In our final episode of the season, we explore the UK housing crisis, its causes and potential solutions for the future.  We are currently in a cost of living crisis with renting and renters’ rights particularly precarious in the UK. The number of people sleeping rough is higher than pre-pandemic and many are experiencing homelessness for the first time. A huge part of this problem is the housing market and how it operates.  Join us for our final episode of the season, where host and Bartlett Dean Christoph Lindner speaks to two guests to talk about the housing system and potential a ..read more

In this episode we speak to two researchers about their work on the local and global protest movement in India, based on their project Transnational Infrastructures of Resistance:  Dr Ufaque Paiker, Ashoka University and PhD in Modern Indian History from the Jawaharlal Nehru University  Dr Raktim Ray, lecturer and joint program leader at The Development Planning Unit  They share their research and expertise on the changing shape of modern protest movements and transnational solidarity, and how activism can cross communities and borders.   For more informati ..read more

In this episode we speak to two researchers about their work on the local and global protest movement in India, based on their project Transnational Infrastructures of Resistance:  Dr Ufaque Paiker, Ashoka University and PhD in Modern Indian History from the Jawaharlal Nehru University  Dr Raktim Ray, lecturer and joint program leader at The Development Planning Unit  They share their research and expertise on the changing shape of modern protest movements and transnational solidarity, and how activism can cross communities and borders.   For more informati ..read more

In this episode of Building Better, we spoke to two people within and outside of The Bartlett  about ‘queering space’: how we can build spaces that suit community needs and what queerness means in the context of design.  Our guests were:  Xan Xacobo Goetzee-Barral, third year student on the new MSci Architecture programme and an Urban Design Tutor at The Bartlett School of Planning  Holly Buckle, London-based Artist and the LGBTIQ+ Outreach Lead at The Outside Project   ‘Queering space’ is a theme that we touched on in our first ever episode of Building Better ..read more

This November, the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties of UNFCCC, or COP27, was hosted in Egypt. Throughout the conference, heads of state, ministers, climate activists and academics met to discuss and reach agreements on how to mitigate and prevent the impact of climate change. In this episode of Building Better, we spoke to two Bartlett faculty members about their experience of attending the conference and what it means for the built environment sector around the world: Lilia Caiado Coelho Beltrao Couto, PhD Candidate at the Institute for Sustainable Resources and Chapter Scientis ..read more

So far in this series, we’ve talked a lot about the limitations of space and how to make the built environment better, fairer, and more accessible to everyone and much of that conversation has centred around getting more voices involved in the design process, opening up architecture to a more diverse community.  Join host Christoph for episode five in conversation with The Bartlett's Senior Outreach Officer, Kemi Hassan, alongside Matthew Springett and Fiona MacDonald of Matt + Fiona, a social enterprise that gets young people involved in the development of their built environment an ..read more

We’re looking towards the light in episode four. We wanted to understand more about the thought processes behind lighting spaces and the considerations that need to be made when designing with light. With this in mind, we reached out to two experts on light from The UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering.  Join host Christoph for a fascinating discussion on the different kinds of light: from healthy light, safe light, indoor light, outdoor light, public light, all the way to the future of light with Dr Jemima Unwin Teji, lecturer and programme lead ..read more

In the second episode of season two, host Christoph speaks with two researchers at The Bartlett to think about buildings and how we can see society’s understanding of gender dynamics and imbalances of power reflected in them.  Join Maria Venegas Raba, an architectural historian, PhD student in transnational histories of Latin-American modernist architecture and lecturer (teaching) in the Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies BSc at The Bartlett School of Architecture and Dr Jos Boys, a senior lecturer in Environments for Learning in the Bartlett School of Sustainable Con ..read more

Is online space real space? Does it, should it and can it work in the same way and follow the same rules? This is a big question that couldn’t possibly be answered in one episode, so we thought we’d be a bit more specific and ask, what does, or should, an online classroom look like? Alongside two innovative educators from The Bartlett School of Architecture, host Christoph explores their personal experiences of teaching during the pandemic and ideas around how we might reinvent what a classroom looks like in the future. Join Elizabeth Dow, an Associate Profes ..read more

In the final episode of Building Better series one, we continue our exploration of the design considerations of tackling climate change. Last month, we discussed how we might heat our homes in the future. This month, we want to take a step back and consider things on a larger scale. Instead of talking about building the future, we’re going to be thinking about breaking things down. Join host Christoph alongside Professor Jacqueline Glass, Chair in Construction Management in the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, and Dr Rokia Raslan, an Associate Professor in the Bartlett School of En ..read more