What is The Future for Cities?
280 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago -WTF for Cities? is a platform to introduce and connect people who are actively and consciously working on the future of cities and to introduce research about the future of cities.
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124R_Smart cities: Utopia or neoliberal ideology (research summary)
April 10, 2023 23:00 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBAre you interested in whether smart city is a utopia or a neoliberal ideology? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart cities: Utopia or neoliberal ideology from 2017 by Giuseppe Grossi and Daniela Pianezzi, published in the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see an investigation into the smart city concept’s values and ideas. This article presents that smart city is a neoliberal ideology and not a utopia th...
123I_Alex Louey, managing director and co-founder of AppsCore Digital
April 05, 2023 23:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MBAre you interested in sustainable urban transport and development? What do you think about urban sustainability in Australia versus the world? How can we lead by example? Interview with Alex Louey, the managing director and co-founder of AppsCore Digital. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban sprawl, urban mobility, responsibilities, and many more. As one of Appscore’s founding partners, Alex leads a team of more than 150 Australian-based digital experts. Even with 300 p...
122R_Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data (research summary)
April 03, 2023 23:00 - 9 minutes - 12.9 MBAre you interested in how urban sprawl affects sustainable urban development? Summary of the article titled Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data from 2021 by Zhenfeng Shao, Neema S. Sumari, Aleksei Portnov, Fanan Ujoh, Walter Musakwa and Paulo J. Mandela, published in the Geo-Spatial information Science journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how urban...
121R_Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making (research summary)
March 27, 2023 22:00 - 8 minutes - 11.3 MBAre you interested in smart cities as a functional instrument to influence public debate and policy? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making from 2019 by Jonathan Desdemoustier, Nathalie Crutzen, Mario Cools, and Jacques Teller, published in the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the different urban actors understand and appropriate the ...
120I_Matt Ferrell, Youtube creator specialising in sustainable and renewable technologies
March 22, 2023 22:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBAre you interested in sustainable and renewable technologies? What do you think about urban sustainability and its implementation? How can we create even better future for the next generations than we have? Stay tuned for the answers from Matt Ferrell! Interview with Matt Ferrell, YouTube creator specialising in sustainable and renewable technologies. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, being stuck on Earth, sustainable solutions and their availability, human pessimism and ho...
119R_Pessimism and optimism in the debate on climate change: A critical analysis (research summary)
March 20, 2023 22:00 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MBAre you interested in why we have pessimistic and optimistic views on climate change? Summary of the article titled Pessimism and optimism in the debate on climate change: A critical analysis from 2021 by Anders Nordgren, published in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how our attitudes can influence this debate. This article presents why such attitudes, concerns and opportunities are...
118R_Smart sustainable cities – Exploring ICT solutions for reduced energy use in cities (research summary)
March 13, 2023 22:00 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBAre you interested in ICT solutions to reduce urban energy use? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart sustainable cities – Exploring ICT solutions for reduced energy use in cities from 2014 by Anna Kramers, Mattias Höjer, Nina Lövenhagen and Josefin Wangel, published in the Environmental Modelling and Software journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how ICT – information and communication technology – can help red...
117I_Colin Chee, the creative director of the Never Too Small YouTube channel
March 08, 2023 22:00 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBAre you interested in small footprint living? What do you think about the effects of good neighbour relationships? How can we create more compassionate designs? Stay tuned for the answers from Colin Chee! Interview with Colin Chee, the creative director of the Never Too Small Youtube channel. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, compassionate design, needed urban conversations, people as the urban strengths, and many more. Colin Chee is the creative director of Never Too Smal...
116R_Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints, socio-demographic trends and small households in Denmark (research summary)
March 06, 2023 22:00 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBAre you interested in small footprint living? Our summary today works with the article titled Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints, socio-demographic trends and small households in Denmark from 2021 by Tullia Jack and Diana Ivanova, published in the Energy Research & Social Science journal. This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Colin Chee in episode 117 talking about small foot print living with its advantages and disadvantages. Plus, since we are in...
115R_Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities: Reconceptualising smart cities to evade urban ecocide (research summary)
February 27, 2023 22:00 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBAre you interested in post-anthropocentric cities after smart ones? Our summary today works with the article titled Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities: Reconceptualising smart cities to evade urban ecocide from 2019 by Tan Yigitcanlar, Marcus Foth, and Md Kamruzzaman, published in the Journal of Urban Technology. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to change current smart city approaches to evade a most likely urban ecocide. This...
114I_Kelly Boucher, a scholar, education consultant and breakthrough coach
February 22, 2023 22:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBAre you interested in pedagogy as the agency of teaching and learning? What do you think about radical relearning about how we interact with our environment? How can we learn from children? Stay tuned for the answers from Kelly Boucher! Interview with Kelly Boucher, a scholar, education consultant and breakthrough coach. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, pedagogy, radical relearning, the need to slow down, and many more. Kelly Boucher is an independent scholar, education c...
113R_Radical collaboration: flipping the paradigm on learning (research summary)
February 20, 2023 22:00 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBAre you interested in radical collaboration as an education form? Our summary today works with the chapter titled Radical collaboration: flipping the paradigm on learning from 2021 by Kelly Boucher, from the book titled Collaboration, visionaries share a new way of living. This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Kelly Boucher in episode 114. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to think otherwise of life and...
112R_Engaging with place – Foregrounding Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education (research summary)
February 13, 2023 22:00 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MBAre you interested in how to embed Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education regarding space? Our summary today works with the chapter titled Engaging with place – Foregrounding Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education from 2017 by Catherine Hamm and Kelly Boucher, from the book titled Found in Translation: Connecting reconceptualist thinking with early childhood education practices. This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Kelly Boucher in epis...
111I_Dave Hakkens, an industrial designer, inventor and an overall pioneer
February 08, 2023 22:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MBAre you interested in sustainable living? What do you think about creating settlements from the ground up? How can a city be overwhelming and impressive? Interview Dave Hakkens, an industrial designer, inventor and an overall pioneer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, decentralisation, sustainable living options and research, and many more. Dave Hakkens is a Dutch industrial designer. He gained fame with his two graduation projects: PhoneBloks, a concept for modular telep...
110R_Global survey of Precious Plastic Projects: A summary of findings (research summary)
February 06, 2023 22:00 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBAre you interested in plastic recycling and reuse? Our summary today works with the report titled Global survey of Precious Plastic Projects: A summary of findings from 2020 by Dr Wouter Spekkink, Dr Malte Rödl, and Professor Martin Charter, supported by the Precious Plastic Team and the Sustainable Consumption Institute of University of Manchester. Precious Plastic was a previous endeavour of our next interviewee, Dave Hakkens in episode 111. Since we are investigating the future of c...
109R_How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning (research summary)
January 30, 2023 22:00 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBAre you interested in how much sustainability substance is in urban visions? Our summary today works with the article titled How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning from 2015 by Beatrice John, Lauren Withycombe Keller, Armin Wiek, and Daniel J. Lang, published the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see whether visionary urban planning can help with economi...
108I_Dr Anthony Kent, economic geographer, researcher and educator
January 25, 2023 22:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBAre you interested in economic geography? What do you think about the political influence on cities? How can we put on environmental lenses on cities? Interview Dr Anthony Kent, economic geographer, researcher and educator. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, community empowerment, dependencies on political systems, dysfunctional dystopias, wealth generation machines, and many more. Anthony Kent is an economic geographer. He is Program Coordinator for the Sustainabilit...
107R_Planning the post-political city: exploring public participation in the contemporary Australian city (research summary)
January 23, 2023 22:00 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBAre you interested in how much the political system influences cities? Our summary today works with the article titled Planning the post-political city: exploring public participation in the contemporary Australian city from 2018 by Crystal Legacy, Nicole Cook, Dallas Rogers, and Kristian Ruming, published the Geographical Research journal. This is a great preparation for the discussion with the next interviewee, Dr Anthony Kent. Plus, since we are investigating the future of cities, I...
106R_Smart cities as a platform for technological and social innovation in productivitiy, sustainability, and livability: A conceptual framework (research summary)
January 16, 2023 22:00 - 10 minutes - 14.6 MBAre you interested in smart city as a platform for technological and social innovation? Our summary today works with the book chapter titled Smart cities as a platform for technological and social innovation in productivitiy, sustainability, and livability: A conceptual framework from 2021 by Hyung Min Kim, Soheil Sabri, and Anthony Kent, from the book titled Smart Cities for technological and social innovation, published by Elsevier. Anthony Kent will be the next interviewee on the podcas...
105I_Richard Morrison, Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC at AECOM
January 11, 2023 22:00 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBInterview with Richard Morrison, Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC at AECOM. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transport links as veins, urban renewal, and many more. With over 23 years industry experience, Richard Morrison leads AECOM’s Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC. A highly experienced Smart Cities advisor, Richard has led projects such as the Smart City Strategy for Bradfield, NSW’s Smart City; to Neom a Giga project in the Kingdom of Saudi...
104R_The story of NEOM city: opportunities and challenges (research summary)
January 09, 2023 22:00 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBAre you interested in city of NEOM and its history and future? Our summary today works with the book chapter titled The story of NEOM city: opportunities and challenges from 2019 by Alshimaa Aboelmakarem Farag, from the book titled New cities and community extensions in Egypt and the Middle East, published by Springer. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see one of the biggest new city developments and this is a great preparation for the ...
103R_A survey of environments and mechanisms for human-human stigmergy (research summary)
January 02, 2023 22:00 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBAre you interested in human stigmergy and how it works? Our summary today works with the article titled A survey of environments and mechanisms for human-human stigmergy from 2005 by H. Van Dyke Parunak, presented at the Second International Workshop of E4MAS in Utrecht. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see the schema to analyse stigmergy among humans. This article presents the examples and suggests how the use of stigmergy can be exte...
102_Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
December 28, 2022 22:00 - 1 minute - 1.47 MBToday would be an interview, but since it is 2022 Christmas time, I want to just wish you all relaxing holidays with or without celebrating Christmas, Merry Christmas if you do celebrate it, and a very Happy New Year! We will have many interesting topics to discover and further discuss in 2023. I am already preparing those episodes and I am very excited about what will come! In the meantime, if you need some food for thought check out the last research episode, No.101 about longtermism a...
101R_What we owe the future (book summary)
December 26, 2022 22:00 - 8 minutes - 11.5 MBAre you interested in what we owe the future? Summary of the book titled What we owe the future from 2022 by William MacAskill, based on my reading experience and other summaries. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see what future prospects are there for the really long run and how we can influence them. This book describes the unprecedented opportunities for humanity to influence the future and its numerous generations for the better or...
100P_So much research but where is the smart city? Panel discussion with previous interviewees
December 19, 2022 22:00 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBAre you interested in the different meanings and implementations for smart cities from different viewpoints? What do you think about the solutions smart cities could provide? How can we bridge the gap between the different approaches? This episode is the first panel discussion where I invited back previous interviewees to answer some questions together and let them discuss the different viewpoints. The panelists were Gavin Cotterill, Bridgette Engeler, Luke Housego, Daniel Prohasky, and Li...
099I_Noel Tighe, architect and associate director at Denton Corker Marshall
December 14, 2022 22:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBAre you interested in the citizen engagement in urban areas and its effects? What do you think about the need for updating our educational systems? How can professionals check their egos? Interview with Noel Tighe, architect and associate director at Denton Corker Marshall. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, the citizen’s role, educational reforms, giving back to the environment, and many more. Noel Tighe is an Associate Director at Denton Corker Marshall. Registered i...
098R_Building social capital: A learning agenda for the twenty-first century (research summary)
December 12, 2022 22:00 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MBAre you interested in how to create social capital for the 21st century? Our summary today works with the article titled Building social capital: A learning agenda for the twenty-first century from 1997 by Patricia A. Wilson, published in the Urban Studies journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to create the so many times required social capital – which will also be partially our topic with Noel Tighe, the next interviewee i...
097R_A multilevel method to assess and design the renovation and integration of smart cities (research summary)
December 05, 2022 22:00 - 11 minutes - 15.6 MBAre you interested in smart cities to enhance quality of life for urban inhabitants? Summary of the article titled A multilevel method to assess and design the renovation and integration of smart cities from 2015 by B. Mattoni, F. Gugliermetti, and F. Bisegna, published in the Sustainable Cities and Societies journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see a smart city approach which tries to be holistic but specific. This article presen...
096I_Chris Maher, an architect and city planner and the director and national portfolio leader for urban development at Hames Sharley
November 30, 2022 22:00 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBAre you interested in creating proper urban connections? What do you think is the architect’s job in the urban fabric? What kind of approach is needed for the future of cities? Interview with Chris Maher, an architect and city planner and the director and national portfolio leader for urban development at Hames Sharley. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban vital energy, distinct urban characteristics, and many more. The last 30 years has seen Chris Maher working in...
095R_Housing as a social determinant of health and wellbeing: developing an empirically-informed realist theoretical framework (research summary)
November 28, 2022 22:00 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MBAre you interested in social housing quality and its effects on the tenants’ life? Our summary today works with the article titled Housing as a social determinant of health and wellbeing: developing an empirically-informed realist theoretical framework from 2020 by Steve Rolfe, Lisa Garnham, Jon Godwin, Isobel Anderson, Pete Seaman, and Cam Donaldson, published in the BMC Public Health, which is part of Springer Nature. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would ...
094R_Defining smart city: A conceptual framework based on keyword analysis (research summary)
November 21, 2022 22:00 - 9 minutes - 13.8 MBAre you interested in the three main domains involved in smart cities? Our summary today works with the article titled Defining smart city: A conceptual framework based on keyword analysis from 2014 by Farnaz Mosannenzadeh and Daniele Vettorato, published in the Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see the smart city concepts’ keyword analysis and its results. This article presents the three m...
093I_Jeni Paay, professor of human-computer interaction design and the leader of Centre for Design Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology
November 16, 2022 22:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBAre you interested in interaction design? Do you think we have the knowledge to save the world? What is the purpose of academic research? Interview with Jeni Paay, professor of human-computer interaction design and the leader of Centre for Design Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, interaction design, the digital city and twins, the need for discovering uncomfortable truths, and many more. Professor Jeni Paay is a leadin...
092R_The city as an urban interaction design platform (book chapter summary)
November 14, 2022 22:00 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBAre you interested in the connection between interaction design and the city? Our summary today works with the book chapter titled The city as an urban interaction design platform from 2014 by Martin Brynskov, and the book’s title is Urban Interaction Design: Towards City Making. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how interaction design can be part of cities because we will talk about it in detail with the next interviewee, Professor ...
091R_The political premises of contemporary urban concepts: the global city, the sustainable city, the resilient city, the creative city, and the smart city (research summary)
November 07, 2022 22:00 - 13 minutes - 19.2 MBAre you interested in contemporary urban concepts, like sustainable and resilient city, and their political premises? Summary of the article titled The political premises of contemporary urban concepts: the global city, the sustainable city, the resilient city, the creative city, and the smart city from 2018 by Tali Hatuka, Issachar Rosen-Zvi, Michael Birnhack, Eran Toch, and Hadas Zur, published in the Planning Theory and Practice journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities...
090I_Matthew McCartney, professor of development economics and researcher at the Charter Cities Institute
November 02, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBInterview with Matthew McCartney, professor of development economics and researcher at the Charter Cities Institute. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, the pace of urbanisation, economic concepts in urban areas, intratrade in Africa, and many more. Professor Matthew McCartney spent twenty years as an academic at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London (2000-2011), and at the University of Oxford (2011-21). He has been a visiting Professor at Uni...
089R_African Railways could go bankrupt but this is not necessarily a bad thing & It will be the best of times, it will be worst of times: thinking about contemporary African railway mania (summary)
October 31, 2022 22:00 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MBAre you interested in Africa and its opportunities with railway? Summary of two blog posts titled: African Railways could go bankrupt but this is not necessarily a bad thing and It will be the best of times, it will be the worst of times: thinking about the contemporary African railway mania from 2022 by Matthew McCartney published on the Charter Cities Institute website. Matthew will be the next interviewee and this episode provides some background information on some topics we will disc...
088R_The costs ad benefits of environmental sustainability (research summary)
October 24, 2022 22:00 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MBAre you interested in sustainable solutions but unsure about their economic benefits? Summary of the article titled The costs ad benefits of environmental sustainability from 2021 by Paul Ekins and Dimitri Zenghelis, published in the Sustainability Science journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the sustainable solutions compare to their financial investments. This article presents that no conventional cost-benefit analysis i...
087I_Paul Brookbanks, principal landscape architect at Spiire
October 19, 2022 22:00 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBAre you interested in landscape architecture, its potential to tackle climate change, and how to connect regional and urban areas more? Interview with Paul Brookbanks, a principal landscape architect at spiire. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, landscape architecture, population increase and the resulting innovation, holistic views, and many more. Paul Brookbanks is an Australian design leader with extensive public and private sector experience in landscape architecture ...
086R_Advancing landscape sustainability science: theoretical foundation and synergies with innovation in methodology, design and application (research summary)
October 17, 2022 22:00 - 10 minutes - 15.1 MBAre you interested in landscape sustainability science and its application? Summary of the editorial article titled Advancing landscape sustainability science: theoretical foundation and synergies with innovation in methodology, design and application from 2020 by Chuan Liao, Jiangxiao Qiu, Bin Chen, Deliang Chen, Bojie Fu, Matei Georgescu, Bhunyang He, G. Darrel Jenerette, Xia Li, Xiaoyan Li, Xin Li, Bading Qiuying, Peijun Shi, and Janguo Wu, published in the Landscape Ecology journal. ...
085R_Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work (research summary)
October 10, 2022 22:00 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MBAre you interested in how the concept of stigmergy applies to human cooperation? Summary of the article titled Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work from 2012 by Lars Rune Christensen published in the Cognitive Systems Research journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the concept of stigmergy, the concept of coordination coming from the study of bugs translates to the study of humans. This article comp...
084I_Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org
October 06, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBInterview with Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org, architecture discovery platform that focuses on helping clients find the right designer through the contents of their work. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the urban representation of Maslow’s pyramid, democratised decision-making, and many more. Jacek Urbanowicz is a Melbourne-based, design technology specialist, registered architect with a decade of professional experience ...
083R_Operationalising a concept: The systematic review of composite indicator building for measuring community disaster resilience (research summary)
October 03, 2022 22:00 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBSummary of the article titled Operationalizing a concept: The systematic review of composite indicator building for measuring community disaster resilience from 2017 by A. Asadzadeh, T. Kötter, P. Salehi, and J. Birkmann, published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to build indicators for an overarching community disaster resilience assessment. This article introduces an ass...
084I_Trailer_084I_Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org
September 28, 2022 23:00 - 2 minutes - 4.11 MBTrailer to episode 084I for the interview with Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org, architecture discovery platform that focuses on helping clients find the right designer through the contents of their work. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the urban representation of Maslow’s pyramid, democratised decision-making, and many more.
082R_Beyond defining the smart city – Meeting top-down and bottom-up approaches in the middle (research summary)
September 26, 2022 23:00 - 12 minutes - 17 MBSummary of the article titled Beyond defining the smart city – Meeting top-down and bottom-up approaches in the middle from 2014 by Jonas Breuer, Nils Walravens, and Pieter Ballon, presented at the Eight International Conference INPUT 2014 titled Smart City – Planning for Energy, Transportation and Sustainability, and published in the Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see an investigation int...
081I_Nataly Arevalo, environmental designer, urban researcher, and lecturer
September 21, 2022 23:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MBInterview with Nataly Arevalo, an environmental designer, urban researcher, and lecturer. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, environmental behaviour research, human sensing and its effects of psychology, and many more. Nataly is a PhD in environmental designer, urban researcher, and lecturer. She applies evidence from environmental behaviour research into architecture and urban design. Her inspiration to pursue the field of environmental behaviour was inspired through her p...
080R_Functionality between the size and indicators of smart cities: A research challenge with policy implications (research summary)
September 19, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBSummary of the article titled Functionality between the size and indicators of smart cities: A research challenge with policy implications from 2018 by Kamila Borsekova, Samuel Koróny, Anna Vaňová, and Katarína Vitálišová, published in the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see an investigation into the connection between smart cities and city sizes. This article identifies the most significant indicators of smart cities th...
079B_#1 Birthday Special - summary of the WTF's first year
September 11, 2022 23:00 - 7 minutes - 10.9 MBThe celebration of the first year of the podcast! I would like to thank you all for joining me on this adventure. I am really grateful for your support. And I am especially thankful for my interviewees who took the time to appear on the podcast and share their ideas and insights. Stay tuned for a special announcement at the end of the episode! You can find the shownotes through this link and the transcript through this link. Head over to the wtf4cities.com website for more information, or...
078I_Ammon Beyerle, participatory architect, urban design theorist, and teacher
September 07, 2022 23:00 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBInterview with Ammon Beyerle, architect, urban designer, and lecturer. We talk about their vision for the future of cities, participatory design, the 3 ecologies, affordability, and many more. Ammon Beyerle is a practicing architect, urban designer, and academic with a speciality in participatory design. They recently completed a PhD in participation in architecture and urban design (2018); and have 18 years teaching experience across a broad range of design, theory and technical subjects ...
077R_Steering into the Skid – Arbitraging human and artificial intelligences to augment the design process (research summary)
September 05, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutes - 16.5 MBSummary of the article titled Steering into the Skid – Arbitraging human and artificial intelligences to augment the design process from 2020 by Geoff Kimm and Mark Burry, presented at the 40th Annual Conference of The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture and published in their proceedings Volume 1: Technical papers, keynote conversations. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how artificial intelligence can be noted as a...
076R_Smart innovative cities: The impact of smart city policies on urban innovation (research summary)
August 29, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 15.1 MBSummary of the article titled Smart innovative cities: The impact of smart city policies on urban innovation from 2018 by Andrea Caragliu and Chiara F. Del Bo, published in the Technological Forecasting & Social Change journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see whether smart city initiatives increase the likelihood of innovation in high-tech, ICT and technology with patent application. This article investigates European metropolitan a...