I migliori Urban Design podcast (2025)

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#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design) 48:57

10d ago48:57

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This is episode 2 of 6 in the podcast series on urban rewilding. My guest is Sophie Thompson, a landscape architect and Director at LDA Design. In this episode we discuss: How wild nature can be brought into city streets and public spaces The importance of working closely with local communities Examples of LDA’s transformations of highly urban spac…

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#104: Local Energy Solutions: Case Studies + Interactive Map 38:15

17d ago38:15

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My guest is Duygu Kutluay, a campaigner at Beyond Fossil Fuels. We discuss: Why local community projects need to be part of Europe’s energy transition away from fossil fuels. Beyond Fossil Fuels' new interactive map of community-based energy projects that you can access on their website. Six case studies of local energy projects from across Europe.…

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#103: The 5 Types of Sustainable Change-Maker and Your Role in Systems Change 26:56

24d ago26:56

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Workshop on 19 Feb: Find your Unique Role in Climate Action (link) In this episode I explore the different roles that built environment professionals can play in leveraging systems change for sustainability. This is based on interviewing 122 guests on this podcast and exploring systems change research. The 5 types of change-makers are: Champion and…

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#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project 56:45

1M ago56:45

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This episode is part of a 6-part series on Urban Rewilding. My guest is Sean McCormack, Chair of Ealing Wildlife Group. Sean led the reintroduction of harvest mice and beavers into urban parks in London, UK. In this episode we discuss: What is 'Urban rewilding' and why we should do it. What made these projects successful. Getting support from the c…

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#101: Sacrifice Zones - Rebuild after disaster or return to nature? 57:15

1M ago57:15

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This episode is a conversation with Jonathan Rosenbloom, Associate Dean at Albany Law School who has researched and written about sacrifice zones. He is also the Executive Director for the Sustainable Development Code. We discuss: Whether neighbourhoods that have been destroyed by natural disasters should be rebuilt or designated as no-build 'Sacri…

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#100: Create Sustainable Change through your Work - Advice from 3 Experts 1:17:06

1M ago1:17:06

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This is a recording of a live streamed podcast episode to celebrate episode 100 of the podcast. I was joined by three guests, who you might recognise from past episodes: Laura Baron, Head of Sustainability, Purcel Scott McAulay, Regenerative Design and Infrastructures Specialist, Architype Conrad Richardson, Sustainable Mobility Expert We discussed…

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#99: Sustainability Career Advice + 3 Circular Economy Case Studies, with Valentina Petrone 54:38

3M ago54:38

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My guest on this episode is Valentina Petrone, a former architect, circular economy expert and Manager of Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability at the New South Wales State Government. In this episode, Valentina gives career advice for those who want to transition from traditional built environment careers into sustainability. We also discuss thr…

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#98: Circular Economy: Making Material Reuse Happen at Scale, with Material Index 50:23

3M ago50:23

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This episode is a conversation with Morgan Lewis, Co-Founder and CEO at Material Index. In the UK, 60% of all waste comes from the construction industry and only 2% of building components in the UK are reused. In this episode, Morgan explains how Material Index are trying to tackle this by working with building owners, contractors and project teams…

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Course launch: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals 11:36

3M ago11:36

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Learn more and enrol now: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals My new course is now live and available for purchase. It's an introduction to urban sustainability with practical advice for getting started with delivering more sustainable projects. - - - Free training: Urban Sustainability in 5 Case Studies Subscribe to the G…

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Intro to Regenerative Design (Mini-Course part 3/3) 22:47

3M ago22:47

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Watch this training as a video for the best experience: Link to Video Training This is part 3 of a 3-part mini-course about how to start bringing sustainability into your work as a built environment professional. In this session, I provide a free training session about Regenerative Design, which is an excerpt from my upcoming full-length course: Su…

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Net Zero Carbon Made Simple (Mini-Course part 2/3) 15:50

4M ago15:50

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Watch this training as a video for the best experience: Link to Video Training This is part 2 of a 3-part mini-course about how to start bringing sustainability into your work as a built environment professional. In this session, I provide a free training session about Net Zero Carbon, which is an excerpt from my upcoming full-length course: Sustai…

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Kickstart your Sustainability-focused Career (Mini-Course part 1/3) 10:05

4M ago10:05

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This is part 1 of a 3-part mini-course coming out this week about how to start bringing sustainability into your work as a built environment professional. In this episode, I give advice for how to approach learning about sustainability and what roles you can play in your career and community. To get parts 2 and 3 of this mini-course as video lesson…

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#97: Climate Adaptation Strategies for Urban Trees and Woodlands 52:21

4M ago52:21

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In this episode I share some learnings from my recent research project about how climate change is likely to affect an urban nature reserve in London and climate adaptation recommendations for the reserve's management. I discuss: How to make climate change projections tangible at the city-level How climate change may impact on some common tree and …

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#96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the USA, with Phius 44:53

4M ago44:53

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My guest on this episode is Katrin Klingenberg, the Executive Director of Phius. Phius is a non-profit organization committed to decarbonizing the built environment by making high-performance passive building the mainstream market standard. They are mainly active in USA with some international projects. In this episode we discuss: Why passive desig…

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#95: EcoResponsive Environments: Designing with Natural Systems 1:02:11

5M ago1:02:11

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This episode is a conversation with Prachi Rampuria and Soham De, co-founders of an urban design practice called EcoResponsive Environments and are co-authors of a book by the same name. They joined me on this episode to discuss the concept of designing settlements with an understanding of natural systems as the starting point. They bring together …

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#94: Stories of the Internet of Nature from 'The Nature of Our Cities' book, with Nadina Galle 57:12

5M ago57:12

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Nadina Galle is an ecological engineer, National Geographic Explorer, science and nature writer, podcaster, and keynote speaker. She helps green professionals use emerging technologies to improve urban ecosystems for future generations. She is the author of the book, The Nature of Our Cities, which is the topic of our conversation. Through rich sto…

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#93: An AI Tool to Streamline Biodiversity Net Gain, with Shashin Mishra (BNGAI) 44:41

5M ago44:41

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This episode is all about technology to help us deliver Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). My guest is Shashin Mishra, VP of EMEA for AiDash. We explore how a new digital tool called BNGAI has been created to help developers, ecologists and local authorities deliver Biodiversity Net Gain on development sites. We talk through how can the tool be used to h…

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#92: Chicago's Wild Mile and Other Urban Nature Innovations, with Doug Voigt (SOM) 46:15

5M ago46:15

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Doug Voigt, a partner at SOM, discusses the Wild Mile project in Chicago and the importance of rewilding and restoring ecological systems in cities. The project aims to reclaim part of the Chicago River as an ecological and community asset. We also discuss how the Wild Mile inspired an innovative approach to flood resilience in the Pearl River Delt…

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#91: A West African Perspective on Sustainable Architecture, with James Inedu-George (HTL Africa) 52:01

6M ago52:01

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James is founding partner of HTL Africa, a research-driven architectural firm dedicated to addressing the specific challenges of West African environments. He joined me to discuss what we can learn from traditional west African architecture and urbanism to apply to current challenges of climate change and housing shortages. Learn more about James a…

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#90: Nature-Sensitive Urban Design, with Dr Thami Croeser 53:56

7M ago53:56

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Dr Thami Croeser is an urban planner with a focus on bringing nature back into cities in practical ways, at large scale. He is a Research Fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. In this episode we discuss practical ways of bringing more nature into cities and helping it thrive through urban planning and design. Learn more about Thami and…

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#89: A Planning System to Address the Climate and Housing Crises, with Shaun Spiers 49:24

7M ago49:24

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Shaun Spiers is the Executive Director of the environmental think-tank, Green Alliance. In this episode we discuss how a stronger planning system in the UK can address the housing crisis and deliver more sustainable outcomes. Read their report, Build Up: https://green-alliance.org.uk/publication/build-up/ - - - Free training: Urban Sustainability i…

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#88: Restoring Landscapes and Reconnecting to Nature, with Alexandra Steed 57:32

9M ago57:32

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Alexandra Steed is a passionate landscape architect with a deep commitment to art, sustainability, and the transformative power of landscapes. We talk about: Her new book: Portrait to Landscape How to restore landscapes on a large scale to build climate resilience and biodiversity How The UK's Environment Act and Biodiversity Net Gain are working i…

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#87: Biophilic Architecture and Design, with Louisa Whitmore (@louisatalksbuildings) 23:37

9M ago23:37

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Louisa Whitmore is an architecture enthusiast, TikToker and host of the Nature of Design documentary series. In this episode we discuss her experience making the documentary, the mental health benefits of biophilic environments and case studies of great biophilic projects. Learn more about the Nature of Design documentary: The Green Channel: Link I…

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#86: Regenerative Architecture Index - Accelerating towards a regenerative built environment 55:20

10M ago55:20

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In conversation with Alisdair Ben Dixon (Collective Works), Anna Lisa McSweeney (White Arkitekter) and Isabel Allen (Architecture Today) about the new Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI). Launched by Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare, the Regenerative Architecture Index (RAI) sets out to benchmark practices progress in the move towards…

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#85: Using 3D Modelling, Digital Twins and Generative Design for Sustainability, with VU.CITY 41:01

11M ago41:01

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I sit down with Andrew Bullmore of VU.CITY to discuss how 3D models, digital twins and artificial intelligence tools can be used to do better, evidence-based planning and design and get more sustainable outcomes. VU.CITY website: https://www.vu.city/ SiteSolve generative AI: https://www.site-solve.co.uk/ This is a sponsored episode. Thanks to VU.CI…

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#84: Net Zero Carbon Neighbourhoods, with Sam Luker (AESG) 49:25

12M ago49:25

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Sam Luker is an Associate Sustainability Director at AESG and led on their new report titled 'Net Zero Neighbourhoods'. In this episode we discuss: Why the neighbourhood scale is optimal for decarbonisation and finding local solutions to sustainability Principles and case studies for Net Zero Neighbourhoods Retrofitting existing neighbourhoods for …

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#83: Decolonise Architecture, with Mohit Buch and Sue Yen Chong 46:10

12M ago46:10

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Mohit and Sue Yen are architects and members of Decolonise Architecture, a solution-based group driven to tackle institutional racism and bias within architectural education and practice. In this episode we discuss: How architectural education and practice can be 'colonial' in its approach, and the problems with this. Expanding architectural educat…

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#82: Decarbonising Concrete and Steel, with Jeff Rissman 51:06

1y ago51:06

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Jeffrey Rissman is Senior Director at Energy Innovation, where he leads the company’s work on technologies and policies to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the industry sector. He is the author of Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity (2024) and coauthor of Designing Climate Solution…

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#81: Reimagining Roads as Public Space, with LDA (Landscape Mini-Series Part 4) 14:43

1y ago14:43

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Welcome to part 4, the final episode in the landscape mini-series. In this episode I sit down with Cannon Ivers CMLI of LDA to discuss their inspiring project The Strand, Aldwych. The Strand was for centuries a busy traffic thoroughfare in central London that has been transformed into a totally pedestrianised and multi-functional public space. Cann…

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#80: Transforming an Urban Park, with LUC (Landscape Mini-Series Part 3) 12:19

1y ago12:19

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Welcome to part 3 in this mini-series on landscape and urban nature. In this episode I spoke with James Virgo CMLI of LUC. He tells me about LUC’s work on Shoreditch Park. This is a nice case study of taking an existing park and working with the local community to improve it for biodiversity while tackling anti-social behaviour and creating a more …

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#79: Biourbanism and Landscape Design Code, with McGregor Coxall (Landscape Mini-Series Part 2) 15:07

1y ago15:07

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Welcome to part 2 of this mini-series on landscape and urban nature. This episode features an interview with Michael Cowdy FLI of McGregor Coxall. We discuss two of their Landscape Award-nominated projects, a research project on BioUrbanism and the second a design code for green infrastructure for a new community Cherry Hinton North, Cambridge. Mor…

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#78: Landscape-led Response to Climate Change, with the Landscape Institute (Landscape Mini-Series Part 1) 19:06

1y ago19:06

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Welcome to this 4-part series on the role of landscape and urban nature in creating resilient, sustainable and healthy places. Over the next 4 weeks I’ll be releasing short weekly episodes featuring interviews with landscape practitioners that highlight great case studies in landscape design and discuss the wider role of these interventions in gree…

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#77: Tackling Overheating in Buildings with Antonietta Canta (Arup) 45:32

1y ago45:32

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Antonietta Canta is a Principal Environmental and Sustainability Engineer at Arup. In this episode we discuss their recent research report: ‘Addressing overheating risk in existing UK homes’. As dry as that title sounds, the conversation was actually very illuminating and useful. It's also useful for listeners outside the UK! We discuss: How many h…

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#76: Community-led, Circular, Green Architecture with Jan Kattein @ The Paper Garden 33:02

1y ago33:02

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Jan Kattein is Director of Jan Kattein Architects, a studio that focuses on collaborative, sustainable and community-focused projects. Back in September of 2023 I joined Jan at their project in south London called the Paper Garden, which is a educational building and garden space for the charity Global Generation. Some of they key points we discuss…

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#4 Het programma: De smaakmakers van de gemengde stad 1:05:20

1y ago1:05:20

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In Metropolitan Clubtalk, een podcastserie van de sectie Urban Design van de TU Delft, spreekt Robbert Jan van der Veen (TU Delft, ECHO Urban Design) met diverse gasten over stedenbouwkundige vraagstukken van nu. Experts vanuit de overheid, het onderwijs en de ontwerppraktijk schuiven aan en delen hun inzichten en ervaringen over stedenbouw op alle…

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#3 De Regio: Van Nederland naar Neder-stad? 1:12:35

1+ y ago1:12:35

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In Metropolitan Clubtalk, een podcastserie van de sectie Urban Design van de TU Delft, spreekt Robbert Jan van der Veen (TU Delft, ECHO Urban Design) met diverse gasten over stedenbouwkundige vraagstukken van nu. Experts vanuit de overheid, het onderwijs en de ontwerppraktijk schuiven aan en wisselen van gedachten, met steeds met een ander schaalni…

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#75: From Net Zero Carbon to Regenerative Design at SOM - Kent Jackson and James Woodall 1:01:57

1+ y ago1:01:57

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Kent Jackson is Design Partner at Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) and leads the designs of a wide range of scales and typologies across the globe. Passionate about improving the future of planetary health, Kent is also a leader of SOM’s Climate Action Group, advancing the firm’s commitment for all active work to be net zero whole-life carbon by 2…

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#2: De Buurt: Postzegelstedenbouw, ramp of realiteit? 1:01:08

1+ y ago1:01:08

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Postzegelstedenbouw, ramp op realiteit? Op 21 september gaat Robbert Jan van der Veen in gesprek met prof. Tess Broekmans (Urhahn/TU Delft), Glenn Lyppens (POLO labs), en prof. Machiel Van Dorst (TU Delft/Urban Studies) in de nieuwe editie van de metropolitan Clubtalk@bouwpub. Nederland wordt ingericht langs tenders voor losse buurten en districten…

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#74: Property development as if people and planet mattered - Steve Sanham (Common Projects) 57:47

1+ y ago57:47

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Steve Sanham established Common Projects in 2021: a development company led by a purpose to put people and planet at the heart of its decision-making. Steve has an extensive and proven track record in the built environment, specialising in urban regeneration and in using development’s power to deliver better outcomes. Common Projects finances and d…

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#73: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 2) 46:59

1+ y ago46:59

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Sean McCormack is a consultant Vet, the Chairperson of Ealing Wildlife Group, and an incredibly knowledgeable nature conservationist and educator based in west London. This episode is part 2 of our conversation where we get into more detail on: The practicalities of reintroducing beavers to an urban park Management of urban nature Rewilding vs natu…

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#72: Sean McCormack - Rewilding Urban London (Part 1) 1:09:40

1+ y ago1:09:40

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Sean McCormack is a consultant Vet, the Chairperson of Ealing Wildlife Group, and an incredibly knowledgeable nature conservationist and educator based in west London. In this episode we discuss his work to rewild urban London by reintroducing harvest mice, beavers and (eventually maybe) water voles while supporting native predators like falcons an…

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#71: Nate Hagens - Planning for 'The Great Simplification' of Cities 57:22

1+ y ago57:22

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Nate Hagens is a systems thinker and educator focused on a concept he calls The Great Simplification. He has spent the last 20 years studying the systems we live in like energy, ecology and economics. He teaches at the University of Minnesota and speaks widely on these topics, including on his youtube channel called Nate Hagens and his podcast call…

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#1: De Stad: Hechten van het stedelijk weefsel 1:02:21

1+ y ago1:02:21

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In Metropolitan Clubtalk, een podcastserie van de sectie Urban Design van de TU Delft, spreekt stedenbouwkundige Robbert Jan van der Veen (TU Delft/ECHO) met diverse gasten over de mogelijkheden om een meer inclusieve en verbonden stad te ontwerpen. Aan tafel schuiven experts aan vanuit de overheid, het onderwijs én de ontwerppraktijk. In het vierl…

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#70: Climate Adaptation Explained - Resilience, Transition, Transformation 33:39

1+ y ago33:39

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Climate change is here and now cities and communities must adapt for safety, health and quality of life. In this episode I discuss a useful model for thinking about climate adaptation in three levels: resilience, transition and transformation. I also provide some examples and ideas for bringing adaptation thinking into the work of urbanists. Releva…

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#69: Tara Gbolade and Lanre Gbolade - Sustainable Design and City-Shaping with Gbolade Design Studio 57:30

1+ y ago57:30

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This episode is a conversation with Tara and Lanre of Gbolade Design Studio, sustainable architects and urban designers based in London. Reflecting on their 5 years in practice, we discuss a range of topics and projects including: City-shaping with masterplans and design codes Retrofitting existing buildings Zero carbon and regenerative design Comm…

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#68: Urban Rewilding 1:08:12

1+ y ago1:08:12

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What is urban rewilding? Can it be done in cities? Is anyone doing it? In this episode, we explore: History of the rewilding concept Current best practice in rewilding How rewilding can be applied to cities Case studies of active and passive rewilding in urban areas around the world Companion Blog Post - See visuals of the stuff we talk about plus …

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#67: Co-designing for Spatial Justice with Jane Wong, Lydia Toohey and Tom Greenall (DSDHA) 1:05:05

2y ago1:05:05

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This episode is a conversation with Jane, Lydia and Tom of architecture and urban design studio DSDHA. We discuss their research project 'Towards Spatial Justice: A guide for achieving meaningful participation in co-design processes'. We explore what co-design really means, why it’s important and how they have applied co-design processes at their p…

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#66: Designing a Sustainable Neighbourhood at The Phoenix with Xavier Smales and Andy Tugby (Human Nature) 58:18

2y ago58:18

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Xavier Smales is an Architect and Andy Tugby is Head of Sustainable Construction at Human Nature, a developer based in the south of England. They join me to discuss their approach to designing sustainable neighbourhoods and how they're putting this into action with a development called The Phoenix. We discuss urban design principles for sustainable…

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#65: Joe Morris - Morris+Company Office Tour, Architecture, Circularity and Food 1:07:05

2y ago1:07:05

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Joe Morris is Founding Director of Morris+Company architects, based in London and Copenhagen. In this episode, he gives me a tour of their newly refurbished London office while we discuss their philosophy and approach to architecture, sustainability, circularity and connection between food and urbanism. I have collated images of all the projects we…

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#64: Civic Square - Reimagining the Neighbourhood for the 21st Century (with Immy Kaur, Kavita Purohit and Charlie Edmonds) 1:17:20

2y ago1:17:20

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Civic Square is a Public Square, a Neighbourhood Economics Lab and a Creative + Participatory Ecosystem. They have been doing amazing work around systems change at the neighbourhood level in Ladywood, Birmingham, where they are based. Their main projects to date include creating a Neighbourhood Doughnut based on Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics co…

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