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We are honoured to bring to Accidental Gods, a recording of three of our generation's leading thinkers in conversation at the Festival of Debate in Sheffield, hosted by Opus. This is an unflinching conversation, but it's absolutely at the cutting edge of imagineering: this lays out where we're at and what we need to do, but it also gives us roadmaps to get there: It's genuinely Thrutopian, not only in the ideas as laid out, but the emotional literacy of the approach to the wicked problems of our time. Now we have to make it happen. Kate Raworth is a renegade economist, author of the groundbreaking book, Doughnut Economics: 7 ways to think like a 21st Century Economist and founder of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab which is seeing companies, cities and nations around the world working towards an economy that prioritises flourishing of people and planet ahead of growth for growth's sake. Kate is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on the Masters in Environmental Change and Management. She is also Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.Indy Johar is an architect, co-founder of 00 on behalf of which he cofounded multiple social ventures from Impact Hub Westminster to Impact Hub Birmingham. He has also co-led research projects such as The Compendium for the Civic Economy, whilst supporting several 00 explorations/experiments including the wikihouse.cc, opendesk.cc. More recently he founded Dark Matter Labs - a field laboratory focused building the institutional infrastructures for radicle civic societies, cities, regions and towns. Dark Matter works with institutions around the world, from UNDP (Global), Climate Kic, McConnell (Canada), to the Scottish Gove to Bloxhub (Copenhagen). Indy has taught at various institutions from the University of Bath, TU-Berlin; Architectural Association, University College London, Princeton, Harvard, MIT and New School. James Lock is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Opus Independents Ltd, a not-for-profit social enterprise, working in culture, politics and the arts. Opus works to encourage and support participation, systemic activism and creativity with project strands that include Now Then Magazine & App, Festival of Debate. Opus Distribution, the River Dôn Project and Wordlife. James was on the podcast quite recently - in episode #279 - and we talked about the upcoming Festival of Debate and the fact that, amongst many other outstanding conversations, he'd be talking with Kate and Indy who are easily up their in my pantheon of modern intentional gods. Afterwards, James and I discussed the possibility of our bringing the recording of that conversation to the podcast - and here we are. Enjoy!Opus Independents https://www.weareopus.org/Festival of Debate https://festivalofdebate.com/Kate Raworth https://www.kateraworth.com/Doughnut Economics Action Lab https://doughnuteconomics.org/Doughnut Economics book https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Kate-Raworth/Doughnut-Economics--Seven-Ways-to-Think-Like-a-21st-Century-Economist/21739630Indy Johar https://about.me/indy.joharIndy's blog at DML https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.orgDark Matter Labs https://darkmatterlabs.org/Indy on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/indy-johar-b440b010/Indy on Substack https://indyjohar.substack.com/James Lock on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-lock-964a8014/Rob Shorter of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab on Accidental Gods #41 https://accidentalgods.life/doughnut-economics-action-lab/Indy on Accidental Gods #205 https://accidentalgods.life/becoming-intentional-gods-claiming-the-future-with-indy-johar-of-the-dark-matter-labs/James on Accidental Gods #279 https://accidentalgods.life/now-then-building-networks-of-citizen-power-with-james-lock-of-opus-in-sheffield/What we offer - Accidental Gods, Dreaming Awake and the Thrutopia Writing Masterclass If you'd like to join us at Accidental Gods, this is the membership. This is where we endeavour to help you to connect fully with the living web of life. If you'd like to come along to an Ask Manda Anything hour on Sunday 8th June, you do have to be a member (but you can join for £1 and then leave again!)If you'd like to join our next Gathering 'Becoming a Good Ancestor' (you don't have to be a member) it's on 6th July - details are here.If you'd like to train more deeply in the contemporary shamanic work at Dreaming Awake, you'll find us here. If you'd like to explore the recordings from our last Thrutopia Writing Masterclass, the details are here
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Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work.In this episode, Harriet Jennings is in conversation with Saskia O'Hara, a legal caseworker and community legal organiser at the Public Interest Law Centre. Saskia participated in 'Consultation Counter Cultures', a two-part event series at the AA that critically evaluated the dysfunction of public consultation practices in the context of urban renewal projects.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Dainius Kacinskas and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
On today's episode we share a conversation with Winka Dubbeldam. Winka is the founder and partner of Archi-Tectonics, a New York City firm widely known for their award-winning work, use of smart building systems, and innovative structures. Winka is also a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and was the Chair of the Department of Architecture from 2013 to 2023 where she gathered an international network of innovative research and design professionals. Winka serves as the RIBA External Examiner for the Architectural Association, is a member of the editorial board for the PLAN Journal Italy, is an advisory board member for Collectible and is one of the creative directors for CityX at the Venice Architecture Biennale.We talk about: - The origin story of Archi-Tectonics and how in 1994, Winka founded the firm with an emphasis on research-driven, innovative design, and pioneering 3D modeling and computational design.- Winka next discusses her transformative 10-year tenure as Chair of the Department of Architecture at Penn, where she expanded faculty and research initiatives, questioned the “New Normal” in Architecture, and encouraged her students to prepare not just for graduation, but for the next 25 years of practice. We get into all the details including what she looks for in faculty hires and how she split her time between NYC and Philly. - We also explore Archi-Tectonics' groundbreaking designs for the 2023 Asian Games which featured an adaptable stadium and ‘earth buildings.' Winka shares what rules her team broke in entering the project competition and how taking this risk led to success.- Winka's interview will inspire you to think more boldly. Grab inspiration throughout the episode with her thoughts on AI, modeling softwares, product innovations, sustainable initiatives, lessons learned from teaching, and more.____Thank you to our sponsors:Arcol is a collaborative building design tool built for modern teams. Arcol streamlines your design process by keeping your model, data and presentations in sync enabling your team to work together seamlessly.- Website:Arcol.io- LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcol-tech- Twitter/ X:https://x.com/ArcolTechLayer is the workflow platform for buildings, empowering teams to capture field data & photos, connect it to their drawings & models, and create beautiful deliverables & reports.Use Layer to build your own workflow to generate Room Data Sheets from Revit, manage your CA processes such as RFIs or Punch lists, conduct field surveys and much more. The best thing is, it's all connected directly to Revit so you'll never have to copy and paste data between windows again.- Website:https://layer.team/architectette____Links: Website: https://www.archi-tectonics.com/Instagram: @architectonics2129LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/archi-tectonicsFacebook: architectonics.nycNYT ArticleSolar Townhouse ArticleDesignverse- Asian Games ParkValley Village Shopping Concept____Connect with Architectette:- Website: www.architectette.com (Learn more)- Instagram: @architectette (See more)- Newsletter: www.architectette.com/newsletter (Behind the Scenes Content)- LinkedIn: The Architectette Podcast Page and/orCaitlin BradySupport Architectette:- Leave us a rating and review!-PatreonMusic byAlexGrohl fromPixabay.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work.In this episode, Leela Keshav is in conversation with Olivia Oldham, a PhD researcher in agroecology who co-organised the symposium Locating the Agrarian Struggles for Land, which took place at the AA in November.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to George Patterson and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work.In this episode, Harriet Jennings is in conversation with Caterina Frisone, author of The Therapeutic Power of the Maggie's Centre, which was launched at the AA Bookshop last term.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to George Patterson and Thomas Parkes for their contribution to the production of our episodes.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work.In this episode, Harriet Jennings is in conversation with Andrew Holmes, an artist and former AA tutor whose large-scale photorealistic drawings were displayed at the AA in autumn 2024 in the GAS TANK CITY exhibition.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work.In this episode, Manijeh Verghese is joined by Jordan Whitewood-Neal, an architectural researcher, designer and artist whose work addresses disability, domesticity, pedagogy and cultural infrastructure. Jordan took part in ‘New Standards', an AA series that aimed to identify and confront some of the barriers to architecture, its education and practice.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Files on Air is a podcast series in which contributors from AA Files read their work. In this episode, Rebecca Crabtree – an architect, lecturer and PhD candidate at the RCA – reads her essay, ‘Closing Time', found in AA Files 80. The essay reveals the multifaceted significance of coaching inns as both domestic and commercial spaces in 18th- and 19th-century England, a time of rapid industrialisation. AA Files is the Architectural Association's journal of record, which promotes original and engaging writing on architecture and its related fields. AirAA podcasts are recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work.In this episode, Ryan Dillon is joined by Brendan Cormier, Chief Curator at the V&A East and the editor of Pandemic Objects, published by AA Publications in collaboration with the V&A in February 2024. The book examines everyday objects that became charged with new urgency in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and is available for purchase at the AA Bookshop.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Federica Sofia Zambeletti is an architect, researcher, and storyteller. She's the founder and managing director of KoozArch, a digital platform and research studio that explores architecture beyond the limits of the build form, which she founded in 2014 while she was a student at the Architectural Association. In this conversation, Jarrett and Federica talk about the origins and evolution of KoozArch, the state of architecture media, and the role of conversation in design discourse. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm/259-federica-sofia-zambeletti. — If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Substack to get bonus content each month! surfacepodcast.substack.com
Jose Alfredo Ramirez, co-director of Architectural Association's (AA) Ground Lab is passionate about the concept of slowing down water in an urban environment how that can be achieved through decentralisation, a mindset shift and design. Jose has led projects at the junction of architecture, landscape, and urbanism in several countries in South America and the UK. He joins the Think.Future podcast to introduce the Socio Hydrological Index for Mexico City and Oaxaca as a decision making tool for managing slow water in localized contexts.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Ryan Dillon is joined by Ella Adu, an architect and writer whose research considers changing modes of grassroots cultural production in Britain. Adu was also the assistant curator of the AA exhibition As Hardly Found in the Art of Tropical Architecture in 2023. AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes and Dainius Kacinskas for their contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
In this conversation, held in May at the Architectural Association in London, Emergence executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and architect, artist, and journalist Marko Milovanovic talk about Time, our fifth annual print edition, and our exploration of the mystery that lies beyond our humancentric notions of Time. Ranging from the kinds of time that can bring us back into relationship with the living world, to the mystical Sufi poet Rumi, and the impulses shaping our print editions, this talk explores the vision behind Emergence to help reweave the worlds of ecology, culture, and spirituality, and once again understand the Earth is alive, animate, and sacred. Read the transcript. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Manijeh Verghese is joined by Ellie Sampson, a model maker, paper cut artist and lecturer. Sampson also participated in the AA event Warburg Models: Buildings as Bilderfahrzeuge earlier this year – you can watch a recording of the event here.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Ryan Dillon is joined by Martha Summers, an artist, architect and designer based in London. Earlier this year, Summers participated in the AA event Collective Efforts: Navigating Friction in Collaboration as part of the Self-Organised: Models for Learning series – you can watch a recording of the event here.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Ryan Dillon is joined by Arinjoy Sen, an artist and architect whose work focuses on the politics and aesthetics of architecture and space. Sen participated in the AA event Collaborative Models as part of the Self-Organised: Models for Learning series in 2024 – you can watch a recording of the event here.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Manijeh Verghese is joined by George Massoud, an architect, educator, cultural worker and a director of Material Cultures – a design and research practice based in London. Massoud also participated in the AA event Feminist Practice in 2023 – you can watch a recording of the event here.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
In this final episode of our short series, host Matt Prewitt speaks with Indy Johar, architect and co-founder of Dark Matter Labs. Together they discuss the topic of ownership through the lens of theories of governance. Indy advocates for decentralized protocols in property governance, emphasizing complex contributions and contextual responsiveness – moving away from control-oriented systems towards ennobling frameworks that empower individuals and foster deeper engagement.RadicalxChange has been working with Indy Johar and Dark Matter Labs, together with Margaret Levi and her team at Stanford, on exploring and reimagining the institutions of ownership.This episode is part of a short series exploring the theme of What and How We Own: Building a Politics of Change.Read more in our newsletter What & How We Own: The Politics of Change | Part III.Links & References: References:The Code of Capital | Princeton University Press by Katharina PistorDaniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction | Lex Fridman Podcast #191Partial Common Ownership | RxC Wiki[The Bellagio Model: an evidence-informed, international framework for population-oriented primary care. First experiences]Hayekian economic policy - ScienceDirectJames Lovelock - WikipediaThe Economics of Care | Elizabeth Hill Bios:Indy Johar (he/him) is an architect, co-founder of 00 (project00.cc), and most recently Dark Matter Labs.Indy, on behalf of 00, has co-founded multiple social ventures from Impact Hub Westminster to Impact Hub Birmingham. He has also co-led research projects such as The Compendium for the Civic Economy, whilst supporting several 00 explorations/experiments including the wikihouse.cc, opendesk.cc. Indy is a non-executive director of WikiHouse Foundation & Bloxhub. Indy was a Good Growth Commissioner for the RSA, RIBA Trustee, and Advisor to Mayor of London on Good Growth, The Liverpool City Region Land Commissioner, The State of New Jersey - The Future of Work Task Force - among others.Most recently he has founded Dark Matter - a field laboratory focused on building the institutional infrastructures for radicle civic societies, cities, regions, and towns.Dark Matter works with institutions around the world, from UNDP (Global), Climate Kic, McConnell (Canada), to the Scottish Gove to Bloxhub (Copenhagen)He has taught and lectured at various institutions including the University of Bath, TU-Berlin; Architectural Association, University College London, Princeton, Harvard, MIT, and New School.He writes often on the https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.orgIndy's Social Links:Indy Johar (@indy_johar) / XIndy Johar - London, United Kingdom, Project00.cc | about.meIndy Johar – MediumMatt Prewitt (he/him) is a lawyer, technologist, and writer. He is the President of the RadicalxChange Foundation.Matt's Social Links:ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ (@m_t_prewitt) / XAdditional Credits:This episode was recorded and produced by Matt Prewitt.This is a RadicalxChange Production. Connect with RadicalxChange Foundation:RadicalxChange Website@RadxChange | TwitterRxC | YouTubeRxC | InstagramRxC | LinkedInJoin the conversation on Discord.Credits:Produced by G. Angela Corpus.Co-Produced, Edited, Narrated, and Audio Engineered by Aaron Benavides.Executive Produced by G. Angela Corpus and Matt Prewitt.Intro/Outro music by MagnusMoone, “Wind in the Willows,” is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Manijeh Verghese is joined by Mohamed Elshahed, a writer, curator and architectural historian. Elshahed participated in the AA symposium Beyond Eurocentrism: Rethinking the Architectural Canon in 2024 – you can watch a recording of the event here.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Brett Steele is the Dean of the USC School of Architecture. Dean Steele completed his architecture studies at the University of Oregon, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the Architectural Association and has been working as director of architecture schools since 2005. In this episode, we learn more about his prior experiences as a student, educator, architect, and director, his new role at USCArchitecture, and his goals for the program.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Manijeh Verghese is joined by Sarah Ackland, an architect, researcher and host of the podcast 29% Equal. Ackland participated in the event Making Visible at the AA in 2023 – you can watch a recording of the event here. AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Files on Air is a podcast series in which contributors from AA Files read their work. In this episode, you will hear Michelle Millar Fisher and Amber Winick – authors of the book Designing Motherhood – read their text 'Birth Places: From the Bedroom to the Hospital and Back Again'. In this piece, Fisher and Winick examine the design histories of certain hospitals, birthing centres and other models of care, and trace how these systems and settings shape birth outcomes. You can read the piece in AA Files 79. AA Files is the Architectural Association's journal of record, which promotes original and engaging writing on architecture and its related fields.AirAA podcasts are recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.
Join us On the Steps of 36: a question-and-answer conversation that crosses thresholds into our guests' histories, lives, influences and stories, shedding light on the person behind the work. In this episode, Ryan Dillon is joined by Elena Palacios Carral, an architectural researcher, educator and a founding director of architecture design and research platform Forms of Living. In 2023, she curated the exhibition Portraits of a Practice: The Life and Work of MJ Long at the AA.AirAA podcasts are conceived, recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.The opinions expressed in AirAA podcasts are solely those of the participants and do not represent the opinions of the Architectural Association as a whole.
Files on Air is a podcast series in which contributors from AA Files read their work. In this episode, you will hear Ines Weizman – an architect, educator and founding director of the Centre for Documentary Architecture – read her text 'Synchronised by Murder: The 1930 Killing of a Berlin Clockmaker'. In this piece, Weizman examines the implications of a murder in early 20th-century Berlin, unpacking the event as a moment of historical synchronisation. The essay complements a trilogy of exhibitions by Ronit Porat. You can read the piece in AA Files 79. AA Files is the Architectural Association's journal of record, which promotes original and engaging writing on architecture and its related fields.AirAA podcasts are recorded, mixed, edited and distributed from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is based in Bedford Square in London. Special thanks to Thomas Parkes for his contribution to the production of our episodes. To view the show notes and find more episodes, visit air.aaschool.ac.uk.
The Boring Revolution. The matter of this Better Worlds episode is far from mundane. As advocated by Indy Johar, co-founder of Dark Matter Labs, who visited with Green Planet Blue Planet Host Julian Guderley for this podcast episode, a boring revolution is a fundamental shift in how we as humans perceive ourselves, our relationships, and the institutional frameworks that reinforce those perceptions. The old world view created over time, positions humans as dominion over everything instead of recognizing the agency and aliveness of everything, including objects. This episode explores multiple facets of this paradigm shift challenges us to fundamentally rethink what it means to be human and how we relate to each other and the planet. Indy suggests our current worldview and societal structures are extractive, guided by externalities, and they put humanity at risk of self-termination. In other words, we have constructed a language of humans being in dominion over the world, in control of the world through theories constructed in various ways, including by religions. Next, Indy says, we constructed perspective, which put distance between us and put control into bureaucracy, governance, kings etc. Humans then separated themselves from the world, turned things into objects rather than perceiving them as entanglements in relationship with humans. That led to classifications and language shifts from verb - action oriented terms - to nouns, and finally moved into a thesis of property as a universal means of organizing. The worldview became one of control over, and property - ownership - became an enslavement of things. To hear more about these fascinating and complex theories, tune in now, let us know what you think, like it and share, and then visit us at betterworlds.com for more shows and podcast subjects. About Indy Johar Indy Johar is focused on the strategic design of new super scale civic assets for transition - specifically at the intersection of financing, contracting and governance for deeply democratic futures. Indy is co-founder of darkmatterlabs.org and of the RIBA award winning architecture and urban practice Architecture00 - https://www.architecture00.net, a founding director of open systems lab - https://www.opensystemslab.io (digitising planning), seeded WikiHouse (open source housing) - https://www.wikihouse.cc and Open Desk (open source furniture company) https://www.opendesk.cc. Indy is a non-executive international Director of the BloxHub https://bloxhub.org (Denmark Copenhagen) - the Nordic Hub for sustainable urbanization and was 2016-17 Graham Willis Visiting Professorship at Sheffield University. He was also Studio Master at the Architectural Association - 2019-2020, UNDP Innovation Facility Advisory Board Member 2016-20 and RIBA Trustee 2017-20. He has taught & lectured at various institutions from the University of Bath, TU-Berlin; University College London, Princeton, Harvard, MIT and New School. Most recently, he was awarded the London Design Medal for Innovation in 2022. About Dark Matter Labs Dark Matter Labs is not-for-profit designing and building the underlying infrastructure to support this new civic economy, exploring how ownership, legal systems, governance, accountancy and insurance might begin to change. The boring revolution︎ is designed propel wider societal transition. The team is establishing toolkits and blueprints, pilots, and case studies, supporting communities and institutions with applications, digital products and civic technologies that challenge established thought and demonstrate that an alternative is possible. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julian-guderley/support
Jonathan Weatherill is an architect based in Rome and professor at Notre Dame University. He graduated at the Architectural Association in London over 25 years ago and now runs his own practice. He has collaborated with the 2014 Driehaus laureate Pier Carlo Bontempi for a long time, leading to a shift in his practice from Modernism to Traditional and Classical architecture. His broad expertise spans from architecture to watercolouring and photography to urban planning. More information about Jonathan Weatherill and Pier Carlo Bontempi's studio: https://architecture.nd.edu/faculty/jonathan-weatherill/https://www.piercarlobontempi.it ======= For more information on The Aesthetic City, find our website on https://theaestheticcity.com/ Love what we do? Become a patron! With your help we can grow this platform even further, make more content and hopefully achieve real, lasting impact for more beautiful cities worldwide. Visit our Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/the_aesthetic_city?fan_landing=true Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@the_aesthetic_city Follow us on X: https://x.com/_Aesthetic_City Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.aesthetic.city/ Substack: https://theaestheticcity.substack.com/ Get access to the Aesthetic City Knowledge Base: https://theaestheticcity.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/18809486-2532-4d91-90fd-f5c62775adec
Brett Steele joins the podcast to discuss transitioning to his new role as dean of the USC School of Architecture, his view of the future of the built environment, and how his past roles at Zaha Hadid Architects and the Architectural Association in London shaped his approach to the profession. CLAIM CEU CREDIT HERE
For PA TALKS #57, we had a great conversation with Tim Fu on AI, the future of architecture, his career, and more. Tim Fu is a professional in the field of architecture and design. He completed his master's degree at the Architectural Association and holds a bachelor's degree in Architecture from Ryerson University. Tim is the founder of Studio Tim Fu and currently manages various projects in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia at this design studio based in London. Tim Fu has worked in world-famous design firms such as Zaha Hadid Architects, IJP, and BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group. With this experience, he has undertaken important projects in the field of architecture. Additionally, Tim Fu is an active educator and has conducted several workshops on advanced computing in design. He has given training at different institutions such as Harvard GSD, PA Academy, and Studio Tim Fu. Check Studio Tim Fu website: https://www.timfu.com/ Check out our weekly courses at the PAACADEMY: https://parametric-architecture.com/workshops/ Follow us on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/parametric.architecture/ X: https://x.com/parametricarch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parametric.archi/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parametric.architecture/ Listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/tr/podcast/pa-talks/id1503812708 Google Podcasts: http://tinyurl.com/4vtk6rrw YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJv0E02pjvQ
In this episode, I talk to the incredible Jesper Henriksson, with whom I have had the pleasure of working. Jesper runs the London and Oslo based studio Hesselbrand together with Magnus Casselbrandt and Martin Bransdal I have known Jesper for a few years, and he truly is one of the most inspiring and educated people that I know, and he is someone that I can talk to for hours. Jesper shares a multitude of rebellious stories, discusses how Hesselbrand started as a response to the education at the Architectural Association, and outlines what he considers to be the two ways of creating a space. We also take this opportunity to discuss some of the projects on which we have collaborated.In the episode, we discuss the Hemavan apartments, Pentagon apartments, Vemdalen, Three Found models, Home Economics at the Venice Biennale and the Cored house. Follow us on Instagram under the name Architecture.Talk to get a visual experience of our conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Robin Monotti discusses how people are slowly wrapping their heads around the growing authoritarianism of the past few years and are coming to understand deep politics at different times with different subjects (e.g. 9/11, climate, pandemic, empire). For Robin it began with the assassination of Aldo Moro (e.g. Operation Gladio and the strategy of tension). He explains one reason people suffer cognitive dissonance when it comes to accepting the reality of state terrorism. Nothing will be resolved at the top-down political level, so the responsibility is now on all of us to resist and do what we can to defend our rights. We also touch on "team no virus", the digital control grid, health and the spiritual dimension, the permanent (bio)security state, the green agenda, and his latest film production, River of Freedom, which shares the inside story of the New Zealand Convoy and Parliament protest. Watch On BitChute / Brighteon / Rokfin / Rumble / PentagonTube Geopolitics & Empire · Robin Monotti: From Gladio to the Pandemic & Climate, a Strategy of Tension #385 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.comDonate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donationsConsult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopoliticseasyDNS (use code GEOPOLITICS for 15% off!) https://easydns.comEscape The Technocracy course (15% discount using link) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopoliticsPassVult https://passvult.comSociatates Civis (CitizenHR, CitizenIT, CitizenPL) https://societates-civis.comWise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Book of Vision film https://www.parklandentertainment.com/movie/the-book-of-vision?whereToWatch=watch-at-home River of Freedom film https://riveroffreedom.nz Twitter https://www.twitter.com/robinmonotti Telegram https://t.me/robinmg No Place Without Spirit https://nulluslocussinegenio.com About Robin Monotti Robin Monotti Graziadei is a London based architect (Yacht House, Tbilisi Spiral Tower), designer (Watering Holes), architectural, urban, film & cultural theorist (writings available on this site and in international journals listed below) and commentator, published translator (Curzio Malaparte, Woman Like Me), former University lecturer (London Metropolitan University & University of Greenwich) and current film producer (The Book of Vision, produced with Terrence Malick) who was born in Rome, where he began his career by working with Professor Vittorio De Feo on projects which included the new Italian Embassy in Berlin. Work that Robin completed for De Feo is now held in the collection of the MAXXI Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome, some of it having already been restored. Robin obtained a distinction in the MA in Histories and Theories of Architecture from the Architectural Association in London where he studied the relationship of space to psychoanalysis with Mark Cousins, space and politics with Paul Hirst, and space and culture with Robert Maxwell, former Dean at Princeton. He worked in Milan with Gino Valle and Ennio Brion, client of Carlo Scarpa's Brion cemetery, on the Nuovo Portello urban regeneration plan. Robin taught a postgraduate Diploma Unit with Rik Nys from David Chipperfield Architects at London Metropolitan University between 2001-2007, and within this period also taught a Degree Unit at Greenwich University with Thomas Goodey and Ioana Marinescu. From 2016 to 2019 he acted as external examiner to the new Moscow School of Architecture (MARCH), on behalf of London Metropolitan University. In 2006 thanks to a grant from the London Consortium doctoral program in Cultural Studies Robin wrote an introduction to and published the first and only English translation of Curzio Malaparte's book Woman Like Me (Donna Come Me) (Troubador Italian Studies)...
How can microorganisms such as algae, fungi and slime mould be used to create a better future? In this episode of Create Tomorrow WGSN Editorial Director Bethan Ryder examines the future of biodesign. Her guests are Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero, architects, academics and co-founders of ecoLogicStudio, who talk about how we might create a better future by learning from non-human species and microorganisms.Marco and Claudia are co-authors of Deep Green: Biodesign in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, which investigates the potential of nature-based technology for shaping the evolution of contemporary architecture and design. Partners in both work and life, Marco and Claudia met at the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy while studying engineering, before attending London's Architectural Association. They founded their studio in 2005, and have since built a unique portfolio of work that explores how we can create a better future by learning from non-human species and microorganisms – algae, slime mould, fungi – from a domestic to an urban scale.Marco and Claudia discuss BioBombola, a domestic algae garden; their innovative AirBubble playground focusing on cleaner air for kids; PhotoSynthetica, a building cladding system that uses the power of algae to convert CO2 city pollutants into biomass; and how biodesign can work with artificial intelligence to influence the future.
Robin Monotti FRSA RIBA ARB MA Dip.Arch BSc (Hons) Robin was born in Rome and was inspired by his native city to become an architect. He studied architecture at the University of Bath, London Metropolitan University – now The Cass Art, University College London and the Architectural Association where he graduated with distinction in the MA Histories and Theories of Architecture program. He started Robin Monotti Architects in London in 2007 before which he worked in offices in architecture office in Rome and Milan.ROBINMONOTTI.COM Due to extreme censorship and shadow banning, we have created a platform challenging the mainstream paradigm, to create a space to share vision and views, to create long term sustainable health solutions. To express without censorship and restriction. To allow freedom of speech and interest in ideas that will allow humanity to Evolve… Become part of the solution. We hope you've enjoyed this podcast - if you'd like to listen to more, please visit the Evolve Network www.evolvenetwork.tv I'd love to know your thoughts and experiences - join the conversation on my Instagram @evolvenetworktv instagram.com/evolvenetworktv Facebook Page - www.facebook.com/evolvenetworktv Follow Pete Evans Telegram & other accounts here campsite.bio/peteevans
Camille Sherrod, RA is a full-time professor at Kean University's School of Public Architecture, with a wealth of diverse international academic experience. Holding a Bachelor of Architecture from Southern Polytechnic State University in the US and a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association in the UK, Camille brings a unique perspective to her faculty role. She is also committed to empowering minority students and women in the field by fostering an inclusive environment for all. Camille has previously worked in architectural practices both within the US and internationally since 2009 including Zaha Hadid Architects in London, UK, and Jack Gordon Architects in New York. Tall projects she has previously been involved in include the Youth Olympic Center Towers, Nanjing, China (topped-out 2014).https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023 https://blackarchitect.us/ https://www.acsa-arch.org/resources/equity-diversity-and-inclusion/
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Scott Whitby, founder of ScottWhitbyStudio, an award-winning architecture and urban design practice based in London. Alex is currently leading projects that range from a maypole on the Strand to a large private house in Riyadh, from a public space in Winchester to a new square outside St Paul's Cathedral. Passionate about education, Alex combines leading ScottWhitbyStudio with being an admissions tutor and senior lecturer at the University of East London. Previously, he was a Unit master at the Architectural Association, visiting lecturer at The Welsh School of Architecture, and a visiting professor at the International University of Architecture, Venice. Alex's interest in the profession's future saw him sit on RIBA Council for 10 years. During that time, he sat on the Board of the British Architectural Trust as well as Education, Membership, and International Relations committees, and was a member of the British Architectural Library committee. He first studied architecture at Newcastle University after which he spent several years working in Advertising and Filmmaking, after which he completed his studies in ‘the Free Unit' at The Cass School of Architecture, London. He has won many awards and honors for his work and the work of the studio has been exhibited and published internationally. In 2016 he was named by the RIBA Journal as one of the Rising Stars of British Architecture. In today's episode, we will be discussing the following: Slow architecture what this is and how it can work in business The art of listening and being a doctor of space Working internationally from the middle east to Russia Learn more about Alex on his: Website: https://www.scottwhitby.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scottwhitbystudio/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottwhitbystudio/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexScottWhitby ► Feedback? Email us at podcast@businessofarchitecture.com ► Access your free training at http://SmartPracticeMethod.com/ ► If you want to speak directly to our advisors, book a call at https://www.businessofarchitecture.com/call ► Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for updates: https://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessofArchitecture ******* For more free tools and resources for running a profitable, impactful, and fulfilling practice, connect with me on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/businessofarchitecture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enoch.sears/ Website: https://www.businessofarchitecture.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BusinessofArch Podcast: http://www.businessofarchitecture.com/podcast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-architecture-podcast/id588987926 Android Podcast Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BusinessofArchitecture-podcast Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9idXNpbmVzc29mYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz ******* Access the FREE Architecture Firm Profit Map video here: http://freearchitectgift.com Download the FREE Architecture Firm Marketing Process Flowchart video here: http://freearchitectgift.com Carpe Diem!
Mark Ryan believes in the experiential power of architecture, and his work is characterized by projects that are civic in nature and personal in their potential for impact. Known for strategic thinking and creative problem solving, his portfolio—which spans from master plans to furniture design and collaborative offices to facilities for rehabilitating troubled kids—contains diverse, award-winning projects that help re-imagine how we work, how we learn, how we play, and how we engage our communities. To wit, his contributions to housing for student-athletes at the University of Kansas and the Johnson County Youth and Family Services Center demonstrate his wide range of capabilities, all anchored in holistic solutions to challenging conditions.In addition to the practice of architecture, Mark is also passionate about education. He has been teaching at Arizona State University and University of Arizona since 2004 and is frequently invited to lecture on his work or as a visiting critic at institutions nationwide. He has served on the AIA Arizona Board since 2012, is the recipient of the Arizona Architects Medal and in 2022 elevated to AIA Fellowship in the design category.Mark received his first degree in architecture from the University of Cincinnati while lettering in intercollegiate athletics, followed by graduate school at the Architectural Association in London on a Foundation Scholarship. After working across the United States and Europe, including many years in private practice, Mark joined TreanorHL's national architectural practice as a principal in 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hello and welcome to the Business of Architecture. This week I have the great pleasure of sitting down with Mario Cucinella at his new exhibition at the Architectural Association: The Future is a Journey to the Past - Stories about Sustainability which opened on the 21st of September. Mario is an Honorary AIA Fellow and was also awarded an International Fellowship by the RIBA. He started his firm, Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA), in Paris in 1992 later expanding it into Bologna in 1999, following architectural studies at the University of Genoa and working at Renzo Piano Building Workshop. His main mission is to design and create his masterpieces in a way that not only reduces environmental impact but also conserves energy. The practice is very interesting on Net Zero and the studio is known for having designed the first 3D printed house made of raw earth. They also run a School of Sustainability (SOS) collaborating with the Architectural Association. He started his firm, Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA), in Paris in 1992 later expanding it into Bologna in 1999, following architectural studies at the University of Genoa and working at Renzo Piano Building Workshop. His main mission is to design and create his masterpieces in a way that not only reduces environmental impact but also conserves energy. In 2018 Mario curated the "Arcipelago Italia” in the Italian Hall at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition and in 2019 launched ‘Mario Cucinella Design' and the ‘Building Objects Collection' which were inspired by his architecture projects. His work includes the Center for Sustainable Energy Technologies in Ningbo, China, the Town Hall in Bologna, and “La Balena” a nursery school in Guastalla, which replaced the public nursery school that was damaged in the 2012 earthquake. In this episode we discuss: - How to align the climate emergency with our clients' business agendas. - The challenges of winning work through competitions. -The importance of doing your own research and development and marketing it. To learn more about Mario Cucinella, visit his: Website: www.mcarchitects.it Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mario_cucinella_architects/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCAMarioCucinellaArchitects/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarioCucinella Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mario-cucinella-architects/ Participate in the largest-ever survey on what small architecture practices are charging? Visit: https://www.businessofarchitecture.com/feesurvey ► Feedback? Email us at podcast@businessofarchitecture.com ► Access your free training at http://SmartPracticeMethod.com/ ► If you want to speak directly to our advisors, book a call at https://www.businessofarchitecture.com/call ► Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for updates: https://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessofArchitecture ******* For more free tools and resources for running a profitable, impactful, and fulfilling practice, connect with me on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/businessofarchitecture Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enoch.sears/ Website: https://www.businessofarchitecture.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BusinessofArch Podcast: http://www.businessofarchitecture.com/podcast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-architecture-podcast/id588987926 Android Podcast Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BusinessofArchitecture-podcast Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9idXNpbmVzc29mYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz ******* Access the FREE Architecture Firm Profit Map video here: http://freearchitectgift.com Download the FREE Architecture Firm Marketing Process Flowchart video here: http://freearchitectgift.com Carpe Diem!
This week we meet with Indy Johar from Dark Matter Labs to discuss why and how our systems of governance should be reformed and why we need all professionals, including lawyers, joining this “Boring revolution”. We, of course, look things from the legal (design) perspective so we concentrate on what role (legal) design has in making our societies fit for the needs of the 21st Century. Global crises will become more frequent in the future, due to climate change escalating other phenomena, we need to create new, agile ways to manage unpredictable force majeure type of events. There might be situations where governments have only a few hours to react in order to protect their citizens, or just 24 hours to pass a new law. The new reality will demand us to change also the way we design regulation - or what we think a regulation is in the first place. There is a tremendous need for law to change and the required work might seem overwhelming, but Indy puts us back on track and reminds us that there are examples of gigantic systemic change. We also cover some big topics like democracy and talk about the need for creating better legal concepts and models, such as property right or legal personhood, to transform governance. Indy Johar is focused on the strategic design of new super scale civic assets for transition - specifically at the intersection of financing, contracting and governance for deeply democratic futures. Indy is co-founder of darkmatterlabs.org and of the RIBA award winning architecture and urban practice Architecture00 - https://www.architecture00.net, a founding director of open systems lab - https://www.opensystemslab.io (digitising planning), seeded WikiHouse (open source housing) - https://www.wikihouse.cc and Open Desk (open source furniture company) https://www.opendesk.cc. Indy is a non-executive international Director of the BloxHub https://bloxhub.org (Denmark Copenhagen) - the Nordic Hub for sustainable urbanization and was 2016-17 Graham Willis Visiting Professorship at Sheffield University. He was also Studio Master at the Architectural Association - 2019-2020, UNDP Innovation Facility Advisory Board Member 2016-20 and RIBA Trustee 2017-20. He has taught & lectured at various institutions from the University of Bath, TU-Berlin; University College London, Princeton, Harvard, MIT and New School. Most recently, he was awarded the London Design Medal for Innovation in 2022.
Leire Asensio Villoria and David Mah on decoding and upgrading design systems, reverse engineering the creative process, knowledge dissemination, the long tail of niches, Erwin Hauer and associative models, book writing and publishing, and much more. Leire Asensio is a senior lecturer in urban design and architecture and Co-Director of the Advance Digital Design + Fabrication (ADD+F) at the University of Melbourne's school of design. David Mah is a senior lecturer in urban design and architecture at the University of Melbourne's school of design. Previously, both Leire and David were lecturers at Harvard's Graduate School of Design (2010-2017), design research leads for the Health and Places Initiative, a research collaboration that studied the links between the built environment and health outcomes, and taught design and theory at Cornell University's department of architecture (2006-2010) and Landscape Urbanism at the graduate design school of the Architectural Association in London (2004-2007). Leire and David have worked within several international design practices, including Zaha Hadid Architects, FOA (David), or Arup (Leire), engaging in the design and delivery of urban designs and architectural projects Leire and David have been collaborating as asensio_mah since 2002. They've authored the books Systems Upgrade: (Re)fabricating Tectonic Prototypes (2022, Actar) and Lifestyled: Health and Places (2016, Jovis) and have been active in the production of architectural and creative works, exhibited internationally including at the Royal Academy of Art in London and The Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York and featured in professional books and journals published by Birkhauser, Evolo, Lars Muller, Actar and Routledge amongst others. In this episode, we discuss their latest book, Systems Upgrade, which offers a design research approach that leverages the embodied knowledge latent within the material legacies of design history for direct applicability in creative practice. Books Systems Upgrade by Leire Asensio Villoria and David Mah The Long Tail by Chris Anderson Translations from Drawing to Building by Robin Evans Links Suture curve Continua surface Reconstruction of the Dresden cathedral Sagrada Familia Visual programming Grasshopper Dynamo Digital Project The Long Tail by Chris Anderson in WIRED Nike by You Objectile by Bernard Cache and Patrick Beaucé Actar DALL-E by OpenAI Midjourney Stable Diffusion People mentioned Erwin Hauer Enrique Rosado Joseph Albers Sheila Hicks Jørn Utzon Miguel Fisac Buckminster Fuller Eladio Dieste Victor Papanek Antoni Gaudí Chris Anderson Robin Evans Chapters 00:00 · Introduction 00:36 · Erwin Hauer 02:22 · Associative models 04:18 · Erwin Hauer's model making 07:03 · Limitations of digital tools 09:39 · Systems Upgrade book 11:10 · Reverse engineering 26:09 · Decoding Erwin Hauer 30:21 · Authorship and knowledge dissemination 36:48 · Visual programming 41:39 · Selling less of more 46:54 · Individualizing everything 49:23 · Context 53:18 · Book writing and publishing 01:02:49 · Creative process 01:11:13 · AI content generation 01:17:42 · Thanks 01:18:43 · Outro Submit a question about this or previous episodes. I'd love to hear from you. Join the Discord community. Meet other curious minds. If you enjoy the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps. Show notes, transcripts, and past episodes at gettingsimple.com/podcast. Theme song Sleep by Steve Combs under CC BY 4.0. Follow Nono Twitter.com/nonoesp Instagram.com/nonoesp Facebook.com/nonomartinezalonso YouTube.com/nonomartinezalonso
This evening I am sat with Professor Sadie Morgan OBE, founding director of Stirling Prize-winning architecture practice dRMM, alongside Alex, Philip and latterly joined by Jonas, Judith and Saskia. Sadie's involved in a number of advisory roles including chairing the Independent Design Panel for High Speed Two, and a series of accolades including but not limited to being the youngest ever president of the Architectural Association, New Londoner of the Year by the NLA in 2017, Female Architectural Leader of the Year at the BD awards and AJ100 Contribution to the Profession. In the New Years' Honours 2020 she was awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to design advocacy in the built environment. That's quite an intimating resume, but I need not have been worried as Sadie was down to earth and incredibly humble. She shared not only personal stories of loss and illness mixed in with some absolutely hilarious stories of some of the biggest moments in her career. Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9054319Contact details Ncarman@macdonaldandcompany.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode Emmett Scanlon talks to Adam Nathaniel Furman. Adam is a British artist and designer of Argentine and Japanese heritage based in London. Trained in architecture, Adam's atelier works in spatial design and art of all scales from video and prints to large public artworks, architecturally integrated ornament, as well as products, furniture, interiors, publishing and academia. _ As an activist, vocal defender of workers rights, particularly those of interns, and as an articulate speaker on and about architecture and design, there were many reasons to talk to Adam but it was the arrival of the book Queer Spaces edited by Adam and Joshua Mardel, and designed by Alex Synge, that finally prompted the talk. _ A book that is long overdue, it provides an accessible atlas or canon in Adam's words - of queer spaces, in part for queer students of architecture and design needing a frame of reference and references to support their work. But discussing the book also lead to conversations about Adam's own work, his experience as a queer designer, the challenges he has faced in practice, what he witnessed and reacted to in his architectural education, and what now might his new, true passion. _ When in Dublin, Adam gave a dense, intelligent, lucid and often funny lecture at the invitation of the Architectural Association of Ireland and the conversation begins discussing his first visit to Dublin and if humour was always part of his lecture repetoire. A trigger warning though, Adam does discuss forms of bullying in education and at times is deeply honest about his own experiences. _ ABOUT ADAM Adam is a British artist and designer of Argentine & Japanese heritage based in London. Trained in architecture, Adam's atelier works in spatial design and art of all scales from video and prints to large public artworks, architecturally integrated ornament, as well as products, furniture, interiors, publishing and academia. Adam's work has been exhibited in London, Paris, New York, Milan, Melbourne, Rome, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Vienna & Basel, amongst other places, is held in the collections of the Design Museum, the Sir John Soane's Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Abet Museum, and the Architectural Association, and has been published widely. The atelier has completed, and ongoing projects both internationally (Europe, the US, S America, the Middle East, East Asia) and in the UK. Adam has lectured at the RIBA, Harvard GSD, UC Berkeley, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Vitra Design Museum & the Casa dell'Architettura Rome, amongst others, has taught courses at several universities as well as having been Studio Master of Productive Exuberance at Central St Martins in London, is co-director of Saturated Space at the AA (an influential research group on colour in Urbanism and Architecture), is a published author, a vocal advocate for diversity and representation in architecture, urbanism and design, and has been a judge for the Dezeen and FRAME awards, amongst others. ABOUT THE PODCAST What. Buildings Do is part of Story, Building, the independent platform for the critical discussion of architecture, based in Ireland. Foreign Exchange: Conversations on Architecture Here and Now is the first publication, available here.
Arturo Soto was born in 1981 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. He has published the photobooks In the Heat (2018) and A Certain Logic of Expectations (2021). Soto holds a PhD in Fine Art from the University of Oxford, an MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and an MA in Art History from University College London. He curated the exhibition Foreign Correspondence at the Architectural Association and took part in the first edition of Forecast Platform at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in the books Primal Sight, Imaginaria, and the Subjective Atlas of Mexico. Soto's photobook reviews have been published in ASX, Elephant, and the VII Foundation. Websites Arturo Soto Sponsors Charcoal Book Club Chris Suspect Day of the Dead Workshop Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops Candid Frame Resources Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download it for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame by contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .
Frank Harmon on the purpose of writing and sketching, what makes great writers, artists, and architects, and the importance of giving people a sense of place. Frank Harmon, FAIA, is a nationally renowned award-winning architect, a professor of architecture at NC State University's College of Design. and a popular mentor to four decades of student architects. A graduate of the Architectural Association in London and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he has also taught at the Architectural Association and has served as a visiting critic at Harvard, the University of Virginia, and Auburn University's renowned Rural Studio. Among dozens of design awards throughout his career, Frank received AIA NC's highest honor, the F. Carter Williams Gold Medal, in 2013. Frank is also a published writer and illustrator, using hand-drawn sketches and 200-word essays that consider the relationship between nature and built structures in his online journal Nativeplaces.org. In 2018, ORO Editions published a collection of sketch/essay duos from the journal and Frank's thoughts on the value of drawing in a hardback book entitled Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See. He is currently working on a new book that celebrates the people, places, and stories behind eight of his signature projects. Frank lives in Raleigh in the award-winning modernist house and lush gardens near NCSU that he designed with his late wife, landscape architect Judy Harmon. Favorite quotes “My goal in life is to make short sentences.” “We lost contact with our senses by making everything depend on the visual.” “When we draw, we touch.” “Once we've bought into the digital internet world, we're never going to get rid of it.” “When we make a place [we should make it] situated in its place so that we've got something physical and concrete that grounds us in an otherwise unlimited digital world.” “Genius is the ability to recall your childhood at any time.” —Baudelaire Books Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See by Frank Harmon The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses by Juhani Pallasmaa Links Frank's Instagram Native Places blog by Frank Harmon Frank's Drawing as a Way to See talk at Clark Nexsen (2019) Frank's Heritage talk at Creative Mornings Raleigh (2014) Less is Love by Frank Harmon People mentioned Ernest Hemingway Joan Didion C. S. Forester Tadao Ando Kevin Carl - Child psychologist, friend Pablo Picasso Henry David Thoureau - “ Every child discovers the world anew.” Peter Zumthor Jordan Gray (podcast) Charles Baudelaire - “[G]enius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will.” William Shakespeare Alice Munro - Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 Marlon Blackwell William Faulkner - American writer Glenn Murcutt Tom Kundig Ted Flato Rick Joy - Studio Rick Joy Brigitte Shim - Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Brian MacKay-Lyons Patricia and John Patkau - Patkau Architects Larry Scarpa Frank Gehry James Monroe Henry Woodhead Mies van der Rohe Tadao Ando Le Corbusier Chapters 00:00 · Introduction 01:14 · Writing 05:00 · Becoming an architect 06:21 · Frank's book 07:19 · Living in London 09:03 · Studying abroad in the US 13:37 · Childhood place 20:38 · Born with screens 23:39 · Design 27:42 · Place 33:41 · Good architecture 37:10 · Bad architecture 38:48 · Frank Gehry's middle finger 39:31 · Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See 43:47 · The best way to write 44:23 · The purpose of sketching 45:45 · Thanks 46:09 · Outro Submit a question about this or previous episodes. I'd love to hear from you. Join the Discord community. Meet other curious minds. If you enjoy the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps. Show notes, transcripts, and past episodes at gettingsimple.com/podcast. Theme song Sleep by Steve Combs under CC BY 4.0. Follow Nono Twitter.com/nonoesp Instagram.com/nonoesp Facebook.com/nonomartinezalonso YouTube.com/nonomartinezalonso
For this episode, Tom is joined by Alvin Huang, AIA, NOMA. Alvin is a Los Angeles-based architect with a global profile. He is an award-winning architect, designer, and educator who explores the intersections between technology and culture to produce innovative design work that challenges convention and expresses universal values.Alvin is the founder and principal of Synthesis Design Architecture and an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California, where he is also the Director of Graduate and Post-professional Architecture.Prior to establishing SDA, he gained significant experience working in the offices of Zaha Hadid Architects, Future Systems, AL_A and AECOM. He received an M.Arch from the Graduate Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association in London and a B.Arch from the USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles.
While architects have had so much influence on how our cities, buildings and social spaces are constructed, their influence has not quite reached the virtual world. This is perhaps why we haven't seen examples in the Metaverse of landmarks, versatile multi purpose spaces, or places that have outlived the specific game, use case or event that it was created for. Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular are pioneers within the architectural field, having developed curiosity for what virtual reality will emerge to become years before anyone was talking about the Metaverse. They integrate their expertise in traditional architecture with speculative and conceptual work to help people imagine where the future may be headed. Their perspective is unique, especially for the world of consumer tech, and helps create a completely new paradigm for thinking. In the episode, we cover a breadth of fascinating topics from:The architectural point of view, and how it transitions from traditional architecture to how it should be thought about in a limitless virtual realmA vision of the future where architecture will happen at the speed of the the spoken wordWhy portals will become the one of the most common design elements moving forward, the same way cars were in the past eraABOUT THE GUESTSpace Popular is a research driven art, design, and media studio that explores the future of spatial experience through virtual reality, film, exhibitions, speculative writing, as well as buildings and objects. The studio is directed by architects Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg, both alumni of the Architectural Association in London (2011). The studio has completed buildings, exhibitions, public artworks, furniture collections, and interiors across Asia and Europe, as well as virtual architecture for the immersive internet.Clients, collaborators, and commissioners include national institutions such as MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Art, Rome, Italy; The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design –ArkDes, Stockholm, Sweden; Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea; as well as independent galleries such as MAGAZIN, Vienna, Austria; and Sto Werkstatt, London, UK.Lesmes and Hellberg both have extensive academic experience having taught architectural design studio since 2011, first at INDA, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok from 2021 to 2016, at the Architectural Association in London from 2016 to 2021, and currently at Daniels, Faculty of Architecture, University of Toronto sinde 2020, and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design since 2022. Their current MArch design and research studios both at Daniels and UCLA investigate visions for civic architecture in the immersive internet. SHOW NOTES[2:40] Architectural school of thought[9:10] Architecture's existing role in entertainment, gaming and creating the Metaverse[15:40] Design principles for creating virtual environments[21:50] Value assignment[25:40] Importance of speculative projects[31:10] Creation at the speed of communication[37:00] Portals will become the most common design element in the virtual era[46:10] Enabling human connections as core utility of Metaverse[51:10] How can more architects play a role in this industry?
Ron Arad was born in Tel Aviv educated at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and later at the Architectural Association in London. He co-founded the design and production studio One Off with Caroline Thorman in 1981 and later, in 1989, Ron Arad Associates architecture and design practice and in 2008 he set up Ron Arad Architects. Ron was awarded the Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in recognition of his ‘sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry' in 2002, and was awarded the London Design Medal in 2011. He was professor of Design at the Hochschule in Vienna from 1994 to 1997, and later Professor of Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London. In 2013 he was elected as a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Art in London. Ron Arad's constant experimentation with the possibilities of materials such as steel, aluminium or polyamide and his radical re-conception of the form and structure of furniture has put him at the forefront of contemporary design.
Nigel Coates is a hugely influential architect, designer, artist and educator. He first came to widespread attention as a teacher at the Architectural Association in the early 80s when he co-founded NATO, a radical architecture collective that published a series of magazines with a unique perspective on the city.Later, he co-founded the practice, Branson Coates, and created buildings and interiors across the globe from Caffe Bongo in Japan to the National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield. He has also designed a slew of products for the likes of Fornasetti and GTV as well as exhibitions, such as Ecstacity and Mixtacity at Tate Modern. Importantly, he did much of this while being head of architecture at the Royal College of Art. He has just published an intriguing – and occasionally quite racy – memoir. It's a book that charts the changes in architecture in general, and London in particular. There are tales of extraordinary projects, of club culture and parties, of friendships and loves, and of lives sadly lost.In this episode we talk about: his early life in Malvern and his difficult relationship with his parents; his love of Italy; teaching at the Architectural Association and the creation of NATO; working in Japan and, finally, building in the UK; his role in controversial projects such as the National Centre for Popular Music and the Millennium Dome; the problem with developer-led London; regrets about about not building more; being queer and ‘the unspoken conformity of architecture'; and missing his great friend Zaha Hadid. Support the show
Fredrik Hellberg is the co-founder of Spacepopular, a research-driven art, design and media studio. Fredrik runs the practice together with Lara Lesmes, and the two met when studying architecture at London's Architectural Association. In our conversation, we discuss Spacepopular's research into the possibilities of Web3 and metaverses and Fredrik shares his expertise on how those spaces can be designed and most importantly, how our physical and digital worlds will be interacting in the future. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Automation can help not only workflows for designers, but also those in construction management as well. Paul Wintour cautions that despite what you may think, money isn't usually hindering the progress of construction, there is usually something deeper going on under the surface. In this episode, we take a look under the surface of big projects and uncover hidden inefficiencies. Paul is the founder of Parametric Monkey and a registered architect in NSW and the UK. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) and has a detailed understanding of the complexities within the construction industry, having worked extensively in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and The Netherlands. He has taught at the University of Technology Sydney, the University of New South Wales, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of Hong Kong, and the Architectural Association.
Andrew Whalley, has been an instrumental part of Grimshaw since the earliest days of the practice and has been Partner in Charge of projects in diverse sectors including education, performing arts, transportation and workplace. His award-winning projects include the International Terminal at Waterloo, the Eden Project in Cornwall, the redevelopment of the historic Paddington Station in London and the Experimental and Performing Arts Building in Troy, New York. In 2001 Andrew established the Grimshaw New York studio. He was Partner in Charge of Grimshaw's New York office during its first ten years. During this time Grimshaw in New York was one of eight architectural practices selected for major public projects under Mayor Bloomberg's design excellence program. In the education and cultural arts sector, Andrew has been involved in a range of projects including - state of the art science facilities for the Danforth Science Center; the strategic plan for the Royal College of Art in London. He is currently overseeing The Sustainability Pavilion for the Dubai World Expo 2020. An ambitious project to create a totally net zero building as a centre piece for the Expo. Andrew has been involved with academia for many years. In the UK this has included several years teaching at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College's Industrial Design Department. In addition, Andrew ran a unit at the Architectural Association for three years and lectured at University College London for over five years. In the US, he has been a visiting Professor at Washington University and regularly lectures at UPenn. Andrew recently completed his appointment as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico Milano. Andrew was appointed as Deputy Chairman in 2011 and succeeded Sir Nicholas Grimshaw as Chairman in June 2019; the Chairman's Office is responsible for managing the practices core design ethos, brand identity and working to build relationships and to strengthen the profile of around the world. Andrew is a registered member of the AIA and RIBA and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2006. In April 2019 he was elected to the board of the British Architectural Library Trust. He was elected to the AIA College of Fellows for Design in 2019 and awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from his alma mater, The Glasgow School of Art. The Consortium for Sustainable Urbanizatiion honored Andrew with their 2021 Champion Award He is qualified as an architect in the UK and USA and has been with Grimshaw since 1986. Brought to you by the British Consulate General, New York. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.