Still Alive in the Utopia / Dystopia

Dan and Greg return from podcast sabbatical to bring you tasty riffs and preview Unfrozen’s spring docket. You didn’t think you could get rid of us that easily, did you?

Intro/Outro: “I’m Alive,” by Electric Light Orchestra

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Discussed:

IIT MTBVU goes to Malaysia and Singapore

CTBUH 2023 Conference

Crescent City CA - site of a future megacity, and maybe tsunamis. A job for Climate Alpha

Vanity Fair - Horseshoe Theorists - network states, crypto communities

Economists believe architecture doesn’t matter

Trads vs mods

Human scale vs megaprojects - there are no natural norms of architecture

Singapore - the ultimate tabula rasa city:

Koolhaas, S, M, L, XL

The 7 peaks <> Devils Pool and Marina Bay Sands pool -- great, but you’ve got to see the employee dry cleaning operation at Marina Bay Sands

SIM City for Real

How do we disrupt Autodesk?

Who is the Carlos the Jackal behind Trump’s first policy proposal for 2024 campaign: Freedom Cities! With EVTOLS! = Bioshock Infinite

University of Notre Dame vs. a supertrad grad

Threatcasting and Micro-targeting with the Secret Service

Next up:

Nick Kaufmann, Spectra Cities and Andreea Ion Cojacaru, Numena

Peter Apps, “Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen”

The MCHAP 

…and Venice Architecture Biennale - countdown to May

…tying it back to the Chicago Architecture Biennial