Hosted by Duo Dickinson and Martin C. Pedersen
Welcome to Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity in Architecture, a monthly podcast produced by Common Edge, the Connecticut Architecture Foundation, the Connecticut AIA, and Bridgeport community radio station WPKN 89.5 FM.
We’re in a housing crisis. Duo Dickinson and Martin C. Pedersen talk with Gerhard Mayer and Lindsey Stirman, co-founders of the Living Communities Initiative, a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to creating a new paradigm for housing development. They reject both NIMBY-ism (not in my backyard) and its knee jerk opposite, YIMBY (yes to any sort of housing, regardless of its quality). And argue instead for a different mode: QIMBY (quality in my backyard). When projects include elements like walkability and gentle density, opposition to new development disappears.
What is Our Buildings, Our Selves: Humanity In Architecture?
Design is just one way humanity manifests itself. Our buildings simply express where our culture is. Architects often talk to other architects about architecture, in this time of explosive change, our evolving values are revealed when we understand design.
Using the generous grant from The Connecticut Architecture Foundation, WPKN Radio and The Common Edge Collaborative launched the production and recording of the podcast “Our Buildings, Our Selves.” Co-Hosted by architect Duo Dickinson FAIA and Common Edge Founder and Editor Martin Pedersen.