Architecture & design /Promotion/ jul-sep 201926Sandra Furtado
Co-founder, Furtado Sullivan.Furtado says she enjoys the challenge of
translating a project’s complexity into a design
that works with its environment, combining
large-scale efficiency and sophistication with a
bespoke design approach. In the past, she has
been involved in notable large-scale projects
including 8 Chifley, Barangaroo Masterplan
and International Towers, and One Circular
Quay hotel in Circular Quay.
As a designer, Furtado has an extraordinary
ability to understand urban complexity. Through
holistic design thinking, she seeks synergies with
multidisciplinary practices, harnessing collective
knowledge in order to achieve goals creatively
and drive the sustainability agenda.Knut menden
Project architect, BVN.Having spent the previous five years working
in Austria, Luxemburg and New Zealand,
Menden’s project expertise ranges from
commercial office developments, cultural andeducation projects to infrastructure projects. He
excels across all project phases but is particularly
adept at the translation of concept designs into
realised construction. Menden was project
architect for the Sulman Medal winning Mabel
Fidler Building at Ravenswood School, and
has since been involved in several significant
learning and teaching projects for ACU and the
Catholic Education Office.mahalath halPerin
Director, Mahalath Halperin Architects.Mahalath Halperin is an architect and
environmental consultant living and working
in regional NSW. As well as running an
architectural practice since the 1990s,
addressing everything from domestic
renovations through to large commercial
buildings, resorts and education facilities, she
also conducts energy and environmental audits
and assessments, and has always tried to tie the
scientific with the aesthetic to achieve highly
sustainable but liveable works where possible.
She has also developed and delivered courses
on environmental and architectural issues,and is a published author, including a book
about her cat building a house. In 2010, she
established HELP - Holistic Environmental
Lifestyle Planning, which looks into the big
picture beyond just the physical building itself,
but can also drill down to the basics, provide
audits and assessments, and offers a Green
Concierge Service as well.Sara WilKinSon
Built environment lecturer, UTS.Wilkinson is a chartered building surveyor,
RICS fellow, and member of the Australian
Property Institute (API) with over 35 years
of experience. She has worked on public and
private sector projects across various scales,
from commercial due diligence reports, to
pre-contract design of adaptation and adaptive
reuse projects in residential and commercial
property. This year she became Australia’s
first female professor of property, working
at the intersections of sustainability, urban
development and transformation. Her research
focuses on local, national and international built
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