A Pinch of Doubt

E16 - Talking with Aurgho Jyoti

Podcast: A Pinch of Doubt Episode: 16 Title: Talking with Aurgho Jyoti Host: Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, looking into issues (hopefully) critical to architecture and urbanism. Guest: Aurgho Jyoti is the Founder and Creative Director of AUR (Architecture Urbanism Research LLC), an international architecture practice operating out of New York and New Delhi. His work addresses the notion of time in architecture, creating interventions that provide 'spatial specificity' and 'temporal continuity. We discuss: architecture, urbanism, forming a practice significance, disciplinary boundaries, participatory urbanism, the Partition of India, the value of slowness, and beyond. Some images of projects being discussed can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPAw2MTMuI5/ For more information on Aurgho's work, go here: https://www.a-u-r.co/ Audio mastering and editing: FlomoNotio (Sri Lanka) Intro and exit music: Sampled from "The Church of the Transfiguration" by Roger Plexico (Track 4 of Album: No Man's Land) shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Logo design by Ujal Gorchu.

E15 - Talking with Kevin Reed

Podcast: A Pinch of Doubt Episode: 15 Title: Talking with Kevin Reed Host: Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, inquiring into topics critical to architecture and urbanism. Guest: Kevin Reed, Associate Professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, and Director of the Climate Extremes Modeling Group. We discuss: How he got into the realm of marine and atmospheric sciences; the world of academia and policy; the Climate Extremes Modeling Group and its current trajectory; the impact of climate change on extreme weather; the impact of intensified extreme weather on urban infrastructure (specifically stormwater); and the rising intrigue of working within disciplinary overlaps. Have a listen. Audio mastering and editing: FlomoNotio (Sri Lanka) Intro and exit music: Sampled from "The Church of the Transfiguration" by Roger Plexico (Track 4 of Album: No Man's Land) shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Logo design by Ujal Gorchu.

E14 - Talking with Marcela Aragüez

Podcast: A Pinch of Doubt Episode: 14 Title: Talking with Marcela Aragüez Host: Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, inquiring into topics critical to architecture and urbanism. Guest: Marcela Aragüez, Professor and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture, at IE School of Architecture and Design. We discuss: Cedric Price and his Potteries Thinkbelt project; flexibility and authorship; aesthetics and the notion of the neutral field; the nature of research; and beyond! Audio mastering and editing: FlomoNotio (Sri Lanka) Intro and exit music: Sampled from "The Church of the Transfiguration" by Roger Plexico (Track 4 of Album: No Man's Land) shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Logo design by Ujal Gorchu.

E13 - Talking with Senne van 't Hof from JUSTDIGGIT

Podcast: A Pinch of Doubt Episode: 13 Title: Talking with Senne van 't Hof from JUSTDIGGIT Host: Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, inquiring into topics critical to architecture and urbanism. Guest: Senne van 't Hof from JUSTDIGGIT. We discuss: The past, present, and future of Justdiggit. Bunds and the re-greening process. The intricacies of bottom-up projects, and the complexities of local networks/connections. The varying legacies of property ownership in Kenya and Tanzania, and their implications for such re-greening projects. The flexibility, accountability, and pace that is possible with finer-grain organizational structures. And beyond! Audio mastering and editing: FlomoNotio (Sri Lanka) Intro and exit music: Sampled from "The Church of the Transfiguration" by Roger Plexico (Track 4 of Album: No Man's Land) shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Logo design by Ujal Gorchu.

E12 - Talking with Will Smith

Podcast: A Pinch of Doubt Episode: 12 Title: Talking with Will Smith Host: Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, inquiring into topics critical to architecture and urbanism. Guest: Will Smith -- graduate of the GSD, as well as the University of Oregon Department of Architecture. We discuss: East Coast versus Pacific NW discourses in architecture. Discourses taking on form versus discourses taking on societal issues. The nature of dense rhetoric. The seemingly insular nature of architectural discourses across geographies. The modernist project, its schism, and its potential re-weaving today. Audio mastering and editing: FlomoNotio (Sri Lanka) Intro and exit music: Sampled from "The Church of the Transfiguration" by Roger Plexico (Track 4 of Album: No Man's Land) shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Logo design by Ujal Gorchu.