Fireside Chats with Empathic Futures Lab
Arts:Design
In this episode, we delve into some ideas for the future of the business of architecture. As technology and culture progress towards this world of shared experiences and minimal costs to distribution and manufacturing, how does the nature of space, and who runs space, change? Are architects and their businesses on the right side of history?
(resources discussed are linked below)
We start by introducing the topic through a Sidewalk Labs "Sidewalk Talks" event and what was discussed there. Christian then introduces us to this idea of Megaforms and how businesses like WeWork and Sidewalk Labs can be compared to megaforms discussed by past theorists like ArchiGram's plug in city. We then briefly discuss how Sidewalk Labs could make money.
Perhaps the biggest chunk of this episode then discusses how WeWork leverages inefficiencies in the architectural business model in terms of how architects don't leverage the information at their disposal as well as tech companies do. Architecture firms also integrate towards construction but can a case be made to instead integrate towards experience instead?
What other sources of experience can we leverage? WeWork is expanding greatly, Sidewalk Labs is pushing towards Smart Cities, and there are opportunities in Brand Stragegy. What is next?
Resources below:
Episode 34: Value Engineering w/ Alex Bahr
Episode 33: Dumb AI
Episode 32: Deep Dive on Heritage
Episode 31: The Many faces of Interfaces
Episode 30: [AR]chitecture
Episode 29: Mirror Worlds - or why the future is Green
Episode 28: Disconnecting - find your premium
Episode 27: What AirBnB's Backyard project might mean and other tangential topics
Episode 26: Digital Environments - Picnics or otherwise
Episode 25: Edges, Interfaces, the Formalization of the Digital
Episode 24: Big Bias, Big Data, Blockchain and other Topics
Episode 23: Why Media is so Broken (and other clickbaity titles)
Episode 22: Season 2 Kick-off Event
Episode 20: Trust Us, Reputation is the Future!
Episode 19: Why do we detail?
Episode 18: A Design Language
Episode 17: Re-Installing Architecture
Episode 16: What does Experience Mean?
Episode 15: Authenticity in Fiction
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