In this episode I speak with soundscape researcher Edda Bild about the urban auditory experience, urban sounds, why they matter in an urban context and city strategies to manage it for better urban living.

In this episode I speak with June Williamson about retrofitting suburbia, designing suburban futures, and urban design strategies.

In this episode I speak with Walter Hood about Black landscapes matter, difference, sameness postcolonial, and cultural aspects of design.

In this episode I speak with urban designer Daniel Parolek about Missing middle housing, and the car-free urban housing project Culdesac.

In this episode I speak with Abby Ivory and Anna Dorn about Hack-A-House, a “hackathon” style competition for innovative solutions in housing affordability.

In this episode I speak with Landscape architect Hugo Bruley about Paris urban life, constraints and beauty, and the work of HBLA office.

This sound installation represents a collection of audio moments captured within and through the Tucson urban landscape. The collection archives a spatial momentum and proposes an alternative hymn professing what it means to exist, and to sense, in this city. Evoking a sense of place, this installation maps Tucson via the Sunlink streetcar, Tucson’s public transit infrastructure thus rendering audio from its sensorial intensities. Following the Tucson Sunlink streetcar is meant to impress upon visitors of this installation a sense of path. The audio will compress and decompress as the collected material collages and transitions from both day and night, as it speaks to the range of intensities offered to us by this urban landscape. In the presence of these sounds, one might encounter a resonant cadence rooted in Tucson’s urban imaginary. The sound bites collected represent Tucson through the lens of CAPLA’s Urban agency colloquium students. Athba Alradaan + Fatima Alzahraa Alsulaiman S M S, Graphic art. Tabitha Rodriguez, Text. Seunghu Kim + Eduardo Guerrero, Audio edition. Nathan P Morse + Alejandro Villasenor + Tabitha Rodriguez, Production. Eva Rose Serbin + Lauren Marie Hunter, Sundt Gallery. Irena Velickovic, Social media. Jack Thomas Schulman, Audio Path. Eduardo Guerrero M.U.D, Clare Robinson PhD, Beth Weinstein PhD, Instructors. The University of Arizona, School of Architecture, May 2023 #caplaurbandesign

In this episode I speak with associate professor David de la Peña PhD about Participatory design, grassroots urbanism, inclusion, suburbia, and community-based stewardship.

In this episode I speak with Professor Carlos Moreno about the 15-minute city and human centric urban life, both planning concepts embraced by the United Nations Habitat on their latest World Cities Report 2022.

In this episode I speak with architecture professor René Peralta, About Tijuana / San Diego border presence, daily life, and design. We also shared the reflections of the Border astronaut, his latest work.

In this episode I speak with urban economist Jenny Schuetz PhD, about housing policy, housing affordability, and Fixer-Upper, How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems, her latest book.

In this episode I speak with urban designer Stefan Al PhD, about new sustainable materials, operational energy and life cycle analysis, mass timber buildings and his book Supertall.

In this episode I speak with urban mobility researcher Meredith Glaser PhD, about Urban mobility, policy transfer, and human-scaled accessibility.

In this episode I speak with architect David Basulto, reflecting about the future and history of ArchDaily, the role of the architect on digital platforms and communities, the concept of trans-architect, and about the experience of curating an exhibition for the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

In this episode I speak with assistant professor Ana Martínez, Ph.D, about the dynamics of contested spaces, the power of collective memory in urban performance and the significance of the Zócalo, the central square in Mexico City.

Urban Soundscapes Exhibition, and audio-visual experience in the Sundt Gallery, U Arizona, Featuring sounds from Tucson, Barcelona, and New York.

In this episode I speak with urban planner Alamira Reem Al Hashimi, Ph.D, who wrote the urban history of Abu Dhabi, coming to the conclusion that while much still needs to be done, Abu Dhabi’s progress towards becoming a global and sustainable city provides lessons for other cities. We also had a reflection about modern heritage preservation in the UAE. Alamira Reem is the first Emirati woman to be awarded a PhD in planning.

In this episode I speak with architect Cruz Garcia part of WAI Think Tank, about the Post-colonial method, the Loudreaders education series, the alternative art space Intelligentsia Gallery 智先画廊 in Beijing, and their recently released manual of Anti-Racist architecture education.

In this episode I speak with urban planner and policy expert Shane Phillips who advocates for an affordable city with concepts like supply, stability and subsidy and reflects about affordability, renting and ownership.

In this episode I speak with urban climatologist Ariane Middel, Ph.D, exploring thermal comfort, urban shade for pedestrians, and human-climate interactions in cities.