Prairie Design Lab

Prairie Design Lab

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Prairie Design Lab episodes

  • Episode 30: Half

    Accord­ing to cli­mate sci­en­tists the plan­et has until 2030 to cut car­bon diox­ide emis­sions in half. Win­nipeg-born Kel­ly Alvarez Doran is a world leader on cli­mate-pos­i­tive design. He describes how to get car­bon out of architecture. 

    12 hr 30 min
  • Episode 29: Bisi

    Prairie Design Lab returns w/​Sea­son 2. In Episode 1 meet Win­nipeg-born Bisi Williams — The Chief Insights Offi­cer of the Chica­go-based Mas­sive Change Net­work & the part­ner of Bruce Mau. Find out why this expan­sive thinker calls her­self ​“archi­tec­ture & design adja­cent”, a ​“Prairie chau­vin­ist” & a ​“Win­nip­i­geon”.

    12 hr 30 min
  • Episode 16: Supportive (rebroadcast from February 3, 2021)
    People with disabilities often face challenges in accessing resources and funding to pay for their housing and care. We explore what it takes to create housing to support them in their needs with Amie Gross (NYC), and Emily Barber (U of M Interior Design Masters student) specializing in Supportive Housing.
    34 min
  • Episode 13: HOF (rebroadcast from January 13, 2021)
    You start out at a good architecture school in your hometown, but - you get restless. You want to experiment with learning & working in a different setting at a new school & workplace - far from home. Today on Prairie Design Lab, we talk with three people who left for Hong Kong, Oslo & Frankfurt to do just that.
    34 min
  • Episode 12: Cold (rebroadcast from January 6, 2021)
    Cold enough for you? The classic Canadian winter question. We explore the creative impetus that cold weather provides to two Canadian international design festivals. We celebrate the success of Winnipeg's Warming Huts and Toronto's Winter Stations.
    34 min
  • Episode 11: Interiors (rebroadcast from December 16, 2020)
    With two world-class interior designers, we explore the fractious debate between interior design & interior decorating. We find out about the difference between LEED ratings for sustainability, building materials, energy efficiency, and the environment. We also discuss the new standard called WELL, which focuses on human sustainability. These topics and much more on Episode 11, "Interiors."
    12 hr 34 min
  • Episode 9: Clifford (rebroadcast from December 2, 2020)
    The story of an unexpected modernist who transformed Saskatchewan architecture. A Mennonite farm boy becomes, in his own words, not an architect but an "improver."Excerpt from Plywood World 1970[Source: Facebook - Our Lady of the Lake Chapel at Silton, Saskatchewan]
    12 hr 34 min

About Prairie Design Lab

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Prairie Design Lab (PDL) is a podcast on ideas, design, and culture, in collaboration with journalist Terry MacLeod. Each episode covers a range of conversations centered around local and global perspectives and is produced in conjunction with the lecture series at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Manitoba.