In this episode of Hearing Architecture, we’re joined by Nikos Kalogeropoulos and Nectar Efkarpidis of Molonglo, in a conversation co-hosted by Dr Sally Farrah.
Nikos and Nectar are not registered architects, but Molonglo’s work has had a profound influence on the way people think about development, culture and place, particularly in Canberra, where projects such as NewActon and Dairy Road have shown how architecture can move beyond individual buildings to shape whole precincts, communities and ways of living.
This conversation explores the values, risks and long-term thinking behind that work. We discuss what it means to create places that are generous, layered and culturally alive, how architecture can be supported through unconventional models of development, and why the quality of the built environment depends not only on architects, but on clients, collaborators and the systems that allow good ideas to survive.
It’s a conversation about stewardship, ambition, design culture and the difficult art of making places that feel as though they could only belong where they are.
Link to podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hz04CdPi9gM41CEqCDTw5?si=AU7Ml1y1Q8Gg5H3P_uLiOQ