Reshaped

In celebration of our 15th Anniversary, we have invited key thinkers and doers from the built environment to our new podcast series ‘Reshaped’. Each of the 15-minute episodes will answer questions that have been highlighted as a result of the many changes we encountered this year.

2020 has been a turning point in how we think about the built environment. The impact of pre-existing issues driving radical change has either been accelerated or revealed new issues that need fresh thinking.

“This year has been a challenging time that could turn out to be the threshold of a new era in urbanism and architecture. So we invited visionary people from our industry to talk about the issues we are all grappling with,” says Metwork co-founder and partner, Neil Deely.

“The response was remarkable with key figures such the Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz, RIBA President-Elect Simon Allford of AHMM, property developers Tom Bloxham of Urban Splash and Richard Meier of Stories, and leading social sustainability adviser Nicola Bacon of Social Life keen to make their voices heard, along with many other inspirational thinkers and innovators.”

The pandemic has opened a door to a new era:

The pandemic has opened a door to a new era:

Neil Deely, Co-Founder and Partner, architects and urban planners Metropolitan Workshop
Diversity and design:

Diversity and design:

Rokhsana Fiaz, Mayor of Newham
Ireland at a crossroads:

Ireland at a crossroads:

Michelle Norris, Professor of Social Policy, University College Dublin. She is also Chair of the Housing Finance Agency and a board member of the Land Development Agency
Social sustainability:

Social sustainability:

Nicola Bacon, co-founder of Social Life
Co-living or co-housing?

Co-living or co-housing?

Michael LaFond, co-developer of Berlin's Spreefeld and Community Land Trust
Place in our hearts:

Place in our hearts:

Mary Parsons, Chair of the Town & Country Planning Association
The 15-minute neighbourhood:

The 15-minute neighbourhood:

Paul Chatterton, Professor of Urban Futures, University of Leeds School of Geography
‘All that is solid melts into air’:

‘All that is solid melts into air’:

Abel Maciel, Architect and Senior Research Fellow, UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
People-powered:

People-powered:

Daisy Froud, strategist specialising in brief development, community engagement and participatory design
Addressing Dublin’s housing crisis:

Addressing Dublin’s housing crisis:

Jude Byrne, developer, CEO and founder of Ardú Project Developments
Walking back to happiness:

Walking back to happiness:

Peter Freeman, Co-Founder of developer Argent and Chair of Homes England
A Spitalfields Life:

A Spitalfields Life:

Suresh Singh's Tales of a Cockney Sikh
Planning the future:

Planning the future:

Simon Allford, Co-Founder of architects AHMM and RIBA President-Elect
Delivering what Irish people want:

Delivering what Irish people want:

Gary Gannon, Social Democrat TD for Dublin Central
Carbon economics:

Carbon economics:

Pooran Desai, chief executive officer, One Planet
Dublin’s fairer city:

Dublin’s fairer city:

Suzanne O'Connell, Landscape Architect, Parks Landscape Biodiversity Services, Dublin City Council and Co-Founder, The Decorators, London
For better, for worse?

For better, for worse?

Peter Bishop, Professor in Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London
Ethical developers:

Ethical developers:

Richard Meier of property developer Stories
Modern methods:

Modern methods:

Tom Bloxham, Chairman and Founder, Urban Splash