Best ReSITE Podcasts (2024)

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Venice Biennale: How Will We Live Together [Part 2] 2:11:54

3y ago2:11:54

2:11:54

The postponed 17th Venice Architecture Biennale asked its 112 participants to consider the question, “How will we live together?”. A question originally posed in 2019 by curator and architect, Hashim Sarkis far before our collective 2020 experience. He originally asked participants “to imagine spaces in which we can generously live together” Answer…

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Venice Biennale: How Will We Live Together [Part 1] 1:13:45

3y ago1:13:45

1:13:45

The postponed 17th Venice Architecture Biennale asked its 112 participants to consider the question, “How will we live together?”. A question originally posed in 2019 by curator and architect, Hashim Sarkis far before our collective 2020 experience. He originally asked participants “to imagine spaces in which we can generously live together” Answer…

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Trey Trahan on Building Sacred Spaces for Connection 1:16:28

3+ y ago1:16:28

1:16:28

For Trey Trahan, founder of Trahan Architects, human connection, ecology, and unvarnished beauty encompass the core ethos of his work which primarily focuses on creating cultural architectural spaces. With roots in New Orleans and their global perspective based in New York, they have risen to the rank of the number one design firm by Architect 50, …

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Tim Gill on Building Child Friendly Cities 1:20:03

3+ y ago1:20:03

1:20:03

A city that is good for children, is good for everyone. A concept that has begun to gain more traction as cities look to new urbanism principles to apply to their respective cities. It’s one Tim Gill, author of Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities, has been championing since the nineties. Based in the UK, he has …

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Why Is Birth a Design Problem with Kim Holden 1:12:31

3+ y ago1:12:31

1:12:31

We are asking—is birth a design problem? Can rethinking and redesigning the ways birth is approached shift the outcomes of labor and birth experiences? Can it be instrumental in improving our qualities of life--in our environments, in cities, and beyond? And, as we explore how to create better cities for the next generation to work, live and play i…

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The Architecture of Healing with Michael Green + Natalie Telewiak 1:11:11

3+ y ago1:11:11

1:11:11

Michael Green and Natalie Telewiak love wood. These Vancouver-based architects champion the idea that Earth can, and should, grow our buildings--or grow the materials we use to build them. They are the principals of Michael Green Architecture, or MGA, and have made it their mission to tackle world housing and climate change by harnessing the power …

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Michel Rojkind on the Social Responsibility of Design 1:23:20

3+ y ago1:23:20

1:23:20

Michel Rojkind, founder of Rojkind Arquitectos is known as one of Mexico’s most successful architects. Projects like Foro Boca, a stunning sea-side home to the Boca del Rio Philharmonic Orchestra, or the Cinetecca Nacional that is home of arguably the most important film heritage center in Latin America, Mexico’s National Film Institute. Mercado Ro…

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Beirut: After the Dust Settles with Christele Harrouk + Salim Rouhana 1:07:36

3+ y ago1:07:36

1:07:36

"It only took a couple of seconds to destroy 40% of the city of Beirut on August 4th, 2020. A couple of trivial seconds were enough to determine the fate of the urban and social fabric of the Lebanese capital and its architectural heritage. Years and years of accumulated cultural assets fell instantly in distress, causing more harm than the infamou…

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Gary Hustwit on Why Design Is for Everyone 1:20:13

3+ y ago1:20:13

1:20:13

Some of you may already know our next guest, New-York based, Indie filmmaker, Gary Hustwit, from his iconic trilogy of design-focused documentaries: First, Helvetica examines our visual culture and how a font impacts urban spaces, asking us to take another glance at the thousands of words we see every day. Objectified is a look into our complex rel…

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Stefan Sagmeister on Beauty as Function 1:14:13

3+ y ago1:14:13

1:14:13

It’s hard to say what iconic graphic designer and typographer, Stefan Sagmeister, is most known for. His multi-decade career was first formed as the New York-based Sagmeister INC. in 1993 and went on to become Sagmeister & Walsh in 2012. Some of his best-known work includes iconic album covers and posters for artists like The Rolling Stones, the Ta…

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Julia Gamolina on Breaking the Architect's Mold 59:30

4y ago59:30

59:30

Julia is many things. Woman. Immigrant. Architect. Writer. Cornell Graduate. Director of Strategy at Trahan Architects. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Madame Architect. The latter is her brainchild and arguably her most well-known work; an online magazine about, by, and for the women that shape the built environment. What is so special about the wo…

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Vishaan Chakrabarti on Creating an Architecture of Belonging 57:22

4y ago57:22

57:22

Vishaan Chakrabarti, the founder and creative director of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) as well as the Dean of the William W. Wurster College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley discusses the future of mobility, designing streets as public spaces and creating an architecture of belonging with reSITE foun…

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Winy Maas on Dipping the Planet in Green 1:10:42

4y ago1:10:42

1:10:42

Winy Maas is constantly looking towards the future and asking the question - what’s next? The co-founder of MVRDV has ideas that are seemingly larger than life, and push the boundaries of our urban potential. His firm is known for projects like Rotterdam's Markthal, Stairs to Kriterion, or the Taipei Twin Towers. reSITE founder Martin Barry spoke w…

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Ravi Naidoo on Giving Design a Higher Purpose 35:35

4+ y ago35:35

35:35

Exuberant. Optimistic. Romantic. Three words Ravi Naidoo, the advocate who put African design on the map, used to describe himself. Ravi's story is one of reinvention. Just as South Africa was entering a period of newly found democracy, Ravi found an impetus to change his career. Over 20 years later, he is the driving force behind Design Indaba, ar…

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Christopher Cabaldon on Regenerating Cities and Transforming Communities 30:03

4+ y ago30:03

30:03

The longest-serving mayor in West Sacramento’s history, the man behind the city’s outstanding urban regeneration that put it on the map as one of the most livable small towns in the United States, and an LGBTQ+ advocate, Christopher Cabaldon is a model city official. During his on-going, 20-year-long seat in office, the California capital's adjacen…

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Marianthi Tatari on Human-Centered Smart Cities 19:07

4+ y ago19:07

19:07

As a true systems thinker, Marianthi Tatari, Associate Director and Senior Architect at UNStudio, takes a scalar approach to design, addressing issues of experience and sense of place in various scales and typologies. During our discussion, we dissect different aspects of city-making that threaten the quality of life such as monofunctional spaces a…

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Yosuke Hayano on Creating Emotional Connections to Nature 22:33

4+ y ago22:33

22:33

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Leona Lynen on the Case for Creating Incomplete Cities 18:21

4+ y ago18:21

18:21

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East Meets West with Yoko Choy, featuring Beatrice Leanza, Jee Liu and Jamie Wallace 31:00

4+ y ago31:00

31:00

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Chris Precht on a New Generation of Architects 23:16

4+ y ago23:16

23:16

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Thomas Heatherwick on Designing on a Human Scale 28:14

4+ y ago28:14

28:14

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Design and the City Trailer 4:19

4+ y ago4:19

4:19

Design and the City is a podcast about the ways we can use design to make cities more livable and lovable. reSITE is excited to announce the launch of its first-ever official podcast, Design and the City. We interviewed eight speakers ahead reSITE 2020 for a more intimate, in-depth dig into their current projects and outlooks on the future of our c…

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Design and the City

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Venice Biennale: How Will We Live Together [Part 2] 2:11:54

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Venice Biennale: How Will We Live Together [Part 1] 1:13:45

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Trey Trahan on Building Sacred Spaces for Connection 1:16:28

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Tim Gill on Building Child Friendly Cities 1:20:03

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Why Is Birth a Design Problem with Kim Holden 1:12:31

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The Architecture of Healing with Michael Green + Natalie Telewiak 1:11:11

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Michel Rojkind on the Social Responsibility of Design 1:23:20

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Beirut: After the Dust Settles with Christele Harrouk + Salim Rouhana 1:07:36

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Gary Hustwit on Why Design Is for Everyone 1:20:13

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Stefan Sagmeister on Beauty as Function 1:14:13

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Julia Gamolina on Breaking the Architect's Mold 59:30

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Vishaan Chakrabarti on Creating an Architecture of Belonging 57:22

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Winy Maas on Dipping the Planet in Green 1:10:42

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Ravi Naidoo on Giving Design a Higher Purpose 35:35

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Christopher Cabaldon on Regenerating Cities and Transforming Communities 30:03

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Marianthi Tatari on Human-Centered Smart Cities 19:07

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Yosuke Hayano on Creating Emotional Connections to Nature 22:33

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Leona Lynen on the Case for Creating Incomplete Cities 18:21

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East Meets West with Yoko Choy, featuring Beatrice Leanza, Jee Liu and Jamie Wallace 31:00

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Chris Precht on a New Generation of Architects 23:16

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Thomas Heatherwick on Designing on a Human Scale 28:14

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Design and the City Trailer 4:19

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