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Citizen One: Exploring Our Urban FutureCitizen One Episode 2: Hollywood Meets NEOMIn this episode of Citizen One, Exploring Our Urban Future, an urbanNext original podcast series, world-renowned concept artist Olivier Pron (Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Harry Potter) returns along with Judd Payne, president of IDEA (www.idea.la) and veteran film and television producer (Cherry, Mile 22, Bernie, Southland Tales). They sit down with host Doug McDaniel to explore in detail the unexpected intersection of Hollywood creatives and real-world city design in NEOM.Over the last six years, Judd and Olivier and their creative teams have been applying cinematic storytelling and speculative design to urban planning, shaping...2025-03-041h 24
That's Life, I SwearMexico City’s Looming Water CrisisThe endless thirst is coming. Day Zero looms like a specter over humanity, a harbinger of the apocalyptic global water crisis that will bring entire cities to their knees.supporting links1. What is Day Zero [XPrize]2. Water Risk Atlas [website]3. Mexico City months away from running out of water [CNN]4. AALU Landscape Urbanism [website]5. UrbanNext podcast [Apple Podcasts]Contact That's Life, I Swear Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com Twitter at @RedPhantom Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social Email us at https://w...2024-06-1214 min
urbanNext podcastsArchitecture for the Brain with Firas SafieddineFiras Safieddine is an architect, designer artist and neurotech enthusiasts. In this session we talk with him about neuroscience in the field of architecture and how these two disciplines are contributing to each other.
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https://urbannext.net/emergent-topographies/2021-10-0110 min
urbanNext podcastsDesigning the Electrical Layer with Firas SafieddineFiras Safieddine is an architect, designer artist and neurotech enthusiasts. In this session we talk with him on working on different ecologies at different scales by addressing the electrical layer.
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https://urbannext.net/electrical-ecologies-ii/
https://urbannext.net/emergent-topographies/2021-08-2409 min
urbanNext podcastsIntertwined Environments Session 6 - Healthy City - with Ben van Berkel & Manuel Pérez RomeroIntertwined Environments is the series hosted by Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, which discusses the natural, the physical and the digital realms in constructing environments that respond to current and future challenges.
We have to rethink the way we understand the city and the role of architecture. Ben van Berkel and Manuel Pérez Romero talk about the city and health and how putting technological tools at the service of sustainable development can aid build our cities.
Learn more about Ben’s work:
https://www.unstudio.com/
h...2021-07-2220 min
urbanNext podcastsIntertwined Environments Session 5 - Architecture as a Manifesto - with Stefano Boeri & Flavio TejadaIntertwined Environments is the series hosted by Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, which discusses the natural, the physical and the digital realms in constructing environments that respond to current and future challenges.
Architecture can be seen as a catalyst to move communities forward. Stefano Boeri and Flavio Tejada have explored the power of architecture and urban planning not only to improve the context but also to contribute to the collective memory of the city.
Learn more about Stefano’s work:
https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/
https://urbannext.ne...2021-06-1428 min
urbanNext podcastsIntertwined Environments Session 4 - On Leadership - with Michael Green & Jerónimo van SchendelIntertwined Environments is the series hosted by Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, which discusses the natural, the physical and the digital realms in constructing environments that respond to current and future challenges.
Creating resilient communities is key for any city to thrive, but also for a university campus, a business and other realms. In this session, Michael Green and Jerónimo van Schendel talk about leadership and taking risks in architecture.
Learn more about Michael’s work:
http://mg-architecture.ca/
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_gre...2021-06-0729 min
urbanNext podcastsIntertwined Environments Session 3 - Community Engagement - with Jeanne Gang & Cristina MateoIntertwined Environments is the series hosted by Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, which discusses the natural, the physical and the digital realms in constructing environments that respond to current and future challenges.
Creating resilient communities is key for any city to thrive, but also for a university campus, a business and other realms. In this session, Jeanne Gang and Cristina Mateo talk about how to boost community building in an increasingly digitalized world.
Learn more about Jeanne’s work:
https://studiogang.com/
https://www.gsd.harvard.ed...2021-05-0722 min
urbanNext podcastsIntertwined Environments Session 2 - Anthropology & Design - with Michael Leube & Elvira MuñozIntertwined Environments is the series hosted by Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, which discusses the natural, the physical and the digital realms in constructing environments that respond to current and future challenges.
We are often unaware of the power of design and its effect on human behavior. Michael Leube and Elvira Muñoz consider the cultural impact of any project or intervention in our environment in order to ensure sustainable development.
This space was produced by IE School of Architecture and Design, its Center for Sustainable Cities a...2021-04-3022 min
urbanNext podcastsIntertwined Environments Session 1 - Activism & Architecture - with Deborah Berke & David GoodmanIntertwined Environments is the series hosted by Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, which discusses the natural, the physical and the digital realms in constructing environments that respond to current and future challenges.
Addressing the social component in the urban milieu is key, as we look to goals of sustainable development. Deborah Berke and David Goodman talk about the role of architects in crisis times, everyday architecture and how to be an engaged professional.
Learn more about Deborah's work:
https://www.dberke.com/
https://www.architecture.yale...2021-04-1624 min
urbanNext podcastsGender & Public Space with Inés Sánchez de MadariagaFor centuries, architecture and gender has been a silent debate but in the last decades there has been a very fruitful conversation about how design can have biased implications. This has awaken the need to find which strategies can lead to the building of more gender inclusive cities.
Today we are going to talk with Inés Sánchez de Madariaga, director of the UNESCO Chair on Gender and professor of urban planning at Technical University of Madrid.
Learn more about her work:
https://urbannext.net/gender-sensitive-city/
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urbanNext podcastsNature of Enclosure Session 8 - Mishuana Goeman, Julia Smachylo, Joshua Nason<a href="https://urbannext.net/contributors/jeffrey-s-nesbit/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jeffrey S. Nesbit</a> is joined by Mishuana Goeman, Julia Smachylo and Joshua Nason to reflect on territory, as a mode of power embedded in colonialism that maintains and consistently strives for boundaries of legibility within the Nature of Enclosure.
Learn more about Mishuana Goeman’s work:
https://amindian.ucla.edu/person/mishuana-goeman-tonawanda-band-of-seneca/
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/mark-my-words
Learn more about Julia Smachylo's work:
http://ww...2020-12-111h 08
urbanNext podcastsNature of Enclosure Session 7 - Daisy Ames, Daniel A. Barber, Mae-ling Lokko<a href="https://urbannext.net/contributors/jeffrey-s-nesbit/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jeffrey S. Nesbit</a> is joined by Daisy Ames, Daniel A. Barber and Mae-ling Lokko to reflect on climate change, air quality, and cultures from within the architectural envelopes as the Nature of Enclosure.
Learn more about Daniel A Barber's work:
https://www.design.upenn.edu/architecture/graduate/people/daniel-barber
https://upenn.academia.edu/DanielBarber
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691170039/modern-architecture-and-climate
Learn more about Daisy Ames's work:
http...2020-12-0459 min
urbanNext podcastsNature of Enclosure Session 6 - Mariano Gomez Luque, Marcella Del Signore, Shawn RickenbackerJeffrey S. Nesbit is joined by Mariano Gomez Luque, Marcella Del Signore and Shawn Rickenbacker whose work examines the role of architecture, technology, and politics, that give rise to accelerated capital and planetary conditions within the Nature of Enclosure.2020-11-271h 02
urbanNext podcastsNature of Enclosure Session 5 - Ersela Kripa, Stephen Mueller, Katty Velikov, Neeraj Bhatia<a href="https://urbannext.net/contributors/jeffrey-s-nesbit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffrey S. Nesbit</a> is joined by Ersela Kripa, Stephen Mueller, Kathy Velikov and Neeraj Bhatia whose scholarly work interrogate the role of territory, border, and technology as it relates to the politics set within the Nature of Enclosure.
Learn more about Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller's work:
https://agencyarchitecture.com/
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/architecture/about/people/faculty/Kripa/index.php
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/architecture/about/people/faculty/Mueller/index.php
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urbanNext podcastsNature of Enclosure Session 4 - Denise Luna Acevedo, Alejandro Santander, David Salomon<p><a href="https://urbannext.net/contributors/jeffrey-s-nesbit/">Jeffrey S. Nesbit</a> is joined by Denise Luna Acevedo, Alejandro Santander and David Salomon to critically discuss the human-centered condition, in an attempt to break open questions on the culturally synthesized world as it relates to the role of infrastructure, design theory, and the Nature of Enclosure.</p>
Learn more about Denise Luna Acevedo and Alejandro Santander's work:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Estudio-Santander-408243749265292/community/
Learn more about David Salomon's work:
https://faculty.ithaca...2020-11-1345 min
urbanNext podcastsNature of Enclosure Session 3 - Sean Lally, Joël Vacheron, Rachel ArmstrongJeffrey S. Nesbit is joined by Sean Lally, Joël Vacheron and Rachel Armstrong to reflect on the culturally constructed spaces and images envisioning air and other planetary forms in relation to the Nature of Enclosure.
Learn more about Sean Lally's work:
https://uic.academia.edu/SLally
https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/air-other-planets
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1531-314X.2007.00136.x
https://nightwhiteskies.libsyn.com/
https://urbannext.net/the-shape-of-energy/
Learn more about Joel Vacheron's work:
https://ecal.academia.edu/Jo%C3%ABlVacheron2020-11-0656 min
urbanNext podcastsNature of Enclosure Session 2 - Jordan Bimm, Aleksandra Jaeschke, Fred ScharmenJeffrey S. Nesbit is joined by Jordan Bimm, Aleksandra Jaeschke and Fred Scharmen to reflect on the cultural impact of the enclosure in architecture, landscape and aerospace history.
Learn more about Jordan Bimm's work:
https://www.academia.edu/37957384/Anticipating_the_Astronaut_Subject_Formation_in_Early_American_Space_Medicine_1949_1959
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/science/mars-jars-strughold.html
Learn more about Aleksandra Jaeschke's work:
https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37546284
Learn more about Fred Scharmen's work:
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/space-settlements/9781941332498
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urbanNext podcastsNature of Enclosure Session 1 - Lydia Kallipoliti, Antoine PiconJeffrey S. Nesbit is joined by Lydia Kallipoliti and Antoine Picon to discuss the nature of enclosed world.
Learn more about Lydia Kallipoliti's work:
https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/architecture-closed-worlds
https://strelkamag.com/en/article/bubble-problems-an-archeology-of-infection-and-environmental-control
https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/at-the-border/325754/zoom-in-zoom-out/
Learn more about Antoine Picon's work:
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Ornament%3A+The+Politics+of+Architecture+and+Subjectivity-p-9781119965947
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Smart+Cities%3A+A+Spatialised+Intelligence-p-9781119075592
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