Living Dialogs

Feb 11 2024 1
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Can the buildings that we live in come alive? Could such living buildings help us to create a healthier, more sustainable future? Could they become adaptive, resilient structures that care for the planet while empathizing, comforting and inspiring us? The Living Dialogs podcast brings together scholars and thinkers in the emergent field of living architecture, to reflect together on its implications for our changing world.

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Living Dialogs S3E2: Collaborating with living systems: How mycelium can help us rethink architectural practice

Feb 11 2024 41 mins  
In this episode, Living Dialogs host Edgar Cardenas is joined by Carole Collet and Merlin Sheldrake as they engage in a wide-ranging conversation about living systems, what mycelium can teach us about designing for the future, and what this means for the future of architecture as a practice.

Living Dialogs S3E1: Bridging the gap between living and architecture: metabolic buildings, technological species, and a culture of care with Areti Markopoulou and Manuel Kretzer

Oct 23 2023 57 mins  
In this episode, Professor Dr. Manuel Kretzer and Architect and Urban Technologist, Areti Markopoulou join Living Dialogs host Edgar Cardenas in a thought-provoking conversation about buildings as organisms, reconceptualizing resource scarcity, and architecture’s impact on people and the environment. The dialog implicitly reflects a strong return to Indigenous and communal ways o

Living Dialogs, Season 2 Episode 1: Listening to Many Voices: Inclusivity and Living Architecture With Behnaz Farahi, Bianca Weeko Martin, Michael Lee Poy, Brian Porter

Mar 21 2022 43 mins  
Can the buildings that we live in come alive? Could such living buildings help us to create a healthier, more sustainable future? Could they become adaptive, resilient structures that care for the planet while empathizing, comforting and inspiring us? The Living Dialogs podcast brings together scholars and thinkers to collectively reflect on living architecture and its implications

Living Dialogs, Episode 3: Biology, Computation, and Care in the Anthropocene (Part 2) With Rachel Armstrong, Dehlia Hannah, and Mette Ramsgaard Thomson

Oct 20 2021 35 mins  
Can the buildings that we live in come alive? Could such living buildings help us to create a healthier, more sustainable future? Could they become adaptive, resilient structures that care for the planet while empathizing, comforting and inspiring us? The Living Dialogs podcast brings together scholars and thinkers to collectively reflect on living architecture and its implications

Living Dialogs Listening Guide

Aug 27 2021 4 mins  
Listening guide for Living Dialogs, S1E2: Biology, Computation, and Care in the Anthropocene Three prominent thinkers respond to the prompt, “Living architecture should prioritize biological resources over computational resources.”  Listen in as they discuss the false dichotomy of computation vs biology, living technology and sustainability, and wonder about an ethics of L

Living Dialogs, Episode 2: Biology, Computation, and Care in the Anthropocene (Part 1) With Rachel Armstrong, Dehlia Hannah, and Mette Ramsgaard Thomson

Aug 27 2021 28 mins  
Can the buildings that we live in come alive? Could such living buildings help us to create a healthier, more sustainable future? Could they become adaptive, resilient structures that care for the planet while empathizing, comforting and inspiring us? The Living Dialogs podcast brings together scholars and thinkers to collectively reflect on living architecture and its implications

Living Dialogs, Episode 1: Principles, Aesthetics and Sustainability of Living Architecture

Mar 14 2021 35 mins  
Can the buildings that we live in come alive? Could such living buildings help us to create a healthier, more sustainable future? Could they become adaptive, resilient structures that care for the planet while empathizing, comforting and inspiring us? The Living Dialogs podcast brings together scholars and thinkers to collectively reflect on living architecture and its implications