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Soft, wet, visceral. These are characteristics we definitely don't hear often about our built world. Antonio Torres, a co-founder of Bittertang Farm, enlights us with his architectural practice and how he brings pleasure and happiness into our spaces. Plenty of inspiration can be found in this episode of Student Architect.

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Antonio's Bio:

Antonio Torres is a Mexican-American artist, architect, and educator who explores expressions and sensations through various media and architecture. He co-founded The Bittertang Farm as a place to experiment with the physics, biology, behaviors, and emotions of our surroundings. He continues to create projects between his childhood home in rural Michoacan, Mexico, and the city of Chicago. He holds a Masters in Architecture from UCLA and has taught design and technology studios internationally.

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Architecture that is soft, plushy, foamy, visceral, or frothy. These are some qualities that aren't typically heard when describing most architecture. Antonio Torres is "a Mexican-American artist, architect, and educator who explores expressions and sensations through various media and architecture. He co-founded The Bittertang Farm as a place to experiment with the physics, biology, behaviors, and emotions of our surroundings." -Quoted from UIC SOA description.

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When we talk about architecture, we tend to focus on anything that's built or buildable, but in my conversation with Jayne Kelley, visiting assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an experienced writer, we explore the connections between writing, the making of books, and architecture. 

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10 episodes hit! Omar takes us into his world of architectural learning. In this episode, he describes why architecture shouldn't be looked at as a Math-Art hybrid and why using soap to build theories isn't simply a thought exercise, but can be turned into real, physical qualities. This episode takes a more personal approach to learning about architecture.

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"Is it Architecture?" is a new series of short videos focused on expanding the conversation about what architecture is. We'll look at items in culture and argue whether there are any architectural concepts included in the works.  

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Are skyscrapers all about extending retail space? In today's episode of Student Architect, we look at the history of the skyscraper and find some concepts which begin to change what a skyscraper is and can be. Omar takes his guest Danny Smetak, lead audio producer for Student Architect (@dannybashing on Instagram), on this journey through technological advancements, early skyscrapers, and some wild new concepts for the future.

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Are bricks just bricks. They've been so for thousands of years. First sun-dried mud and now mechanically reproduced clay (and others). But while the brick has not changed in both the world and in our minds, Omar shows his two guests, Ronnie and Matt, how this old building material has seen some unique innovation in its use in architecture. Don't think linear brick walls, think curvy, asymmetrical, wall/ceiling/stairs. The brick, while humble, has been used in some of the most inspiring and limit-pushing buildings in the world. Join this episode of Student Architect where you'll learn just how creative you can get with a common brick.

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A short episode of the Student Architect podcast. Omar quickly dives into tech in architecture. But not the usual kind of tech, think of Augmented Reality and window solar panels. There's a lot of big tech moving into the industry. Also, we update the status of Student Architect and some new things coming to the platform.

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Omar dives deeper into the concepts relating to humans and nature through architecture. Finding projects that go beyond the status quo and engaging new thoughts on how we can expand our relationship to nature.

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