About the event

Pre-recorded in the context of their practice, the interviews with leading practitioners are case studies of effective climate adaptation across six interconnected fields of knowledge and will explore challenges in scaling their work, intersections with other disciplines, and the importance of embracing complexity and systemic entanglement.

A dynamic highlights reel of the interviews will premiere on 24 May as the provocation for a live panel discussion with three holistic thinkers, tackling systemic barriers—industry silos, governance constraints, and cultural norms—that hinder proven climate solutions.

ClimateRelay: Building will take place at the Woodleigh School’s recently completed Regenerative Futures Studio, a carbon-sequestering, solar-powered living ecosystem that provides a dynamic project-based learning environment for students to explore and address real-world problems with a regenerative focus through the school’s Regenerative Futures Program.

Five flexible learning spaces, staff amenities and a communal kitchen/social space for staff and students fill out the inside of the studio, while outside, Aquaponic tanks with native fish, yabbies, and mussels provide ecological learning opportunities and a food source for students, and native grasses and plants fill out the green roof, providing a drought-resistant habitat protected from predators to foster the lifecycles of native butterflies, birds, and bees.

The Regenerative Futures Studio was designed by Joost Bakker with Frank Burridge, John McIldowie and Elizabeth Burger of McIldowie Partners Architects and Sam Cox Landscape.

ClimateRelay: Building is a part of the 2025 Melbourne Design Week.