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Zoning is more than permitted uses and petitions; it’s about making the livability of neighborhood blocks better for everyone. In this episode of the AEC podcast, we spoke to urban planner Olivia Jovine and Andrew Kalish, head of strategic partnerships at Localize.city, a New York-based artificial intelligence startup that provides multiple sets of real-time, complex data together in a usable app.
They shared a fascinating background on New York City zoning and how boroughs like Brooklyn have twice-evolved to create more affordable living and work space in an otherwise inhospitable New York real estate market. Apps like Localize.city bring an immense amount of data that is typically only available in user-unfriendly formats and puts it to good and easy use.
Zoning is more than permitted uses and petitions; it’s about making the livability of neighborhood blocks better for everyone. In this episode of the AEC podcast, we spoke to urban planner Olivia Jovine and Andrew Kalish, head of strategic partnerships at Localize.city, a New York-based artificial intelligence startup that provides multiple sets of real-time, complex data together in a usable app.
They shared a fascinating background on New York City zoning and how boroughs like Brooklyn have twice-evolved to create more affordable living and work space in an otherwise inhospitable New York real estate market. Apps like Localize.city bring an immense amount of data that is typically only available in user-unfriendly formats and puts it to good and easy use.
On today's podcast, Sean Heath had a chat with Masoud Akbarzadeh, an assistant professor of architecture in Structures and Advanced Technologies and the director of the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory (PSL) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design (PennDesign).
They discussed the history of geometrical concepts in architectural design (and how Antoni Gaudi applied this approach), the intuitive challenge of tools being based on analysis instead of actual design, the sociological perspectives that current students of design bring into the field, and the growing impact that environmental concerns will have on all future construction and how that can change the basic principles of design.
On today’s podcast, Sean Heath had a chat with Michael Adlerstein, former Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and recently retired Assistant Secretary General for the Renovation of the United Nations.
They discussed the awe that accompanies that type of project, the critical need to preserve a building’s original intent when restoring it, balancing the energy needs with the structural integrity, and what it feels like to be responsible for such historic places. (Sean might have gotten a little speechless. Seriously.)
With law makers across the nation loosening up cannabis laws, we’re beginning to see a rise in cannabis manufacturing and distribution plants. Michael Greenblatt, President of Surface Technology, Inc., joined us to talk about how he and his company are tackling flooring solutions for this soon-to-boom industry.
We also talked about why having the proper flooring solution is so necessary, and tested Michael’s on the spot knowledge flooring knowledge in a game of Greenblatt Flooring Advice.
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