006I_Daniel Prohasky, Swinburne architectural engineering lecturer and CEO of Curvecrete, among others

Interview with Daniel Prohasky with a diverse background in architecture, civil and aerospace engineering. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, his role as an advisor for sustainable resource management, his approach to technology as a tool, and many more. Daniel Prohasky is an architectural engineer and roboticist passionate about translating research towards industry adoption in Australia, particularly in the building design and construction industry. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Curvecrete, an advanced manufacturer and robotics development company with a focus on elegant low-carbon construction. He is also the founding lecturer in Architectural Engineering at Swinburne University and was Swinburne’s 2019 Design Faculty Innovation Fellow to further develop his innovative advanced manufacturing venture, Curvecrete.  Daniel represents Curvecrete as a founding member of the NSW government’s MECLA (Materials, Embodied Carbon Leadership Alliance) program, on a mission to incentivise the use of low-carbon material use in construction to accelerate the implementation of solutions to the climate crisis.  He has deep industry knowledge in applied research outcomes for multi-disciplinary engineering firms, in particular, Arup and Aurecon, and works across institutions and innovation precincts bringing teams together to solve some of the most pressing challenges in the building and construction industry. His focus is on the exploitation of advanced manufacturing and automation techniques towards more resourceful methods of construction; and the utilisation of higher levels of computational integration and interoperability to achieve the former in orchestration with all environmental, operational and construction factors. Daniel has his sights set on taking Curvecrete’s innovative process and product much further - to construction projects not just on Earth, but the Moon, Mars and beyond. You can find out more about Daniel, Curvecrete and his other projects through these links: Daniel Prohasky on LinkedIn; Curvecrete website; Curvecrete on LinkedIn; Curvecrete on Instagram; Curvecrete on Twitter; You can also get in touch with Daniel at daniel @ curvecrete.com What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on twitter @WTF4Cities! I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay