Hopecast is a series of five hopeful summer podcasts on how architecture can contribute to social change. In each episode, de Architect editor-in-chief Merel Pit and Nature of Hope curator Catherine Koekoek will speak with a guest from the design world about how their work fosters hopeful change and about the challenges and opportunities they encounter along the way. The Hopecast podcast series is a production of de Architect in collaboration with the Architecture Biennale Rotterdam.
All of the guests blend a social and societal perspective with a practical emphasis on sustainability and materiality in their work. The talks are inspired by the meetings that take place at the Practice Place during the IABR 2024 exhibition with the goal of building alliances for the transformation of the practice of architecture.
#1: – Everything Comes From Somewhere, with Floor Frings https://open.spotify.com/episode/79TjznfRWIISaPsFhCeQJu
‘Everything comes from somewhere’ is a quote by American researcher Kiel Moe, whose diagram of the material use of New York’s Seagram Building opens the exhibition. This phrase also serves as the motto for the architecture firm Werkstatt, winner of the Young Maaskant Prize 2021. Driven by a passion for making, experimenting, and collaborating, Werkstatt integrates social and material sustainability into their designs. For Floor, an ecological approach is multifaceted, increasingly rooted in a long-term connection with the environment and the knowledge it holds.
