MEET THE SPEAKER
Simon
Mather
Architect, Director
MAKO Architecture
Simon Mather is an architect and director of MAKO Architecture. With over 20 years of experience in architectural practice, Mather’s extensive knowledge and expertise provide for confident and sensitive design, advisory, and advocacy on all matters of place and space.
His current undertakings include social housing for seniors, residential flat buildings, a hotel, and several large-scale urban design projects. He also sits on several design review panels, where he shares productive advice with industry colleagues and proponents.
Mather places high importance on listening and fully understanding the needs of community and client to synthesise solutions that maximise social benefit in the context of delivery objectives and pressures.
He is guided by a strong sense of curiosity, imbuing his drive to find comprehensive and unexpected solutions.
SESSION DESCRIPTION
‘At Odds’ - Small Practice | Big Things
While the notion of a small architecture practice engaging in large-scale projects seems to challenge conventional expectations, there are few reasons for this to be so—especially when challenging conventional expectations is intrinsic to the very role of every architect.
Similarly, the pursuit of efficiency may be seen as being at odds with creativity, but in this realm, one cannot exist without the other.
Simon Mather of MAKO Architecture will delve into matters of practice that don’t seemingly align and, by unveiling real-world examples, demonstrate strategies to assist with the reconciliation of apparent discord.
This may serve as a point of reflection for industry allies seeking to challenge the landscape of design practice and harmonise conflicting aspects of their creative endeavours.