Architectural Democracy

Architectural Democracy

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Architectural Democracy episodes

  • #15 Henrik Ilvesmaki
    Henrik Ilvesmäki heads the architecture and consulting agency Studio Ilvesmäki and functions as partner and brand strategist in a sustainability focused startup company based in the US. He graduated as an architect from Aalto University and has since completed two post-professional master’s degrees in advanced architectural design and design thinking at Harvard University. Ilvesmäki works as an architect on multiple building projects and consults companies on the development of architectural trends. In addition to this, he teaches design thinking at Aalto University.

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    50 min
  • #14 Fabian Dembski
    A talk with Fabian, a Professor of Digital Participatory City Planning at Tallinn University of Technology, Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies, Estonia.

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    50 min
  • #13 Kaisa Schmidt-Thome
    Kaisa is a leading Researcher at Demos Helsinki on sustainability transitions and social inclusion.

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    47 min
  • #12 Pedro Aibéo and Mark Linder
    The two members of Architectural Democracy discuss today with no guests, just both of them talking with each other! :-)

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    40 min
  • #11 Saija Hollmen

    The guest of this episode is Saija Hollmén, Professor of Practice in Humanitarian Architecture.

    Saija Hollmén’s research interests focus around architecture as a socio-cultural construction as well as interdisciplinary university pedagogy.

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    44 min
  • #10 Antti Kaski

    The guest of the tenth episode is Antti Kaski, the Ambassador of Finland to Colombia, Panama and the Dominican Republic. He is Head of Mission of the Embassy of Finland in Bogotá. The Embassy is also responsible for relations with Venezuela.

    Prior to his current position, Mr. Kaski served as the Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Finland Berlin (2017-2021) and as the Director for Policy Planning and Research in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (2013-2017). He has also served in Finland’s Embassy in Vienna, also covering relations to Slovakia and Slovenia, and in Finland’s Representations to the European Union in Brussels (EU external relations incl. as Deputy Representative to the Political and Security Committee) and to the United Nations in Vienna (UN Office on Drugs and Crime and arms control).

    From 2010 to 2013, he was Senior Research Fellow and Diplomatic Advisor at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. In Finland’s Foreign Ministry, Kaski also worked at the Security Policy Unit of the Political Department (EU security and defence policy, Nato and general security policy) and the Unit for Trade Policy of the Department for External Economic Relations (EU trade policy, trade and development).

    Kaski has a doctorate in International Politics (University of Turku, Finland). He has lectured and published inter alia on European security, global governance, and the EU. His hobbies include reading, hiking and playing the clarinet.

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    1 hr
  • #9 Mona Schalin

    The guest of this episode is Mona Margherita Schalin, a Finnish architect.

    Schalin studied architecture at the University of Technology and graduated in 1987. Schalin specializes in the design of demanding renovation projects and the protection of the built cultural environment. Schalin’s most famous work is the renovation of Käärmetalo (Mäkelänkatu 86) in Käpylä, Helsinki, of which she is the main designer. The renovation of Käärmetalo received the Finlandia Award for Architecture in 2018 , and was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award of the European Union in 2022.

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    1 hr 1 min
  • #8 Carlos Lamuela Orta
    The guest of this episode is the architect Carlos Lamuela Orta, a sustainable city expert doing doctoral research on urban mobility policy with a focus on spatial data analysis. His approach to long-term urban trends is based on more than ten years of experience in urban planning and city development consulting, combining multidisciplinary skills from degrees in design, business, and environmental policy.

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    1 hr 9 min
  • #7 Matti Kuittinen
    The guest of the seventh episode is Dr. Matti Kuittinen, professor of resource-efficient construction at Aalto University´s Department of Architecture. His scientific work focuses on climate change mitigation by bringing together architecture, engineering, and ecology. Dr. Kuittinen is also a senior specialist at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, where he develops policies for low-carbon construction and the circular economy. As an architect, he designs carbon-efficient buildings and humanitarian construction.

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    56 min
  • #6 What is Urban Economics?

    The guest in the sixth episode is Petr Suska and together with our hosts Pedro Aibeo and Mark Linder we will be talking about Urban Economics.

    Petr is a manager with 10+ years of experience and a demonstrated track record in working with cities and industrial partners, developing comprehensive urban digital strategies, leading international teams, project planning, and applied research with a focus on technology, digitalization, and innovations in cities. He holds a master’s degree in urban planning and economics with a sub-focus on applied strategy development from the London School of Economics. He is the Head of Section of Urban Economy Innovation from the Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart.

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    59 min

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