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![Interview with Sam Olshin FAIA: Placemaking for Communities]()
InterviewInterview with Sam Olshin FAIA: Placemaking for Communities
Interview with Sam Olshin FAIA: Placemaking for Communities In this new episode on the Ideal Spaces Podcast, co-hosts Flora and Ulrich unpack the topic ‘placemaking for communities’. They discuss with architect Sam Olshin FAIA, how architecture can be used to support and bridge the gap between different cultures, help people find joy in the everyday […]
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PodcastInterview with Ian Boyd: Shaping Better Places
Interview with Ian Boyd: Shaping Better Places Have we become too attuned to accepting throwaway, meaningless places and spaces that don’t really meet our needs? And have we been programmed to believe that a neat place is a good place, a tidy place is a healthy place, and a pristine clean surface is a sign […]
![Interview with Andreas Hofer: Building for the Future]()
Interview with Andreas Hofer: Building for the Future
Interview with Andreas Hofer: Building for the Future In this new episode – the first of our 2023 series – Flora interviews Andreas Hofer, the Artistic Director of the International Building Exhibition or IBA’27, a company based in Stuttgart, Germany that provides advice, project support and networking opportunities to those interested in transforming cities and […]
![Interview with Tim Kaysers: Plants for the Future]()
InterviewInterview with Tim Kaysers: Plants for the Future
Interview with Tim Kaysers: Plants for the Future In the fight against heat, drought, forest fires and heavy rain, every little green counts. In this brand-new podcast interview, Flora and Ulrich talk to German landscape architect and author Tim Kaysers about his vision of a world that is made up of green cities: human and climate-friendly […]
![Interview with Romolo Del Deo: Making Art that Endures]()
InterviewInterview with Romolo Del Deo: Making Art that Endures
Interview with Romolo Del Deo: Making Art that Endures Flora and Ulrich talk to the acclaimed artist and master sculptor Romolo Del Deo about making art that stands the test of time. Taking a stand against the fast, momentary and disposable ‘now’ culture of the present, Romolo instead focuses on creating enduring, sustainable, ‘long art’ […]
![Interview with Tapan Chakravarty: Community, Culture and Climate]()
InterviewInterview with Tapan Chakravarty: Community, Culture and Climate
Interview with Tapan Chakravarty: Community, Culture and Climate Flora Loughridge speaks with Delhi-based architect, urban designer and educator Tapan Chakravarty about building with true community impact. Tapan describes how traditional, vernacular housing in rural India mirrors the characteristics of the local environment, climate and natural materials – and how the lifestyle of villagers and their […]
![Interview with Ed Finn: Algorithms, Imagination and Reality]()
InterviewInterview with Ed Finn: Algorithms, Imagination and Reality
Interview with Ed Finn: Algorithms, Imagination and Reality In this brand-new episode, Flora and Ulrich speak to Ed Finn about the complex world of algorithms. Ed tells us about the ever-increasing role that computational systems play in the 21st century. We discuss the threat that our increasingly technology-focused lifestyle poses to imagination and creativity, and […]
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PodcastExperiencing Space: The Gaming World
Experiencing Space: The Gaming World Flora Loughridge and Ulrich Gehmann welcome artist-game designer Chris Solarski onto the Ideal Spaces Podcast in this brand-new episode on Experiencing Space. We explore how Chris’s sensory design approach Interactive Empathy and Embodiment (IEE) to interactive media heightens the player-audience’s physical experience of gameplay, making them feel totally immersed in the […]
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PodcastArchitecture, Communities & Practice
Architecture, Communities & Practice In this episode, Flora Loughridge and Ulrich Gehmann welcome Manchester-based architect Jateen Lad onto the Ideal Spaces Podcast to explore how good, thoughtful design and ethical practice can be a force for social change. Jateen tells us how he set up his practice in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean […]
![Placemaking: Putting Poetry back into Architecture]()
PodcastPlacemaking: Putting Poetry back into Architecture
Placemaking: Putting Poetry back into Architecture In this episode, Flora Loughridge and Ulrich Gehmann welcome San Francisco architect John Marx onto the Ideal Spaces Podcast to explore the importance of emotional meaning in architecture. We discuss the role that architects play in bringing poetry and beauty to our daily interactions with buildings and urban spaces […]
![Interview with Greg Delaune: The Blue Economy]()
InterviewInterview with Greg Delaune: The Blue Economy
Interview with Greg Delaune: The Blue Economy In this episode, co-founder of Deep Blue Institute and expert in green, clean and smart cities Greg Delaune joins us on the Ideal Spaces Podcast to speak to us about the multi-scale regenerative marine infrastructure projects that Deep Blue Institute is leading in the Bayou region, Louisiana. Greg […]
![Interview with Filippo Romano: Documenting Cities, Architecture and Urban Dwellers]()
InterviewInterview with Filippo Romano: Documenting Cities, Architecture and Urban Dwellers
Interview with Filippo Romano: Documenting Cities, Architecture and Urban Dwellers In this episode, documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano joins podcast host Flora Loughridge to share his experiences capturing the devastating earthquake in Haiti for a photoreportage commissioned in 2010. He speaks of his ongoing interest in the relationship between architecture and communities, and the […]
![Interview with Khalid Kadir: Engineering Social Justice]()
InterviewInterview with Khalid Kadir: Engineering Social Justice
Interview with Khalid Kadir: Engineering Social Justice Podcast co-hosts Flora Loughridge and Ulrich Gehmann speak to Dr. Khalid Kadir, a Continuing Lecturer at UC Berkeley and recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley’s most prestigious honor for teaching. In this episode, we discuss the intersection of poverty, engineering expertise and politics, as well […]
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PodcastFunctional Spaces
Functional Spaces In Episode 3, the Ideal Spaces team is joined by Stan Allen, an architect and Professor of Architecture at Princeton. Stan holds degrees from Brown University, The Cooper Union and Princeton. In 1991 he established an independent practice, and since that time, has pursued parallel careers as architect, educator and writer. He has […]
![Interview with Professor Andy Jones: Urban Parks]()
InterviewInterview with Professor Andy Jones: Urban Parks
Interview with Professor Andy Jones: Urban Parks Flora Loughridge and Ulrich Gehmann are joined by Andy Jones, Professor in Public Health at UEA’s Norwich Medical School. Andy’s primary research focus is on the environmental influences on population health. His core work explores the manner by which characteristics of the social and physical environments act to […]
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PodcastManaged Spaces
In Episode 2 of the Ideal Spaces podcast, we are joined by Professor Kean Birch, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change as well as Graduate Program Director of the Science & Technology Studies Program at York University, Canada.
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PodcastNotions of Space
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Ideal Spaces podcast. Flora Loughridge is joined by the founder of Ideal Spaces Working Group, Ulrich Gehmann, and Michael Johannson.
![Interview with Ulrich Gehmann and Matthias Bühler]()
InterviewInterview with Ulrich Gehmann and Matthias Bühler
Matthias Bühler and Ulrich Gehmann gave an interview on Ideal Spaces and the city at the Shaping the City conference in Venice, October 2018. It was recorded in-situ, which explains the background noise in this recording. The topics discussed are of prime interest, particularly today, as cities begin to move away from their traditional status as city and instead become amorphous, […]
News and Events
Upcoming news and events from the Ideal Spaces team and network.
![Workshop Community and the Natural City]()
Workshop Community and the Natural City
Fri, Nov 03, 2023 | 12:00 amFri, Nov 03, 2023 | 12:00 amPalazzo Michiel, Venice, Italy (map)![Frankfurt book fair]()
Frankfurt book fair
Wed, Oct 18, 2023 | 2:00 pmSun, Oct 22, 2023 | 8:00 pmFrankfurt book fair, Hall 3.1 , section J (map)![Symposium Natural City]()
![New Patterns of Prototyping]()
New Patterns of Prototyping
![Utopian Disruption Concept]()
Utopian Disruption Concept
![RODELLO ART 2023 – VII EDITION The exhibition]()
RODELLO ART 2023 – VII EDITION The exhibition
![The Climate-smart Näsby project]()
The Climate-smart Näsby project
![Wenn die gartenzwerge kaputt gehen]()
Wenn die gartenzwerge kaputt gehen
![Transdisciplinary Contributions]()
Transdisciplinary Contributions
Thu, Dec 22, 2022 | 3:30 pmThu, Dec 22, 2022 | 10:00 pm![Welt als ideales Artefakt]()
Welt als ideales Artefakt
![The Heavenly City and Paradise]()
The Heavenly City and Paradise
Wed, Aug 31, 2022 | 10:00 amThu, Sep 08, 2022 | 5:00 pm![The Fifth Landscape]()
The Fifth Landscape
![Citizen participation in urban development]()
Citizen participation in urban development
![UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe]()
UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe
Wed, May 04, 2022 | 9:00 pmThu, May 05, 2022 | 9:00 pm![Moving Art]()
Moving Art
Wed, May 04, 2022 | 9:00 pmThu, May 05, 2022 | 9:00 pm![Malmö 2021, Fotobiennal Utopia]()
Malmö 2021, Fotobiennal Utopia
Fri, Dec 17, 2021 | 12:00 amFri, Dec 31, 2021 | 12:00 amFor more information please click on the map link (map)![Resilience And Utopia]()
PresentationResilience And Utopia
Sat, May 22, 2021 | 9:30 amMon, Nov 22, 2021 | 5:30 pm![Resilience and Utopia]()
ExhibitionResilience and Utopia
Thu, Dec 02, 2021 | 7:00 pmSat, Jan 30, 2021 | 10:00 pm![Community and Concepts of Resilience : Conditions and contexts]()
WorkshopCommunity and Concepts of Resilience : Conditions and contexts
Wed, Oct 20, 2021 | 10:00 amWed, Oct 20, 2021 | 6:00 pmLink to the workshop video (map)![Shaping the City]()
WorkshopShaping the City
Fri, Oct 15, 2021 | 9:30 amSat, Oct 16, 2021 | 6:10 pm![TOWARDS 2050]()
WorkshopTOWARDS 2050
Tue, Sep 14, 2021 | 11:00 amTue, Sep 14, 2021 | 6:00 pm![De-Sign environment Landscape city: RESILIENT COMMUNITIES]()
PresentationDe-Sign environment Landscape city: RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Sun, May 30, 2021 | 9:30 amSun, May 30, 2021 | 5:30 pm![The ideas of “crystal” architecture and their implementation: projects by W. Hablik, F. L. Wright, B. Fuller and A.Neumann. Leonova, Yulia]()
PresentationThe ideas of “crystal” architecture and their implementation: projects by W. Hablik, F. L. Wright, B. Fuller and A.Neumann. Leonova, Yulia
Mon, Apr 26, 2021 | 12:00 amWed, Apr 28, 2021 | 12:00 am![TALK ON FRANK BOWLING, FLORA LOUGHRIDGE. TATE GUIDES INDEPENDENT ART GROUP, TATE MODERN, LONDON]()
PresentationTALK ON FRANK BOWLING, FLORA LOUGHRIDGE. TATE GUIDES INDEPENDENT ART GROUP, TATE MODERN, LONDON
Wed, Apr 14, 2021 | 7:00 pmWed, Apr 14, 2021 | 8:00 pm![Radio Antidoto, Ideal Cities, Italo Calvino]()
InterviewRadio Antidoto, Ideal Cities, Italo Calvino
Tue, Jan 26, 2021 | 8:00 pmTue, Jan 26, 2021 | 9:00 pm![Tel Aviv and rehovot: a new research by Yulia Leonova]()
ExhibitionTel Aviv and rehovot: a new research by Yulia Leonova
Tue, Mar 03, 2020 | 5:54 amWed, Mar 03, 2021 | 9:05 amTel Aviv, IL (map)
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