Internal Architecture
SYSTEMIC ISSUES ARE STRUCTURAL - HERE'S YOUR SLEDGEHAMMERA podcast for designers and architecturally curious humans who want to identify the invisible structures in their daily lives. What would you need to hear to be convinced that architecture is more than the buildings we see around us? What would it take for us as humans to confront and redesign the structure of our very own perspectives, beliefs, and conditioning as a means to creating systemic change. In this podcast we will see that our work is not only in the details of drawing, but in the details of our everyday life a...
FROM GOD COMPLEX TO GROUNDED | INTERDEPENDENCE & TREES
This episode starts off with a guided spatial exercise, followed by some quick and dirty architectural theory, followed by a case made for interdependence. Internal architecture bridges the internal and the external, exploring work that is both intimate and professional, abstract and practical. This episode is just the beginning to future conversations we will have on this topic in the future!
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"Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed" by James C. Scott (source of vernacular vs. official order concepts)"The Death and Life of...DEMOLISHING PERFECTIONISM & A CONVERSATION WITH DANAE FILPULA ANKNEY
For today's episode we have our very first guest Danae Filpula Ankney speaking about her experience in grad school, job search, and her current position in architecture. She shares grounded insight and reflection that will help listeners to step into a confident mindset and take ownership for their education and career. This isn't a story shared without the struggle and humanity of the process. This interview is followed by a Building Wisdom segment where we demolish perfectionism and understand it's relationship to white supremacy culture. It's experimental, honest, and definitely imperfect – which is exactly the point.
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INTRO TO INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE
In this very first episode, Cassandra Brown explores and introduces Internal Architecture. Emphasizing the importance of self-discovery, education outside of convention, our voice as designers, and the power of everyday conversations.
She sets the foundation for what it means to bring our full selves to practice and education in the field - to challenge existing narratives and use systems thinking to create active change in our daily lives.
