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How is the Rice Architecture department preparing its students for the difficult challenges of today and the unknown urban challenges of the future? What is a megalopolitan city and how should design choices shift when dealing with multiple city centers? How can architects affect car use in cities?
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This episode was recorded live at Rice University's Alumni Weekend, and features host David Mansouri conversing with Troy Schaum. Troy is an associate professor in architecture at Rice and principal architect at SCHAUM Architects.
Troy and host David Mansouri discuss architectural philosophy, Troy’s journey into the field, and his work on significant projects such as the White Oak Music Hall. Troy provides insights into the concept of post-megalopolitan cities and how it shapes his research and design work. Additionally, the episode highlights how climate change influences current architectural practices and how that is reflected in the evolving nature of Rice's architecture program.
Troy then takes questions from the live audience.
Episode Guide:
- 01:44 Troy's Journey Into Architecture
- 05:16 Exploring the Concept of Post-Megalopolitan City
- 10:59 Buildings That Catch Troy’s Eye
- 14:34 Impact of Climate Change on Architecture
- 19:29 Teaching the Next Generation of Architects at Rice
- 28:05 Rapid Fire Questions
- 30:06 Audience Q&A Session
- 39:06 Closing Remarks
Beyond The Hedges is a production of the Office of Alumni Relations at Rice University and is produced by University FM.
Show Links:- Rice Architecture
- Rice Alumni
- Association of Rice Alumni | Facebook
- Rice Alumni (@ricealumni) | X (Twitter)
- Association of Rice Alumni (@ricealumni) | Instagram
- David Mansouri | LinkedIn
- David Mansouri ’07 | Alumni | Rice University
- David Mansouri (@davemansouri) | X
- David Mansouri | TNScore
- Faculty Profile at Rice
- SCHAUMarchitects.com
How can we make Houston's diversity visible beyond outdated city models?
09:56: Houston people come here and they say, “Well, where can I go and walk around and just see what's going on?” And you can't do that in Houston in the same way you could in a lot of cities. And so, that's what I mean by representational problem. How do you make the city that does exist, that we know is this diverse, lively, engaged place? How do we make it visible so we can actually act on it in intelligent ways and not just try to replicate historical models that don't necessarily apply?
How Houston became a model for post-war car-centric urbanism
06:49: Houston is one of the paradigmatic cities, one of the paradigms of urbanism when it comes to thinking about the post-war city and how we organize our lives that essentially means around the car.
How totalization shapes architects at Rice
24:27: Graduate undergraduates would work together, and they would solve complex problems in very highly speculative but also highly technically resolved ways. And it was amazing; we won many awards for this and got a lot of attention for it. And maybe there's a book that compiled and published about this with our collaborators that looks at this, and that's kind of magic alchemy of architecture—the way in which all of these different decisions that seem to be playing out moment to moment and all the contingencies or decisions you make come together to form a kind of complete work. And each time, it's a little bit different, but you have to make students that aren't afraid of that, or make it so students feel comfortable engaging in that space of not knowing, knowing who they can ask, knowing how to formulate a question, knowing how to do their project when they're confronted with contingency that they haven't fully appreciated far along in the project.
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By The Association of Rice AlumniHow is the Rice Architecture department preparing its students for the difficult challenges of today and the unknown urban challenges of the future? What is a megalopolitan city and how should design choices shift when dealing with multiple city centers? How can architects affect car use in cities?
Let us know you’re listening by filling out this form. We will be sending listeners Beyond the Hedges Swag every month.
This episode was recorded live at Rice University's Alumni Weekend, and features host David Mansouri conversing with Troy Schaum. Troy is an associate professor in architecture at Rice and principal architect at SCHAUM Architects.
Troy and host David Mansouri discuss architectural philosophy, Troy’s journey into the field, and his work on significant projects such as the White Oak Music Hall. Troy provides insights into the concept of post-megalopolitan cities and how it shapes his research and design work. Additionally, the episode highlights how climate change influences current architectural practices and how that is reflected in the evolving nature of Rice's architecture program.
Troy then takes questions from the live audience.
Episode Guide:
- 01:44 Troy's Journey Into Architecture
- 05:16 Exploring the Concept of Post-Megalopolitan City
- 10:59 Buildings That Catch Troy’s Eye
- 14:34 Impact of Climate Change on Architecture
- 19:29 Teaching the Next Generation of Architects at Rice
- 28:05 Rapid Fire Questions
- 30:06 Audience Q&A Session
- 39:06 Closing Remarks
Beyond The Hedges is a production of the Office of Alumni Relations at Rice University and is produced by University FM.
Show Links:- Rice Architecture
- Rice Alumni
- Association of Rice Alumni | Facebook
- Rice Alumni (@ricealumni) | X (Twitter)
- Association of Rice Alumni (@ricealumni) | Instagram
- David Mansouri | LinkedIn
- David Mansouri ’07 | Alumni | Rice University
- David Mansouri (@davemansouri) | X
- David Mansouri | TNScore
- Faculty Profile at Rice
- SCHAUMarchitects.com
How can we make Houston's diversity visible beyond outdated city models?
09:56: Houston people come here and they say, “Well, where can I go and walk around and just see what's going on?” And you can't do that in Houston in the same way you could in a lot of cities. And so, that's what I mean by representational problem. How do you make the city that does exist, that we know is this diverse, lively, engaged place? How do we make it visible so we can actually act on it in intelligent ways and not just try to replicate historical models that don't necessarily apply?
How Houston became a model for post-war car-centric urbanism
06:49: Houston is one of the paradigmatic cities, one of the paradigms of urbanism when it comes to thinking about the post-war city and how we organize our lives that essentially means around the car.
How totalization shapes architects at Rice
24:27: Graduate undergraduates would work together, and they would solve complex problems in very highly speculative but also highly technically resolved ways. And it was amazing; we won many awards for this and got a lot of attention for it. And maybe there's a book that compiled and published about this with our collaborators that looks at this, and that's kind of magic alchemy of architecture—the way in which all of these different decisions that seem to be playing out moment to moment and all the contingencies or decisions you make come together to form a kind of complete work. And each time, it's a little bit different, but you have to make students that aren't afraid of that, or make it so students feel comfortable engaging in that space of not knowing, knowing who they can ask, knowing how to formulate a question, knowing how to do their project when they're confronted with contingency that they haven't fully appreciated far along in the project.