{"podcast":{"title":"Design Speaks Weekly","slug":"design-speaks-weekly-7434039","podcast_index_feed_id":7434039,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/designspeaksweekly/feed.xml","website_url":"https://designspeaksweekly.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21022891/hero-graphic_2048x2048.jpg","author":"Architecture Media","episode_count":50,"summary":"Design Speaks Weekly brings you the biggest stories in Australian architecture and design. Produced by Architecture Media, each episode explores a key theme shaping the built environment, paired with the latest industry news and analysis. As an extension of the Design Speaks event series, this podcast opens up vital conversations to a wider audience, wherever you are.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T18:18:38.036702+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039"},"episode":{"title":"Making waste work | Amy Seo","slug":"making-waste-work-amy-seo","published_at":"2026-05-25T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039/making-waste-work-amy-seo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039","url":"https://designspeaksweekly.podbean.com/e/making-waste-work-amy-seo/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n3f76q79nigc9gyt/EP37_AS.mp3","summary":"The design and construction industry generates some of the largest amounts of waste in Australia. Approximately 26.8 megatons were recorded during the 2022–2023 financial year. In response to this excess, Amy Seo and Shahar Cohen created Second Edition to explore new ways of working with materials that would otherwise end up in landfill. By designing their own projects and collaborating with other architects, Amy and Shahar seek to educate and advocate for deconstruction as an alternative to demolition. In today’s conversation, Amy speaks on whether or not there is appetite for this approach on projects across Australia. Further Reading: Emerging profile: Second Editionhttps://architectureau.com/articles/emerging-profile-second-edition/ One to watch: Second Editionhttps://architectureau.com/articles/one-to-watch-second-edition/ Rochester Street Office by Allied Office, Akin Atelier and Second Editionhttps://architectureau.com/articles/rochester-street-office-by-allied-office-akin-atelier-and-second-edition/ Radical acts of repair: Second Editionhttps://architectureau.com/articles/second-edition-1/","meta_description":"The design and construction industry generates some of the largest amounts of waste in Australia. Approximately 26.8 megatons were recorded during the 202…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1245,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/design-speaks-weekly-7434039/episodes/making-waste-work-amy-seo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039/making-waste-work-amy-seo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}