AJ Climate Champions

Architects’ Journal

Brought to you by the Architects’ Journal. AJ sustainability editor Hattie Hartman and co-host Rachael Owens talk to changemakers and innovators who are transforming architecture by designing in ways that respect planetary boundaries. Show notes & more info here: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/podcasts

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AJ Climate Champions

Episodes (60)

Feb 26, 2025 Material Cultures' Summer Islam: ‘We start with a map of nearby materials and products’
Feb 12, 2025 ‘Retrofit is seen as really alienating. We’re trying to blow that apart’
Jan 29, 2025 Tara Gbolade: ‘It’s unsustainable for small practices not to upskill’

AJ Climate Champions

Feb 26, 2025
53½ minutes
49 MB

Episode 58. AJ Climate Champions with Hattie Hartman and Rachael Owens. Material Cultures co-founder Summer Islam explains how a regional ‘materials matrix’ informs the design process. ‘We imagine the future, rather than working within the present,' says Islam, describing the approach of design and research consultancy Material Cultures. ‘We speculate on the potential for woodlands to produce certain materials, even though today we import them from mainland Europe.’ Material Cultures, co-founded in 2019 with Paloma Gormley and George Masoud, advocates greater use of biobased materials in construction and bioregional material sourcing. Bioregional mapping involves in-depth re...

AJ Climate Champions

Material Cultures' Summer Islam: ‘We start with a map of nearby materials and products’

Architects’ Journal

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