The Aesthetic City
Ruben Hanssen
How come our modern cities have become so hostile to humans, so ugly, car-oriented and grey? What is the solution to these problems - how can we return to a more human, beautiful and liveable city? In this podcast, host Ruben Hanssen interviews experts in the fields of architecture, urban planning and urban design to find out how we can improve our cities, our architecture and our streets, in order to create more friendly and beautiful places. The clock is ticking; valuable land is wasted on dreary developments while many beautiful, picturesque urban environments are at risk of being jarred forever by ugly buildings that don't belong there. There are better ways to build; let's explore how!
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Mar 25, 2022 • 1h 11min
#2 - Mieke Bosse, Scala Architecten: The fundamentals of building, traditional building in the Netherlands, housing, education
Mieke Bosse is an experienced architect at Scala Architecten, a traditional architecture firm based in The Hague, the Netherlands. With her firm she has created many projects that fit in their environment and are embraced by local residents and their new inhabitants alike. She is chair of INTBAU Nederland and has been a member of the exam committee of the Dutch architecture registry. Furthermore, Mieke was visiting professor at the University of Minnesota and teacher at the Engelsberg architecture summerschool.
In this episode, we talk about a wide range of topics, ranging from her vision on architecture in general, education, the housing shortage to the history of housing projects in the Netherlands.
Visit https://scala-architecten.nl/ for more information on Mieke's firm and their beautiful projects in the Netherlands.
Mar 10, 2022 • 50min
#1 - Flavio Diaz Miron: The urban planning discipline, education, beauty, modernism
Flavio Diaz Miron is a young urban planner based in La Paz, Mexico, with a background in political sciences. He did an internship at La Table Ronde d'Architecture in Brussels and is involved with INTBAU, aiming to set up the Mexican chapter of this organisation.
This is the first episode of The Aesthetic City Podcast, a podcast focused on the question: how do we improve our built environment to make it more suited to human wellbeing, more beautiful and pleasant? If you like this content, please consider to give us a favourable review on Apple Podcasts!
This episode was co-hosted by George Kerpestein of the blog CasualRealism: https://casualrealism.substack.com/
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