This is Public: Waterfront

The first episode of This is Public documents Open House Melbourne’s Waterfront program.

Open House took a deep dive into the role design could play in reframing our relationship with water, with a special focus on urban waterways and Birrarung (the Yarra River). All of the guests interviewed on the podcast participated in the Waterfront program.

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This is Public is recorded at and supported by The Espy, and brought to life by the Metro Tunnel Creative Program, a program dedicated to enhancing city life alongside the Metro Tunnel.

This is Public: Waterfront includes interviews with the following guests:

  • (2:35) Dr Melissa Neave from RMIT University and Andrew Kelly, the Yarra Riverkeeper, explore the flow on effects of past urban design decisions, current challenges and possible futures for the river;
  • (20:22) Paul Thomas from Rail Projects Victoria explains how the Metro Tunnel Project navigates complex tunneling under the Yarra; and
  • (30:25) Michael O’Neill from Yarra Swim Co and Andre Bonnice from WOWOWA Architecture share how the Yarra Pools proposal encourages connection and contact with the river.

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