Polyglot Theatre and guests come together for a panel discussion on the joys of engaging children and families in arts experiences that connect to nature and natural environments.From its large-scale touring theatre works to small playful int

MTalks—Beyond the Visual: The Invisible Power of Scent in Design

Mar 13th, 2024 1h 1m

Scent is often overlooked, yet it is an incredibly powerful tool in the context of design. In this informal discussion, our panellists discuss the science of olfaction and how it can influence our experience of space. Together, they explore som

MTalks—Office Wear

Mar 13th, 2024 1h 4m

The way we dress is central to how we express our identity. Perhaps more than other settings, the workplace has been a site of radical cultural shifts, played out through changing dress codes.Part of the Paypal Melbourne Fashion Festival’s In

MTalks—NAM (New Architects Melbourne) #42

Feb 16th, 2024 1h 36m

NAM (New Architects Melbourne) #42 brings together emerging architects, experienced practitioners and allied professionals at MPavilion to discuss the enduring importance of craftsmanship in shaping the built environment.

MTalks—Crossing Borders

Feb 16th, 2024 1h 33m

Explore the experiences, challenges, and stories of migrant female built environment practitioners working in Australia. Through discussing the challenges they have faced and overcome, this panel fosters a deeper understanding of the obstacles

MTalks—Beneath Our Feet

Jan 25th, 2024 1h 22m

Country is not just a physical place, but also a spiritual and cultural one. It is the land, the water, the air, and the creatures that inhabit it. It is the place where Indigenous people have lived for thousands of years, and it is the source

MTalks—Place As Protagonist

Jan 25th, 2024 52m 53s

Place as Protagonist explores memories and place in the city through two modes of storytelling: online map-based community engagement platform CrowdSpot, and a storytelling event that brings a mix of voices together with a prompt to share a sto

MTalks—Blakitecture: Bloodlines Of Country

Jan 25th, 2024 50m 21s

BLAKitecture for MPavilion 10 will focus on the custodial relationship to Country as a means of furthering the conversation around First Peoples rights and perspectives around the impact we have to the built environment. Waterways are living ec

MTalks—If These Walls Could Talk

Jan 19th, 2024 49m 43s

The Younghusband Woolstore Redevelopment reimagines a 122-year-old redbrick wool store and adjoining network of industrial early 20th-century buildings as a new mixed-use community precinct. Hear from speakers who have worked across all angles

MTalks—Design Future: Visions for Humane AI

Dec 22nd, 2023 52m 21s

Join us for a panel talk, which sees international guest speakers Nashin Mahtani and Keller Easterling come together with local urban designer Bree Trevena to discuss rethinking the future of AI, for a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable

MTalks— Yarning Circle

Dec 22nd, 2023 1h 20m

First Nations speakers across the fields of architecture, planning and design from Australia and around the world will contemplate the good, the bad and the ugly of the built environment in an intimate yarning circle format spearheaded by BLAKi

MTalks—Whose Backyard? NIMBYs, YIMBYs and the Future of High-Density Living

Dec 22nd, 2023 1h 32m

As Australia’s housing crisis deepens, higher-density living will be a crucial part of any effective solution. Building upwards rather than outwards can be more economically and socially beneficial: it makes use of existing services and infrast

MTalks—The Making of MPavilion 10

Dec 22nd, 2023 1h 2m

Join MPavilion founder and commissioner Naomi Milgrom AC to discuss the process of building the structure with esteemed Australian architect Sean Godsell – Principal of Sean Godsell Architects and Executive Architect of MPavilion 10 in Australi

MTalks—Putting down roots: How green spaces can counter loneliness

May 5th, 2023 59m 26s

We all know green spaces are good for us, but could they offer a cure for loneliness?Tune in to this panel discussion and hear more about how our city-makers (and others) have contributed to a “lonelygenic environment” that makes connection d

MTalks—Labour in Architecture: The Future of the Profession

May 5th, 2023 1h 27m

How can we collectively shift away from widespread experiences of exploitation in the architecture industry to that of a new, empowered and future-proof profession?Architecture and related design fields are professions where ‘passion’ is some

MTalks—The Excellent City Series: Design Futures

May 5th, 2023 1h 22m

Tune in to hear a panel discussion with regards to speculating our shared futures, the contemplation of possible urban trajectories, and the ways that diverse and creative perspectives intersect to imagine future environments.Learn as we expl

MTalks—Propelling Or Pathological? Heritage In Urban Design

Apr 28th, 2023 58m 46s

Aldo Rossi, in The Architecture of the City, describes the urban artefact as a permanence, “a past we are still experiencing.”Rossi proposes permanence’s present two aspects: “they can be considered as propelling elements or as pathological o

MTalks—The Good and the Bad Architect

Apr 28th, 2023 1h 29m

What makes good architecture or a good architect? Tune in as we dove behind the scenes of the architectural profession and examined the roles and responsibilities of those who work in the field.Architecture is often judged by aesthetics, but

MMeets—Quarry Ecologies: At The Edge Of Design

Apr 28th, 2023 1h 16m

Held within a 140-year-old sandstone quarry in Beech Forest within the Otway Ranges, on the traditional lands of the Gadubanud people, Quarry Pedagogies Camp brought together a community of designers and creative professionals to consider the s

MTalks—Knowing through doing: Teaching design thinking

Apr 28th, 2023 1h 2m

Design thinking shapes responsive, problem-solving, entrepreneurial thinkers and doers who can rise to the challenges and opportunities of complex issues; it’s an approach that has benefits beyond creative and technology-driven disciplines.Un

MTalks—Pedagogies for Future Practice: Education in Landscape Architecture

Apr 28th, 2023 1h 6m

In a time of radically accelerated cultural and ecological change, four emerging landscape architecture educators come together to discuss: How can learning environments cultivate the practices of students to be ethical, critical and attentive

MTalks—Future Homes: Melbourne's Liveable Apartments

Apr 28th, 2023 59m 32s

There was a time when the single-family home was the dominant form of architecture. Apartment design played a poor, compromised support act. That day is now over.New award-winning apartment buildings are grabbing front pages, and more archite

MTalks—Frei Otto: Spanning the Future

Apr 28th, 2023 22m 39s

Tune in to a a special a special conversation with engineers and makers as they reflect on the film, Frei Otto: Spanning the Future, a documentary about the incredible life and work of Frei Otto.As an architect and engineer, he laid the found

MMeets—Scrapping the Take-Make-Waste Economy For Circular Design

Apr 28th, 2023 1h 3m

Circular innovation is already paving the way to better outcomes for the environment and planetary health, as brands implement circular design concepts and move from a take-make-waste linear economy towards a circular economy.Hear from a seri

MTalks—The Great Birrarung Parkland

Apr 14th, 2023 1h 42m

Recognised as a single living entity, the Birrarung (Yarra River) has shaped and formed the landscape over millennia, unifying this landscape that we all live within. Our river lives, breathes and supports the life of the community. In return