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In episode 30 of Think Big Podcast, the first in season 2, I summarise some of my biggest learnings about housing affordability and its impact on the architecture and design profession.
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In this episode I discuss:
✨ What housing affordability is and why it matters
✨ The role architects and designs should play and the key things we can do
✨ Some interesting project examples
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Links
Architects Design Just 2% of All Houses – Why?
Example Projects My Architectural Philosophy - Bring the community into the process (Alejandro Aravena)
Designs for Carbon-Positive Affordable Housing
Somnium London
Cascina Merlata - C + S Architects , Milan
Opod - Cybertects, Hong Kong
Brink Tower - Mecanoo
Vocabulary
Expressions
All too often - too frequently We see this problem all too often.
follow suit - conform to another's actions.
making ends meet - earning just enough money to live on.
Phrasal Verbs
give up - stop making an effort and admit defeat
kick back - relax and enjoy yourself
built out - the growth, development, or expansion of something.
check out - inspect or look at
Key Content Vocabulary
inflation - a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
democratise (verb) - make (something) accessible to everyone.
hustle and bustle - (noun) - a large amount of activity and work, usually in noisy surroundings.
social housing (noun) - housing provided for low-income people or with particular needs by government agencies or non-profit organisations.
property ladder (noun) - a series of ascending stages by which people are perceived to progress as they can buy more expensive houses,
adequate (adj) - satisfactory / acceptable (sometimes bare minimum)
communal living spaces (noun) - shared living spaces
open-source design - the goal of the open-source architecture movement is to share architectural designs, drawings, 3D renderings, and documentation under open-source licenses so that anyone can use or modify them.
Read more about Open Source Sharing.
incremental (adj) - step by step or on a fixed scale
incrementally (adverb) regular increase on a scale
prototype - preliminary version
carbon positive - goes beyond achieving net-zero carbon emissions to create an environmental benefit by removing additional carbon dioxide.
cohesion - forming a united whole
price hike - increase in costs
cutting edge - the latest or most advanced stage in developing something.
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