Episode Notes

For many, it can be difficult to understand how architecture can help us reflect who we are as a community.

How can buildings and public spaces tell the stories of our culture, our history, and our lifestyle?

How can we use architecture to bring people together and not push them apart?

For Isabelle Toland, Director of ambitious architecture firm Aileen Sage, these are uplifting challenges to overcome, for which her practice is best known.

Many would consider Aileen Sage doyennes of weaving the complex array of community perspectives in their community master plans, public works and art projects.They bridge different worlds and people with divergent spirits and lifestyles to find the points of connection.

Join Isabelle as she explains Aileen Sage’s process to find that spirit of collaboration that helps reveal who we are through architecture.

Find out:

● How Isabelle unites the community around an architectural vision.
● The stories which have inspired her creativity and how Isabelle has translated those stories into her work.
● Examples of how culture, history and lifestyle have been successfully united in architectural works.
● What you can expect from Isabelle at the Illawarra Festival of Architecture & Design on the 27th of October.

More about Isabelle

Isabelle Toland is the Director of Aileen Sage Architects. A renowned Australian architecture firm, Aileen Sage’s portfolio extends to complex community masterplans, public and cultural spaces, public art projects and residential homes.

As a former creative director of the Australian Exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale, and award winner of the AIA NSW Emerging Architects Prize, Isabelle and the Aileen Sage team have risen to fame in the architectural arena.

Their work is concerned with the integration of architecture and cultural narratives in both the public and private realm. Aileen Sage has become synonymous with spaces that are beautiful, inspiring, and unexpected.

https://aileensage.com/ambition

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https://www.instagram.com/isabelleaileentoland/

Illawarra Festival of Architecture and Design

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Co host Penny Keogh

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Host Michael Clarke

https://www.michaelclarkearchitects.com/

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