Vanessa Quirk is the producer and co-host of City of the Future, a podcast by Sidewalk Labs. She loves to report on, write, and edit stories about cities and design.
Episode 10: Responsive Architecture
“City of the Future” is a podcast that explores ideas and innovations that could transform cities. In this episode, hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk discuss the past, present, and future of responsive architecture with Sidewalk Labs’ director of public realm Jesse Shapins, engineer and microclimate expert Goncalo Pedro, Bubbletecture author Sharon Francis, and renowned architect Liz Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro.
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Episode 9: Affordable Electrification
“City of the Future” is a podcast that explores ideas and innovations that could transform cities. In this episode, hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk explore the future of electrification with Gretchen Bakke, author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future, and Sidewalk Labs’ director of sustainability Charlotte Matthews. The following is an edited transcript of the episode. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
Episode 8: Mobility on Demand
“City of the Future” is a podcast that explores ideas and innovations that could transform cities. In this episode, hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk discuss the future of mobility in cities. They speak to author Horace Dediu, Trimet’s Bibiana McHugh, MaaS Global CEO Sampo Hietanen, and Sidewalk Labs’ Associate Director for New Mobility Corinna Li. The following is an edited transcript of the episode. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
Episode 7: Stoa
“City of the Future” is a podcast that explores ideas and innovations that could transform cities. In this episode, hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk discuss the future of retail with author Mark Pilkington, social entrepreneur Sarah Filley, Sidewalk Labs’ Director of Development Carrie Jackson, and others. The following is an edited transcript of the episode. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
Episode 6: Affordability by design
“City of the Future” is a podcast that explores ideas and innovations that could transform cities. In this episode, hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk discuss the future of housing with Ori CEO Hasier Larrea, architect Eric Bunge, Starcity CEO Jon Dishotsky, Sidewalk Labs housing expert Annie Koo, and others. The following is an edited transcript of the episode.
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Introducing “City of the Future” — a Podcast from Sidewalk Labs
Each episode of City of the Future explores one idea or innovation that will transform cities.
The Lowdown on the Lowline, the World's First Underground Park ...
The Lowdown on the Lowline, the World's First Under...
Refugees Could ‘Save’ America’s Legacy Cities—Will We Let Them?
For America’s legacy cities, refugees would not only boost economies but enrich the lives of residents.
Funeral homes and the death industry are undergoing radical shifts ...
Funeral homes and the death industry are undergoing...
Is the Hood Museum Renovation Really as Bad as Critics Claim?
The Tod Williams Billie Tsien renovation of the Hood Museum has spurred considerable controversy. But does the proposal truly deserve the criticism it's inspired?
The architects building Toronto’s past into its future
The firm Lebel & Bouliane has become known for adaptive reuse projects — like the new Sidewalk Toronto workspace, “307” — that make history an integral part of their designs.
Community Colleges Are the Next Frontier for Bold Architecture
With major architecture firms getting involved, these formerly neglected institutions are having a design renaissance—and showing us how design could transform the American education system.
The architect and the college president were observing their brand-new facilities coming alive. It was the early autumn of 2016 and students were filing into the spacious day-lit atrium for the first time. The pair watched as a mother crossed the threshold, looked around, and started dancing. “This is the...
What will happen to you when you die will be very different as a millennial than a baby boomer: You might be turned in to soil — Quartz
What will happen to you when you die will be very d...