Member Lean-In: Demolition is Dead - Why the Best Building May Already Exist

In this session on the case for Adaptive Re-use, John Bahoric from WGA provides an overview of the compelling benefits of seeking to re-use our existing building stock over new construction, including why embodied carbon matters, and critical factors to consider in making the economic and environmental case for adaptive re-use. He also presents RMIT New Academic Street as an exemplar case study of adaptive re-use and suggest strategies for encouraging adaptive re-use as a fundamental strategy in addressing climate change.
Speaker: John Bahoric
John has extensive experience working across complex multi sectoral and multi disciplinary environments driven by sustainability and end user amenity outcomes. John provides leadership across projects and the broader multi disciplinary capability at WGA across a range of sectors including Health, Education, Defence, Public Realm, Galleries and Museums, Sport, Transport, Commercial and Retail. John also provides regular input into the OVGA (Office of the Victorian Government Architect) design review panel. John is driven by design led sustainability and supports the provision of amenity and future proofing to our new build while minimising carbon footprints. John regularly provides decarbonisation masterclass sessions at the GBCA, is a Precincts Reference Panel member for the GBCA and is a member of MECLA.
Host: Stephanie Bullock RAIA.
Stephanie Bullock is a director of Kosloff Architecture and sits on the Victorian Chapter Council at the Australian Institute of Architects.
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