Passive House Podcast

Matthew Cutler-Welsh, Zack Semke, Mary James, and Ilka Cassidy

Interviews with the leaders, practitioners, and change-makers in the global Passive House movement. A production of Passive House Accelerator.

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Passive House Podcast

Episodes (501)

Tuesday 279: Beyond Aesthetics: Kia Weatherspoon on Design Equity
Tue Mar 3rd 278: Exploring Insulation and Overheating Risks with Tavis Creswell-Wells
Feb 25th 277: Transforming Multifamily Housing: Lessons from Cycle Architecture + Planning

Passive House Podcast

Mar 10, 2026
43¾ minutes
38 MB

In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Mary James chats with Kia Weatherspoon, founder of Determined by Design. Weatherspoon describes how experiences visiting her brother in prison and creating privacy during Air Force deployments shaped her belief that spaces must be felt, not just seen. She explains her mission-driven focus on affordable housing and a design process rooted in ancestry, legacy, and identity, translating community narratives into specific material and layout decisions. The discussion emphasizes bringing interiors into the integrated design team early, pushing for healthier materials amid cost and pricing-transparency challenges, and streamlining specifications to maintain budgets...

Passive House Podcast

279: Beyond Aesthetics: Kia Weatherspoon on Design Equity

Matthew Cutler-Welsh, Zack Semke, Mary James, and Ilka Cassidy

00:00 -41:58