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In this episode, we’ll be exploring the topic of Arcology, an idea, movement, and culture of people looking to create highly-dense architecture that works to reduce the human environmental footprint in a radical way. More specifically, we’ll look into the “experimental town” of Arcosanti, “an attempt at a prototype arcology, integrating the design of architecture with respect to ecology”. This “experimental town” and its citizens, shows a lot about how Architecture can transform not only the environment but the behaviors and thinking of people interacting with these radical spaces. Keep up with Student Architect on: Instagram - http://ow.ly/xPzq50BizRc LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/cWQj50BizRe Twitter - http://ow.ly/qF8Y50BizRi Facebook - http://ow.ly/NBH250BizRh Student Architect Website - http://ow.ly/62lL50BizRf Thanks for continuing to support the podcast! See you in the next episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Matthew Dumich, FAIA is a Principal at SmithGroup in Chicago, Illinois. His professional experience includes commercial buildings, interiors, mixed-use developments, and master plans. A dynamic leader and consensus builder, he is known for his collaborative design approach and ability to execute complex, high-performance projects, totaling over 10,000,000 SF constructed worldwide. Matt was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2017. Additional honors for his leadership and service include 2015 Crain's Chicago Business 40 Under 40, 2013 AIA National Young Architects Award, 2012 AIA Chicago Dubin Family Young Architect Award and 2011 Building Design + Construction 40 Under 40 award. Connect with Matt on: LinkedIn - http://ow.ly/7nLM50BizRb Instagram - http://ow.ly/1DqB50BizRd Check out some great architecture being created at his firm SmithGroup at http://ow.ly/dXZC50BizRg Keep up with Student Architect on: Instagram - http://ow.ly/xPzq50BizRc LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/cWQj50BizRe Twitter - http://ow.ly/qF8Y50BizRi Facebook - http://ow.ly/NBH250BizRh Student Architect Website - http://ow.ly/62lL50BizRf Thanks for continuing to support the podcast! See you in the next episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

“Architects have the great privilege and responsibility to imagine and create a better world,” says Matt. A strategic thinker and consensus builder, he is known for his collaborative design approach and ability to solve complex problems. As a principal leading the workplace and mixed-use markets for SmithGroup's Chicago office, Matt expertly blends strategy and design to deliver beautifully sophisticated commercial buildings, interiors projects, and mixed-use developments. An established leader in the design community, he has a passion for mentoring next-generation professionals. The AIA Chicago BRIDGE program—which he founded in 2009—has become a model for AIA mentorship programs nationwide. When he’s away from the office, Matt’s interests include travel and photography—a perfect combination, given that his projects have taken him from Chicago to Kazakhstan and around the globe. He’d happily return to Tokyo “to experience the rich contrasts between the traditional and hyper-modern Japanese culture, food, and architecture.” Connect with Matt on: LinkedIn Instagram - He loves photography after all! Check out some great architecture being created at his firm SmithGroup! Keep up with Student Architect on: Instagram - https://bit.ly/2xfHnCE LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/BxFx50z7IiB Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Uxfwpg Facebook - https://bit.ly/2UqYRnw Student Architect Website - https://bit.ly/3biFBzo Thanks for continuing to support the podcast! See you in the next episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Brian Vitale is a Design Principal and Co-Managing Director of Gensler’s Chicago office. He is a registered architect, educator and a visionary leader in the field of design. Brian’s focus on design process rather than typological expertise has made him one of Gensler’s most awarded designers. He has authored many of the firm’s most significant and acclaimed projects including the Gratz Center at Fourth Presbyterian Church, the Kohler Creative Communications building, the Shirley Ryan Abilitylab, Cadillac House Shanghai, KU’s Capitol Federal Hall, and the newly opened Columbia College Chicago Student Center to name a few. A firm believer in the benefits of blurring the line between academia and professional worlds, Vitale has served as adjunct design faculty at the University of Illinois Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where in 2015, he delivered the keynote speech at the School of Architecture’s convocation ceremony. Lauded by the industry throughout his career, Vitale’s influential work has earned over 60 major design honors including two National AIA awards, and personally receiving the prestigious Chicago AIA Dubin Family Young Architect Award, the AIA Illinois John Wellborn Root Award and the National AIA Young Architect Award. Most recently, Brian was honored in 2020 by being named one of the 50 people “shaping Chicago’s design culture” by New City magazine. Born in Chicago, Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his Master of Architecture with Honors from Washington University in St Louis where he received the 2020 Award of Distinction, given to an alum who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in their career. Keep up with Student Architect on: Instagram - https://bit.ly/2xfHnCE LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/BxFx50z7IiB Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Uxfwpg Facebook - https://bit.ly/2UqYRnw Student Architect Website - https://bit.ly/3biFBzo Thanks! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

You are listening to ShArch, a series where you’ll get to know a little about a person I’ve interviewed before the full conversation comes out. These short episodes don’t recycle audio, this is unique audio that you won’t find on the full Student Architect episodes. My guest today is Brian Vitale. Let me tell you a bit about him. Brian Vitale is a Design Principal and Co-Managing Director of Gensler’s Chicago office. He is a registered architect, educator and a visionary leader in the field of design. Brian’s focus on design process rather than typological expertise has made him one of Gensler’s most awarded designers. He has authored many of the firm’s most significant and acclaimed projects including the Gratz Center at Fourth Presbyterian Church, the Kohler Creative Communications building, the Shirley Ryan Abilitylab, Cadillac House Shanghai, KU’s Capitol Federal Hall, and the newly opened Columbia College Chicago Student Center to name a few. A firm believer in the benefits of blurring the line between academia and professional worlds, Vitale has served as adjunct design faculty at the University of Illinois Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where in 2015, he delivered the keynote speech at the School of Architecture’s convocation ceremony. Lauded by the industry throughout his career, Vitale’s influential work has earned over 60 major design honors including two National AIA awards, and personally receiving the prestigious Chicago AIA Dubin Family Young Architect Award, the AIA Illinois John Wellborn Root Award and the National AIA Young Architect Award. Most recently, Brian was honored in 2020 by being named one of the 50 people “shaping Chicago’s design culture” by New City magazine. Born in Chicago, Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his Master of Architecture with Honors from Washington University in St Louis where he received the 2020 Award of Distinction, given to an alum who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in their career. Thank you again for listening to this week’s ShArch episode. My full conversation with Brian will be coming out this upcoming Friday so be sure to subscribe to us and follow us on all our socials, the links will be below! Hope you enjoyed. I’ll see you on the next episode! Bu Bye! Keep up with Student Architect on: Instagram - https://bit.ly/2xfHnCE LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/BxFx50z7IiB Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Uxfwpg Facebook - https://bit.ly/2UqYRnw Student Architect Website - https://bit.ly/3biFBzo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Welcome back! After a long pause to the weekly posting, Student Architect is ready to once again go live and explore the world of Architecture! In this episode, we dive into the mindset of Peter Exley. Peter Exley has established an internationally recognized practice of award-winning architecture for children, families, and communities, elevating the standards of design for learning and play environments. He is the co-founder of Architecture Is Fun, a Chicago-based architecture, design, and consulting firm. Dedicated to helping the next generation of architects, Peter has also been a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) for more than 25 years. He will serve as the 97th President of the American Institute of Architects in 2021. Hope you all enjoy it! If you liked the episode, please share it with someone you think would also enjoy it. Thanks so much! Connect with Peter: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/architectureisfun/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/architecture-is-fun-inc-/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArchitectureIsFun/ Connect with Student Architect: Instagram - https://bit.ly/2xfHnCE LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/BxFx50z7IiB Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Uxfwpg Facebook - https://bit.ly/2UqYRnw Student Architect Website - https://bit.ly/3biFBzo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Hello! Welcome back to the podcast. It’s been a little while, but don’t think the show is over! Student Architect is already 1 year old and counting! You are listening to the short-episode series, which I am now calling ShArch, S H A R C H, short Architecture, very clever I know. This is a series where you’ll get to know a little about a person I’ve interviewed before the full conversation comes out. These short episodes don’t recycle audio, this is unique audio that you won’t find on the full Student Architect episodes. So with that explanation out of the way, let me go ahead and introduce this week’s guest. Peter Exley has established an internationally recognized practice of award-winning architecture for children, families, and communities, elevating the standards of design for learning and play environments. He is the co-founder of Architecture Is Fun, a Chicago-based architecture, design, and consulting firm. Dedicated to helping the next generation of architects, Peter has also been a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) for more than 25 years. He will serve as the 97th President of the American Institute of Architects in 2021. To learn more about Peter you can find him on: Instagram: @architectureisfun and @funarchitect Twitter: @funarchitect Facebook LinkedIn As he says, if you use the keywords "Architecture Is Fun", you should have no trouble finding him. Get to know a little bit about Peter in this ShArch episode of the Student Architect Podcast. As always, you can stay up to date with the podcast on: Instagram - https://bit.ly/2xfHnCE LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/BxFx50z7IiB Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Uxfwpg Facebook - https://bit.ly/2UqYRnw Student Architect Website - https://bit.ly/3biFBzo Thanks so much for tuning in and I hope you enjoy it! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

In the final episode of our mini-series, What Is Architecture?, we look into a piece of Architecture that sparked the creation of a nation! Kugelmugel is a micronation located at the Prater in Vienna, Austria. The Republic declared independence in 1976, after disputes between artist Edwin Lipburger and Austrian authorities over building permits for a ball-shaped house which he erected in Katzelsdorf, Lower Austria in 1971. This podcast episode can also be viewed on Youtube, where we include plenty of visuals to accompany the story of this incredible ball home. Get more content on: Youtube - https://bit.ly/3be4v3z Student Architect Website - http://ow.ly/v6JB50z7KuN Keep up with Student Architect on: Instagram - http://ow.ly/9ZMV50z7KuD LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/54PU50z7KuL Twitter - http://ow.ly/VdB650z7KuG Facebook - http://ow.ly/HHN650z7KuJ Student Architect Website - http://ow.ly/8mod50z7KuM Thanks so much! See you on the full-length episode of Student Architect next week! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

While it can appear that Architects may only have a knack for designing gorgeous buildings, in this conversation with Carl Sergio, we find out about all the other pieces of knowledge an Architect may accrue as they progress in their career. Join us in the 18th episode of the Student Architect podcast. Enjoy! Carl Sergio, AIA has a Master’s of Architecture from UIC and 10 years of experience across all phases of design and construction, many market sectors, and firms from the smallest to the largest. He enjoys the collaborative design process with teammates and clients alike as well as the experience of realizing a design through construction. Carl believes in using his time and talent to have an impact on the world, and the people in it, through the built environment. He has volunteered on design-build teams for Rebuilding Together, City Year, and Territory NFP as well as leading Gensler’s CANstruction team the past three years. He also values paying it forward through mentorship, volunteering with Erie Neighborhood House, the Chicago Architecture Center, the ACE Mentorship Program, and NOMA’s Project Pipeline. He has been co-director of AIA Chicago’s BRIDGE Program the past four years, he co-founded AIA Illinois’ Emerging Professionals Network in 2017 and is the current chair, he is currently AIA National's Young Architect Regional Director for Illinois for 2019-21, and he recently founded a student mentorship program in conjunction with AIAS at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has lived in Atlanta, Barcelona, Indianapolis, and Chicago in addition to traveling to 46 states, 45 countries, and hundreds of cities. As a result, he has dabbled in half a dozen languages and is conversational in Italian and Spanish. He is endlessly curious, and passionate, about experiencing and learning from other countries, cities, cultures, languages, and peoples. Keep up with Student Architect on: Instagram - http://ow.ly/qiFg50yVkO7 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/42339856 Twitter - http://ow.ly/aWfF50yVkO8 Facebook - http://ow.ly/PKzU50yVkO6 Student Architect Website - http://ow.ly/r9wc50yVkO9 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Hello! As it is Friday, a new episode of "What Is Architecture?" is out now! Featuring Carl Sergio of Unispace, get to know a bit about Carl in this short episode. Carl Sergio, AIA has a Master’s of Architecture from UIC and 10 years of experience across all phases of design and construction, many market sectors, and firms from the smallest to the largest. He enjoys the collaborative design process with teammates and clients alike as well as the experience of realizing a design through construction. Carl believes in using his time and talent to have an impact on the world, and the people in it, through the built environment. He has volunteered on design-build teams for Rebuilding Together, City Year, and Territory NFP as well as leading Gensler’s CANstruction team the past three years. He also values paying it forward through mentorship, volunteering with Erie Neighborhood House, the Chicago Architecture Center, the ACE Mentorship Program, and NOMA’s Project Pipeline. He has been co-director of AIA Chicago’s BRIDGE Program the past four years, he co-founded AIA Illinois’ Emerging Professionals Network in 2017 and is the current chair, he is currently AIA National's Young Architect Regional Director for Illinois for 2019-21, and he recently founded a student mentorship program in conjunction with AIAS at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has lived in Atlanta, Barcelona, Indianapolis, and Chicago in addition to traveling to 46 states, 45 countries, and hundreds of cities. As a result he has dabbled in half a dozen languages and is conversational in Italian and Spanish. He is endlessly curious, and passionate about experiencing and learning from other countries, cities, cultures, languages, and peoples. Keep up with Student Architect on: Instagram - http://ow.ly/qiFg50yVkO7 Twitter - http://ow.ly/aWfF50yVkO8 Facebook - http://ow.ly/PKzU50yVkO6 Student Architect Website - http://ow.ly/r9wc50yVkO9 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

With over twenty-five years of experience in architecture, design, and business, David founded Blueprint For Living Coaching with a mission to help design professionals who seek to access their untapped potential, develop their leadership, and create great things in their personal and professional lives. He draws upon his skills as a coach, architect, leader, motivational speaker, mentor and businessman to inspire excellence in his clients and call them to be their best. David is a 2014 graduate of Accomplishment Coaching’s Coaches’ Training Program, a comprehensive, intensive year-long program that emphasizes an ontological approach to coaching and extensive hands-on leadership experience. He has participated on the leadership team for the Coaches’ Training Programs in Chicago, Seattle, Washington, DC, Victoria, BC and at the United Nations. He is a member of the International Coach Federation and a PCC certified coach. Prior to becoming a coach, David built a successful career as an architect, first as principal of Bradley Architects and later as the Managing Director of North American Operations for Officium, LLC, a German-based design and engineering firm specializing in tensile structures. He is still actively engaged with both firms and is an active member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 2014 he served as President of AIA Illinois. David graduated with honors from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service and later with honors from the University of Illinois at Chicago with his Master of Architecture degree. He is licensed to practice architecture in the State of Illinois. David is an avid cyclist, having twice completed the 500-mile Twin Cities to Chicago AIDS Ride and raised over $3,700 for AIDS and HIV-support organizations. A Certified Rescue Diver, he has been lucky enough to dive reefs from the Caribbean to the Great Barrier Reef. He is fluent in German, conversationally fluent in French, and dabbles in Swedish and Portuguese if you press him. To learn more about David, visit him at blueprintforliving.coach or find him on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter Keep up with us! Instagram - @studentarchitectpodcast Twitter - @studentarchpod Facebook - Student Architect Website - omargarcia.info/student-architect --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

With over twenty-five years of experience in architecture, design, and business, David founded Blueprint For Living Coaching with a mission to help design professionals who seek to access their untapped potential, develop their leadership, and create great things in their personal and professional lives. He draws upon his skills as a coach, architect, leader, motivational speaker, mentor and businessman to inspire excellence in his clients and call them to be their best. David is a 2014 graduate of Accomplishment Coaching’s Coaches’ Training Program, a comprehensive, intensive year-long program that emphasizes an ontological approach to coaching and extensive hands-on leadership experience. He has participated on the leadership team for the Coaches’ Training Programs in Chicago, Seattle, Washington, DC, Victoria, BC and at the United Nations. He is a member of the International Coach Federation and a PCC certified coach. Prior to becoming a coach, David built a successful career as an architect, first as principal of Bradley Architects and later as the Managing Director of North American Operations for Officium, LLC, a German-based design and engineering firm specializing in tensile structures. He is still actively engaged with both firms and is an active member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 2014 he served as President of AIA Illinois. David graduated with honors from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service and later with honors from the University of Illinois at Chicago with his Master of Architecture degree. He is licensed to practice architecture in the State of Illinois. David is an avid cyclist, having twice completed the 500-mile Twin Cities to Chicago AIDS Ride and raised over $3,700 for AIDS and HIV-support organizations. A Certified Rescue Diver, he has been lucky enough to dive reefs from the Caribbean to the Great Barrier Reef. He is fluent in German, conversationally fluent in French, and dabbles in Swedish and Portuguese if you press him. Get to know a bit about David in this episode of WIA. Keep up with us! Instagram - @studentarchitectpodcast Twitter - @studentarchpod Website - omargarcia.info/student-architect --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Episode 16 of the Student Architect Podcast features Jimmy Carter. He is an architect and member James and Jimmy, an architecture studio and dissemination unit whose practice delves into the breadth of architectural distribution and production. The studio believes that architecture is not merely material, and concentrates on the platforms through which architecture as a cultural production can take shape. In this way, projects are varied, mediums are numerous, and characters are fluid, but all is grounded in architectural creation. Jimmy’s work has spanned architectural construction, curation, film, and audio exploration, and has subsequently been published in journals such as Pidgin Magazine, PLAT, Flat Out, Fresh Meat and MAS Context. Thanks so much for listening! To learn more about Jimmy, visit his website jamesandjimmy.com or find him on Instagram @jamesandjimmyand Keep up with us! Instagram - @studentarchitectpodcast Website - omargarcia.info/student-architect Adding more social media soon! Thank you so much! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

In this episode, I sat down with Jimmy Carter. Jimmy is an architect, writer, and member of James and Jimmy, an architecture studio and dissemination unit whose practice delves into the breadth of architectural distribution and production. Get to know a bit about Jimmy in this episode of What is Architecture? He will be in next week's full-length episode of Student Architect. Enjoy! Learn more about Jimmy Carter at JamesandJimmy.com Keep up with us: Instagram: @studentarchitectpodcast Website: omargarcia.info/student-architect Thanks! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Dan Wheeler is a founding principal of Wheeler Kearns Architects and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dan works and practices to educate his colleagues, clients, and students of what architecture can bring to elevate experience, and the responsibilities that come with this ever-optimistic endeavor. Dan received his education at the Rhode Island School of Design, including two years study in Rome and an association with Machado Silvetti Architects. Prior to establishing his own practice, he was an Associate and Studio head at Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Chicago (1981-87). Dan is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Traveling Fellowship in 1980, the CCAIA Young Architect Award (1985), AIA Fellowship (for Design, 1998), Chicago Tribune’s "Chicagoan of the Year" in Architecture with Lawrence Kearns (2008), and the AIA Illinois’s Nathan Ricker Clifford Award for Architectural Education (2017). He has served as Interim Director for both the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and the UIC School of Architecture and has been a consulting architect/educator to Auburn University’s Rural Studio since 2002. He lectures regularly and frequently sits on professional and academic juries. His work spans the gamut of project type; public institutions, non-profit organizations, and private commissions. He draws to see, to test, to explain, and to build well places of authenticity. Find Dan and his firm's work at WKArch.com, and follow them on Instagram @wheelerkearnsarchitects Keep up with Student Architect! Studen Architect Instagram - @studentarchitectpodcast Website - omargarcia.info/student-architect Thanks so much! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Dan Wheeler, FAIA, is a founding principal of Wheeler Kearns Architects, is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Dan works and practices to educate his colleagues, clients, and students of what architecture can bring to elevate the experience and the responsibilities that come with this ever-optimistic endeavor. Thank you to Dan for sitting down with me. Get to know him more on next week's episode of Student Architect! Find Dan's incredible work on wkarch.com Keep up with Student Architect Instagram: @studentarchitectpodcast Website: omargarcia.info/student-architect --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

How can you turn a cow into architecture? In this episode, we learn about Stewart Hicks and his firm Design With Company. We discuss food, animals, localism, and more on this episode of the Student Architect podcast! Stewart is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a co-founder of Design With Company, a practice he leads with Allison Newmeyer in Chicago. Design with Company’s work focuses on how literature and architecture intersect through fiction, character, type, or metaphor and how these themes can translate into installations, speculative urban scenarios, temporary pavilions and designs for buildings. Hicks received his Master's degree in Architecture Princeton University and a Bachelors from the University of Michigan. Learn more about Stewart and his work at https://www.designwith.co/ Studen Architect Instagram - @studentarchitectpodcast Website - omargarcia.info/student-architect Thanks so much! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

For this episode of What is Architecture? I am joined by Stewart Hicks. He is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a co-founder of Design With Company, a practice he leads with Allison Newmeyer in Chicago. Design with Company’s work focuses on how literature and architecture intersect through fiction, character, type, or metaphor and how these themes can translate into installations, speculative urban scenarios, temporary pavilions and designs for buildings. Hicks received his Master's degree in Architecture Princeton University and a Bachelors from the University of Michigan. Get to know Stewart a bit in this episode of WIA. And be ready for next week's full-length episode of Student Architect featuring Stewart Hicks. Learn more about Stewart and his work at https://www.designwith.co/ Instagram - @studentarchitectpodcast Website - omargarcia.info/student-architect Thanks so much! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

The term sustainability is thrown around a lot. While we can understand its meaning, what does it look like and what are some ways we are already being more sustainable people. Jose B. Rodriguez, International Associate AIA - is a board member of AIA Chicago and has also served at the AIA Illinois Board and AIA Chicago Committee on the Environment. Jose has almost twenty years of experience in architecture and high-performance building consulting including sustainability and energy analytics after completing a Masters in Building Science and Climate Responsive Architecture at Arizona State University. Jose’s career has spanned from interior renovations and building construction to design documentation and sustainability strategies for commercial, hospitality, and master planning projects. Most recently, Jose was the leader of the Built Ecology team at WSP in Chicago, and the sustainability teams at CH2M (now Jacobs) and SOM. Jose is passionate about the environment and climate action, a photography enthusiast, and an avid traveler targeting a visit to his 7th continent soon. For more Student Architect content, visit our website omargarcia.info/student-architect Follow us on Instagram @studentarchitectpodcast Thanks for listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Jose Rodriguez is an architecture professional with experience in architecture, engineering & planning fields. His background includes Interiors, construction, architecture, and building sustainability consulting for commercial, hospitality, and master planning projects. And, as a board member of AIA Chicago and AIA Illinois, past chair of the Committee on the Environment (AIA Chicago), former docent of the City of Chicago Energy Benchmarking; and Fulbright Alumni, Jose has seen all different aspects of architecture when it comes to the industry, political, and academic. Jose will be featured in our full-length Student Architect podcast coming out on January 31st, 2020. However, in this episode, we get to learn a snippet about Jose through his thoughts on What Is Architecture? For more content, visit omargarcia.info/student-architect Follow us on Instagram! @studentarchitectpodcast Thank you for listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Soft, wet, visceral. These are characteristics we definitely don't hear often about our built world. Antonio Torres, a co-founder of Bittertang Farm, enlights us with his architectural practice and how he brings pleasure and happiness into our spaces. Plenty of inspiration can be found in this episode of Student Architect. For more content, visit omargarcia.info/student-architect Follow us on Instagram! @studentarchitectpodcast To learn more about Antonio and Bittertang Farm, visit Bittertang.com Antonio's Bio: Antonio Torres is a Mexican-American artist, architect, and educator who explores expressions and sensations through various media and architecture. He co-founded The Bittertang Farm as a place to experiment with the physics, biology, behaviors, and emotions of our surroundings. He continues to create projects between his childhood home in rural Michoacan, Mexico, and the city of Chicago. He holds a Masters in Architecture from UCLA and has taught design and technology studios internationally. Recently, he has built three inflatable pavilions, a pregnant, sugar-oozing piñata, a plush toy collection, a sagging birdcage, a room of wax, an edible environment, and a living amphitheater. Antonio is the recipient of numerous architectural awards including the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects in New York, New Practices Award AIA NY. He was a finalist in the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Competition in 2015, and he was awarded the TED Fellowship in 2013. Thanks for listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Architecture that is soft, plushy, foamy, visceral, or frothy. These are some qualities that aren't typically heard when describing most architecture. Antonio Torres is "a Mexican-American artist, architect, and educator who explores expressions and sensations through various media and architecture. He co-founded The Bittertang Farm as a place to experiment with the physics, biology, behaviors, and emotions of our surroundings." -Quoted from UIC SOA description. To see Antonio's work, visit Bittertang.com Don't forget! The What Is Architecture? series has separate content from the full-length Student Architect Podcast. So this audio is original! You won't find it on Student Architect. For more content, visit our main website omargarcia.info/student-architect If you want to get instant notification about our episode releases, subscribe through our website! You can contact us through our email: studentarchitect312@gmail.com Enjoy! Thanks. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

When we talk about architecture, we tend to focus on anything that's built or buildable, but in my conversation with Jayne Kelley, visiting assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an experienced writer, we explore the connections between writing, the making of books, and architecture. For more podcast content visit omargarcia.info/podcast To read more about topics like this, visit our blog page omargarcia.info/blog For videos and other Student Architect content, check out omargarcia.info/student-architect Thanks! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Jayne Kelley is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the UIC School of Architecture. An editor and writer based in Chicago, we dive into books and how they relate and engage Architecture. A really great episode dealing with the non-built side of architecture.  If you enjoyed this episode, stay tuned for the upcoming full-length episode on Student Architect. Follow us on Instagram @studentarchitect312 or stay connected on our website www.omargarcia.info/podcast Hope you enjoy. More episodes are on the way! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

10 episodes hit! Omar takes us into his world of architectural learning. In this episode, he describes why architecture shouldn't be looked at as a Math-Art hybrid and why using soap to build theories isn't simply a thought exercise, but can be turned into real, physical qualities. This episode takes a more personal approach to learning about architecture. Check out our instagram @studentarchitectpodcast or Omar's @omargarcia_arch If you want to learn more about the Omar's studio project, check out a blog post explaining the initial premise of the design theory here! To view more content go to omargarcia.info/student-architect. If you prefer reading or can't listen right now, visit omargarcia.info/blog for more content If you want to check out other episodes, look through our youtube channel Student Architect or visit omargarcia.info/student-architect to see other episodes and content. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

"Is it Architecture?" is a new series of short videos focused on expanding the conversation about what architecture is. We'll look at items in culture and argue whether there are any architectural concepts included in the works. For more content, visit omargarcia.info/student-architect --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Are skyscrapers all about extending retail space? In today's episode of Student Architect, we look at the history of the skyscraper and find some concepts which begin to change what a skyscraper is and can be. Omar takes his guest Danny Smetak, lead audio producer for Student Architect (@dannybashing on Instagram), on this journey through technological advancements, early skyscrapers, and some wild new concepts for the future. To view more content go to omargarcia.info/student-architect. If you prefer reading or can't listen right now, visit omargarcia.info/blog for more content If you want to check out other episodes, look through our youtube channel Student Architect or visit omargarcia.info/student-architect to see other episodes and content. Thanks! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Are bricks just bricks. They've been so for thousands of years. First sun-dried mud and now mechanically reproduced clay (and others). But while the brick has not changed in both the world and in our minds, Omar shows his two guests, Ronnie and Matt, how this old building material has seen some unique innovation in its use in architecture. Don't think linear brick walls, think curvy, asymmetrical, wall/ceiling/stairs. The brick, while humble, has been used in some of the most inspiring and limit-pushing buildings in the world. Join this episode of Student Architect where you'll learn just how creative you can get with a common brick. To view more content go to omargarcia.info/student-architect. If you prefer reading about this topic, visit omargarcia.info/blog If you want to check out other episodes, look through our youtube channel 'Student Architect' or visit omargarcia.info/student-architect to see other episodes in audio form. Thanks! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

A short episode of the Student Architect podcast. Omar quickly dives into tech in architecture. But not the usual kind of tech, think of Augmented Reality and window solar panels. There's a lot of big tech moving into the industry. Also, we update the status of Student Architect and some new things coming to the platform. To view more content about architecture go to omargarcia.info. If you prefer reading about this topic, visit omargarcia.info/blog If you want to check out other episodes, look through our youtube channel 'Student Architect' or visit omargarcia.info/student-architect to see other episodes in audio form. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Omar dives deeper into the concepts relating to humans and nature through architecture. Finding projects that go beyond the status quo and engaging new thoughts on how we can expand our relationship to nature. To view more content about architecture go to omargarcia.info. If you prefer reading about this topic, visit omargarcia.info/blog If you want to check out other episodes, look through our youtube channel 'Student Architect' or visit omargarcia.info/student-architect to see other episodes in audio form. Thanks! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Visiting the Farnsworth house jogged a lot of ideas into Omar's head. He explores humanity's connection (and disconnection) to nature and its rapid redevelopment through various forms of architecture both physically and abstractly. This is part 1 of a 2-part series. To view more content about architecture go to omargarcia.info. If you prefer reading about this topic, visit omargarcia.info/blog If you want to check out other episodes, look through our youtube channel 'Student Architect' or visit omargarcia.info/student-architect to see other episodes in audio form. Thanks! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

A house on the side of the mountain, overlooking the ocean or the lake or the forest. A dream most of us hold. But why do we love building on the hillside? And how has architecture influenced how we design (on) hills? On this episode, Omar explains the connection between the spartan warriors and hills, and dives into the design and architecture of hills and mountainsides. If you like what's on this episode, learn more on the Student Architect Blog at omargarcia.info/blog Thanks for listening! Subscribe to get notifications for upcoming episodes. Follow the podcast on Instagram for early hints on what the next episode is about! @studentarchitectpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

On today's episode, Omar explains how Formula 1 and modular homes are connected. Join Omar as he explores racing, module and shipping container homes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

The three hosts join in a car ride to explain their perceptions of architecture and what has influenced their vision and ideas. This episode will enlighten viewers to looking at architecture in a new light and seeing its endless reach. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message