Creating Smart Buildings And Healthier Urban Environments, Ft. Winka Dubbeldam From Archi-Tectonics

Smart buildings and healthier urban environments are about more than technology. They involve sustainability, adaptive reuse, carbon, water, public space and the way people actually live in cities.

Stephen Drew speaks with Winka Dubbeldam of Archi-Tectonics about sustainable infrastructure, smart buildings, sponge city thinking, adaptive reuse, academia and how architects can design more resilient urban environments.

The conversation covers:

• How hybrid buildings can support more sustainable urban infrastructure
• Why sponge city thinking matters for future development
• How adaptive reuse can create new value from existing buildings
• What it takes to defend complex design ideas through delivery
• Why alternative routes into architecture can widen access to the profession

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Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to smart buildings and healthier cities
• 05:00 Hybrid stadiums, sponge city thinking and sustainable infrastructure
• 10:00 Reworking existing buildings and expanding within constraints
• 15:00 Careers, academia and finding a route through architecture
• 20:00 Defending design and turning complex ideas into built work
• 25:00 Buildings that absorb carbon and produce oxygen
• 30:00 Publishing, research and communicating design ideas
• 35:00 Apprenticeships, access and different routes into architecture
• 40:00 Archi-Tectonics, contact details and closing thoughts