World Architecture Festival Podcast

Talk Architecture - Episode 1

Talk Architecture is a Podcast and video series brought to you by World Architecture Festival.

Hear from WAF's Programme Director and Curators Paul Finch and Jeremy Melvin as they discuss building visits, architectural commentary and book and exhibition reviews.

World Architecture Festival 2023 will take place in Singapore from the 29 November - 1 December.

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INSIDE Podcast: Transformed By Light

Ross Lovegrove, a designer and visionary whose work is considered to be at the very apex of stimulating a profound change in the physicality of our three dimensional world, will discuss his design philosophies, experience with OLED light and possibilities as an architectural medium in the future.

Ross Lovegrove, Principal, Lovegrove Studio
Chair: Nigel Coates, Principal, Nigel Coates Studio
Sponsored by LG Display

INSIDE Podcast: Adapting The Existing

Adapting the existing

• How to turn a prison into a hotel and a ammunitions storage hall into a restaurant
• What are the main challenges when re-purposing a space and how can these be overcome?
• Is there anything the original designers could have done differently to aid the conversion if they had known the space would see a change of use
• What types of spaces are the most challenging in respect of flexibility and adaptability?

Joyce Wang, Principal, Wang
Almut Grüntuch-Ernst, Principal, Grüntuch-Ernst Architekten
Chair: Nigel Coates, Principal, Nigel Coates Studio

INSIDE Podcast: Brand and experience design - combining temporary and permanent

Brand and experience design - combining temporary and permanent

• How to blend the ephemeral element of experience design with the more permanent design of retail and brand interiors
• Considering the digital experience as a connecting factor between a temporary brand experience and the permanent
• What strategies can be adopted to give a retail interior flexibility as well as increased longevity when often they have a limited life span?
• Digital and physical storytelling for brands: the extended role of the designer

​Philip Handford, Principal, Campaign
Chair: Edgar Gonzalez, Director Bachelor in Design, IE School of Architecture and Design, EGD Edgar Gonzalez Design

INSIDE Podcast: Public vs Private - A New Balance

Public vs private - a new balance

• How are the boundaries changing between personal and public space across a range of settings?
• Balancing intimacy, privacy and openness across collective and individual space
• Interpreting the approach to public space in the past for the rituals of today
• How can lighting, furniture and spatial planning provide maximum flexibility of use?​

Seyhan Özdemir, Principal, Autoban
Edgar Gonzalez, Director Bachelor in Design, IE School of Architecture and Design, EGD Edgar Gonzalez Design
Chair: Nigel Coates, Principal, Nigel Coates Studio

INSIDE Podcast: The Future: how is the way we live changing?

The Future: how is the way we live changing?

• How fluid will the interior spaces we inhabit need to be in order to respond?
• Global socio-economic political factors that will change the lifestyles we lead tomorrow
• How will the interior spaces we inhabit need to respond to changing lifestyles?
• Anticipating the impact of future technologies: designing with strategic foresight

Juergen Mayer H, Principal, J Mayer H Architecture Design Research
Ludwig Engel, futurologist and urbanist interdisciplinary in the fields of culture, science and economy 
Chair: Nigel Coates, Principal, Nigel Coates Studio

INSIDE Podcast: The Office Home

The office home 

• Designing for a workers community: spatial planning that accelerates community and opportunity
• Creating permeable spaces that are flexible yet specific enough to accommodate multiple functions of the new office
• Distilling the ethos of a start-up for large corporations
• Cultural hub, members club or office? The new generation of shared workspaces and their impact on office design

Paul Monaghan, Principal, AHMM
Chair: Edgar Gonzalez, Director Bachelor in Design, IE School of Architecture and Design, EGD Edgar Gonzalez Design

INSIDE Podcast: Preservation vs Modernity

Preservation vs modernity 

• How can existing buildings be sympathetically reinvented as new spaces which respond flexibly to the future requirements of occupiers
• Respecting the design, materials and form of the original building and its relationship to its context
• Meeting current standards on environmental sustainability without compromising the appearance of the original design
• Turning the constraints of original layouts into opportunities to create innovative spaces for a new generation of occupiers

Tim Bowder-Ridger, Senior Partner & CEO, Conran and Partners
Chair: Edgar Gonzalez, Director Bachelor in Design, IE School of Architecture and Design, EGD Edgar Gonzalez Design

WAF Podcast: Lyndon Neri

My kind of house

A 'household name' in architecture gives their take on the ideal house.

Lyndon Neri, Principal, Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Chair: Paul Finch, Director, World Architecture Festival

WAF Podcast: Jeanne Gang

Global housing update - Chicago

The Chicago architects that are changing the face of the city’s public housing.

Jeanne Gang, Principal, Studio Gang
Chair: Jeremy Melvin, Curator, World Architecture Festival