Mark Gardner, a principal at Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects, joins the podcast to discuss designing across cultures, architecture as a social practice, and his non-traditional path to the field. He discusses some of his most formative projects and how what seemed like early setbacks actually turned into strengths once he began practicing.

Learning objectives:

1.    Discuss how understanding a different culture’s design practices and material preferences can lead to successful projects.

2.    Explain how Gardner’s years after architecture school informed his later work in positive ways.

3.    Describe the ways Gardner frames architecture through the lends of social issues.

4.    List some of the ways his Tanzania project transformed Gardner’s ways of thinking about form.