608. Soft city & Think Softer - David Sim

Urbanistica Podcast is collaborating with OYSTER26, the international landscape architecture seminar taking place at Filmhuset in Stockholm on 25 September 2026.In this introduction episode, Håkan Johnsson, Landscape Architect LAR/MSA at Topia Landskapsarkitekter AB, and Rosa Dan ...  Show more

Mustafa Sherif meets Julie Choi, founder of YongsanCats, who rescues street cats in Seoul.Julie shares how redevelopment and demolition affect animals already living in our cities, and how YongsanCats works to rescue, rehabilitate, foster, and rehome cats displaced by urban trans ...  Show more

We chat with Ekaterina Solomeina the founder of Future London Academy. Ekaterina challenges the traditional concept of University, a linear career path and how we learn. What happens when we move into the next phases of our career as we need to continue to learn, develop and g ...

This week David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design have a discussion about how schools can better prepare students for their careers and to tackle issues of equity, social justice, and climate change. The questions are from EQiA's (Equity in Architecture) 2023 Forum panel w ...  Show more

This episode is a conversation with Tara and Lanre of Gbolade Design Studio, sustainable architects and urban designers based in London. Reflecting on their 5 years in practice, we discuss a range of topics and projects including:City-shaping with masterplans and design codesRetr ...  Show more

With Adriana X. Jacobs (Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature), Kasia Szymanska (Junior Research Fellow in Slavonic Studies, University College), chaired by Kate Costello (DPhil candidate in Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature). In Michaelmas 2016 the OCCT Discussion Group will ...  Show more