43. Intercultural Dialogue and Practice with Kunlé Adeyemi
This week, we discuss nomadism, connection and intercultural dialogue with architect and urbanist, Kunlé Adeyemi. Kunlé is founding Principal at NLÉ Works.
8 Mai 201940min
42. Interspecies Relatedness and Architectural Thinking with Radhika Govindrajan
This week we discuss inter-species relationships, and inter-species thinking, and its consequences for architecture, with Radhika Govindrajan. Radhika is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington who has recently published her book, Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas.
24 Apr 201946min
41. Psychedelics and design thinking with Sean Lally.
Today we discuss Michael Pollen's How to Change Your Mind, and the recent resurgence of interest in psychedelics in terms of its implications for architectural thinking. Discussion topics include design studio pedagogy, creativity, the art of the podcast and the relationship between practice and the design studio. Sean Lally is the host of the Night White Skies podcast.
10 Apr 201946min
40. Drawing as the Adoration of the Landscape with Frits Palmboom
Today we examine the sketchbooks of Dutch architect and urban designer Frits Palmboom and understand drawing as a kind of quasi spiritual adoration of the landscape. We also discuss the role of tracing and errors in design thinking, as also the differences between the Indian, European and American city.
27 Mar 201948min
39. Public Interest Design with Sergio Palleroni
Today we speak with activist designer Sergio Palleroni, who has been taking students around the world to work with disadvantaged communities to make a difference, to build with them and to teach students how they can learn from building with them. We discuss the politics of design-build activism, and what that implies in terms of asking the brick what it wants to be!
13 Mar 201940min
38. Rethinking 'Vernacular' with Elizabeth Golden
“All of those natural materials - stone, wood - we’ve always seen ourselves in them, in some way.” Today we engage in a broad-ranging discussion on the contemporary and future applications of what are considered to be vernacular or traditional materials with architect and professor Elizabeth Golden. Besides their structural, economic and political entanglements, our conversation also veers towards the spiritual and intangible ramifications of working with non-modernist materials. www.architecturetalk.org
27 Feb 201941min
37. Transversality: Klee, Kahn and the Persian Imagination with Shima Mohajeri
“[Transversality] can assert itself at any time into reality and not stay in a utopian mode.” Today we embark on a magical journey between cultures, between times, and between conceptions of time and space in a fascinating conversation with architectural historian Shima Mohajeri, who has just published a fantastic book entitled Architectures of Transversality: Paul Klee, Louis Kahn and the Persian Imagination (Routledge: 2018) www.architecturetalk.org
13 Feb 201951min
36. Architecture as Unfinished Storytelling with Nicole Huber
“We have to not take things as given, but rather tap into [our] own imaginaries, into [our] own yearnings, and longings, as an alternative world.” Today we discuss the potential of architecture as the work of the perennially unfinished project, as a site for transgression, as the other to utopia and fundamentalism. Nicole Huber is Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington. Discussion topics include: Fiction making, post-critical architecture, Tarkovsky and science fiction, surrealism and design thinking. www.architecturetalk.org
30 Jan 201949min
