Episode 292: Gabriel Solorzano Torres on why & how MMC can solve the housing crisis

Gabriel Solorzano Torres is the Executive Director of Commercial, Sustainability and Infrastructure at Melbourne Polytechnic. He brings deep strategic and operational experience in infrastructure and industry development — and is at the forefront of the new Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence, a national initiative aimed at scaling Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) skills and innovation across the sector. In this episode, we unpack what MMC really means for architects and designers, how education and training need to evolve, and the role design thinking has in creating the homes Australia needs now.

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Episode 292: Gabriel Solorzano Torres on why & how MMC can solve the housing crisis is an episode from Talking Architecture & Design by Architecture & Design.

This episode is 48:26 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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