and accolades. Just don’t call them a ‘luxury developer’!
HASSELL TALKS: Brisbane beyond 2032. Ken Maher AO, Caroline Stalker and Helen Lochhead. Hassell 2023-02-15 | In 2032, southeast Queensland — a region with the city of Brisbane at its heart — will host the summer Olympics and Paralympics.For Brisbane and the region, the Games are an extraordinary opportunity for community, economy and culture, reflected in a palpable level of excitement in the media and in discussions around town.At the same time, the most important conversations in the city and the region around the design of public spaces are only just beginning.Knowing the long term future of a city and a region is at stake, we think now is the time to talk big ideas — a vision for the urban realm — on a grand scale, with broad reach.And vision is at the heart of this episode of Hassell Talks. What will be the legacy of the Olympics and Paralympics? And what kind of city do we want to create?To understand the role of creating enduring legacies, architect and urbanist Caroline Stalker joined some of Australia's most respected and influential designers; architect, landscape architect, urban designer and Hassell Fellow, Ken Maher AO, and Helen Lochhead, Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at University of New South Wales.This conversation sheds light on how Sydney, London and Barcelona not only pulled off events that transformed their cities through a common vision but catalysed social change and delivered enduring benefits to all. With so much to gain, our public spaces are too important to be left to chance.
Optus Stadium, Perth, Australia Hassell 2019-12-11 | For Australians, sport is fundamental to cultural identity – with stadiums often the crowning jewels of the nation’s cities. With its ‘fan-first’ design, Optus Stadium in Perth is up there with the most-loved Australian destinations for sport and entertainment.hassellstudio.com/project/optus-stadium
Life Sciences Building, Melbourne, Australia Hassell 2019-12-11 | The University of Melbourne’s Life Sciences building is the prestigious university’s first cross-faculty, specialised learning and teaching facility. The building, which brings together academics and staff from veterinary sciences, agricultural sciences, bioscience and medicine and health sciences, was opened in 2019 and achieved world-leading environmental and sustainable certification.hassellstudio.com/project/life-sciences-precinct
Sky Central, UK Hassell 2019-12-11 | Global media company Sky asked us to bring our most progressive, international design thinking to their ‘game changing’ London HQ – a 45,000 sqm, three-level workplace for more than 3,500 employees.hassellstudio.com/project/sky-central
Archikidz PLAY[ground] Hassell 2019-12-11 | Combine four thousand kids, three days and unlimited play and what you get is countless unexpected ideas about how we can make our cities more liveable, enjoyable – and playable.hassellstudio.com/project/archikidz-playground
Resilient by Design Hassell 2019-12-11 | San Francisco is one of the world’s most captivating waterfront cities. It also happens to be one of the most vulnerable – with the Bay Area predicted to confront sea level rises of up to 66 inches/168 centimetres by the year 2100. What if we could re-write the city’s future through a series of smart, sensitive design solutions? hassellstudio.com/project/resilient-by-design
New Museum for Western Australia Hassell 2018-10-21 | The last steel frame, weighing 30-tonne, for the New Museum for Western Australia cantilever gallery has been installed. This dramatic cantilever installed over heritage buildings creates an integrated relationship between old and new architecture and is a major milestone for this exciting project designed by HASSELL + OMA. Video by Darryl Peroni.hassellstudio.com/project/wa-museum-boola-bardip
Mars Habitat Hassell 2018-08-02 | HASSELL and London-based engineering firm Eckersley O'Callaghanhas have been shortlisted in the top ten for NASA’s 3D Printing Centennial Challenge, which is a design competition for human habitation on Mars. The competition sought perspectives from outside the aerospace industry, to explore how a human habitat could be designed and delivered on Mars using autonomous 3D printing technologies and sustainable design practices.hassellstudio.com/project/nasa-3d-printed-habitat-challenge
Resilient by Design: HASSELL+ | Collect & Connect | South San Francisco Hassell 2018-05-18 | International design team HASSELL+ has re-imagined a series of San Francisco waterfront communities as vibrant, fundamentally public places for everyday use – but also vital for environmental and emergency needs.Resilient South City is a proposal to create more public green space and continuous public access along South San Francisco’s Colma Creek, aiming to reduce the impacts of flooding, mitigate against sea-level rise vulnerability, restore native flora and fauna, and create more amenity and healthy lifestyle opportunities by connecting a continuous public corridor from Orange Memorial Park to a new public park at the shoreline.hassellstudio.com/project/resilient-by-design
Breathing Space @ London Design Festival 2017 Hassell 2017-10-04 | Transforming an overlooked public square in East London, Breathing Space gave festival-goers just that - a place for time out. The installation used interactive and immersive digital and lighting technologies to provide real-time data on London’s pollution.HASSELL and ArupLondon Design Festivalhassellstudio.com/project/breathing-space-london-design-festival
URBAN FUTURES – Hack the streets Hassell 2017-06-14 | How can technology and data influence urban design?HASSELL and local partners (Arup, Planning Institute of Australia, City of Melbourne, University of Western Australia Centre for Built Environment and Health, Trendwise, Hall and Prior, City of Vincent, LandGate, Smart Cities Council, Heart Foundation, RMIT University).Planning Congress / Melbourne Knowledge Week
URBAN FUTURES – Chance encounters Hassell 2017-06-14 | How can we transform 'dead zones' into engaging, interactive places that bring people closer together in exciting ways?HASSELL and Einstein & SonsLondon Design Festival
URBAN FUTURES – PLAY[ground] Hassell 2017-06-14 | How can we put play back on the city agenda?HASSELL, Archikidz and Sydney Living MuseumsVivid Sydney
URBAN FUTURES – Huangpu East Bank Urban Forest Hassell 2017-06-14 | What if we created an urban forest in Shanghai by planting 2 million trees for the city's 2 million children?HASSELL and TT ArchitectsEast Bank Group Design Competition
URBAN FUTURES – Sydney Architecture Festival Hassell 2017-06-14 | How does apartment living measure up across the globe?HASSELL and UrbanGrowth NSWSydney Architecture Festival
URBAN FUTURES – Sensorium Hassell 2017-06-14 | What can cities of the future learn from the 18th century pleasure gardens of the past?HASSELL and HAGClerkenwall Design Week
URBAN FUTURES – Nature in the city Hassell 2017-06-14 | How does nature connect to liveability in a city like Shanghai?HASSELL and FlamingoShanghai Field Research
URBAN FUTURES – China shifts Hassell 2017-06-14 | How are we helping China accommodate 300 million more city dwellers?HASSELL Greater China
MULTITUDES ISSUE 6 – Expanding minds: the woodworker Hassell 2017-05-30 | Leah Hudson-Smith is an Interior Designer at HASSELL Melbourne with an educational background in art and fashion design who's also a self-taught woodworker.
MULTITUDES ISSUE 6 – Expanding minds: the public artist Hassell 2017-05-30 | Tiago Arieira is an Architect at HASSELL London who creates engaging public artworks that reflect his connection to his hometown, Viana do Castelo in Portugal.
