World Architecture Festival Podcast

Housing and luxury – comparative trends
Maria Warner Wong,Principal, Wow Architects and Warner Wong Design
Eric Parry, Principal, Eric Parry Architects

What do purchasers expect from individual luxury homes that differ from general market product? How can architects communicate their value to clients, in a sector where budget is a secondary concern?

Four practices introduce themselves in five minutes.
Salon Architecture
Amos Goldreich Architecture
Jacobs Yaniv Architects

Babin+Renaud

Chair: Paul Finch, Director, World Architecture Festival

Architect as instigator

Lars Krückeberg, Principal, Graft Architects 

How can architects address societal needs around the globe, using their skills to initiative help for people in need, rather than waiting for the next client? Whether acting as their own client or as advisors, how can professionals today advance the role of the architect as a way of actively nurturing the development of liveable spaces and environments for all? 

Housing And Density

Ole Scheeren, Principal, Buro Ole Scheeren

How can greater urban density improve housing situations for all sections of society? How can architects create mass-density housing solutions that appeal to European sensibilities, do not alienate occupiers and provide an alternative to the rise and rise of the urban slum? Are all three goals intrinsically linked?

Housing and cultural difference

Qutub Mandviwala, Mandviwala Qutub & Associates

Which has more influence in terms of social outcomes, housing design or management? Can the way housing is designed or managed facilitate desired outcomes or bring together different social groups? How could this be achieved and what impact would this have for clients, occupiers and society at large?

Housing and the urban block
Coren Sharples, Principal, SHOP Architects
Morten Schmidt, Principal, Schmidt Hammer Lassen

How can architects use their influence to ensure housing is woven into the urban fabric where it sits, creating communities or ‘urban villages’? What services, infrastructure and other considerations are required for the design of housing which recognises occupiers’ need for connectivity and a sense of place?

Housing, energy and construction
Silja Tillner, Principal, Architekten Tillner & Willinger
​James Pickard, Principal, Cartwright Pickard 

How do you pitch, procure, and build housing with 0% or even negative energy use? How can you demonstrate that the development of cost-effective designs of components, construction systems and processes can add value for both occupier and client, through building performance evaluation, intelligence and data?

Global housing update - India

Understanding the changing face of Indian housing

The triumph of density

Driving for quality across income groups

Wong Chiu Man, Principal, Wow Architects
Chair: Jeremy Melvin, Curator, World Architecture Festival

Housing and longevity – the new aging
Matthias Hollwich, Principal, Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) 

Empowerment communities’ provide scalable support to inhabitants, enabling cradle-to-grave housing. Are occupiers and clients ready to take on board new approaches and housing typologies?

Reflections on the continued reconstruction of Berlin from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present day with Hubertus Siegert, filmmaker behind the acclaimed 2001 film Berlin Babylon.