{"620613":{"#nid":"620613","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Podcast Series on Redesigning Cities Officially Launches","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E in Atlanta, Georgia is pleased to announce the launch of videos and podcasts from its popular lecture series, \u003Cem\u003EREDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E. Through various topics, each lecture addresses issues in urban design by asking, \u0026quot;How should existing cities and their systems be redesigned to address 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E Century challenges?\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/ellen-dunham-jones\u0022\u003EEllen Dunham-Jones\u003C\/a\u003E, Director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/master-science-urban-design\u0022\u003EMaster of Science in Urban Design\u003C\/a\u003E program, brings together a pair of leading experts to address specific challenges including equity, money, social capital, climate change, outdated infrastructure, and disruptive technologies. The brief videos feature a presentation by one of the speakers, while the extended podcasts capture the conversation between the two experts. Podcasts and videos can be accessed on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/redesigning-cities-speedwell-foundation-talks-georgia\/id1459000382\u0022\u003EiTunes\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcinwlx3gsrQIi1ig47y4AQ\u0022\u003EYouTube\u003C\/a\u003E and other popular platforms as well as through the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/redesigning-cities-speedwell-foundation-talks-georgia-tech-0\u0022\u003ERedesigning Cities website\u003C\/a\u003E. Follow the series on Twitter \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedesignCities\u0022\u003E@RedesignCities\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe series provides insights and up-to-date thinking about the future of cities. In Episode One, \u003Cem\u003ERedesigning Cities with Autonomous Vehicles\u003C\/em\u003E, Jeff Tumlin of Nelson Nygaard and Harriet Tregoning of New Urban Mobilities (NUMO) point out how autonomy does not change everything that good designers are already doing to make cities more multi-modal. In a following episode, \u003Cem\u003ERedesigning Cities for the Collaborative Economy\u003C\/em\u003E, Gabe Klein described how he was able to quickly install bike lanes as Transportation Commissioner for Washington DC and Chicago. However, Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar, warned that adding bike lanes and transit alone will not\u0026nbsp; ward off climate change. The speed of change through collaborative platforms such as AirBnb and Lyft hold the only solution to systemic issues like climate change since they more easily capitalize on excess capacity and rapid scaling-up.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Episode Two, June Williamson of The City College of New York and Allison Arieff of SPUR and author of \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times \u003C\/em\u003EBy Design column pointed out that efforts to capture excess capacity must include attention to retrofitting suburbia, too. Noted planner Peter Calthorpe distinguished three types of sprawl around the globe as the principal targets in his discussion of \u003Cem\u003ERetrofitting Cities Against Climate Change\u003C\/em\u003E with Rob Kunzig, senior editor at \u003Cem\u003ENational Geographic.\u003C\/em\u003E The concept of the necessity of different solutions for different places was both reinforced and disputed in Episode Three\u0026rsquo;s fascinating comparison of Detroit and New York City\u0026rsquo;s efforts to redesign urban parks as social infrastructure by Maurice Cox, Planning Commissioner of Detroit, and Mitchell Silver, Parks and Recreation Commissioner of New York.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStill forthcoming is Episode Six, \u003Cem\u003EGentrification without Displacement?\u003C\/em\u003E with Joseph P. Riley and Jess Zimbabwe. This final lecture of the series\u0026rsquo; inaugural season will take place on Wednesday, April 24 at the Historic Academy of Medicine beginning at 6 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDunham-Jones says \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s been fascinating to listen to two experts have informed, speculative, and candid conversations on such a wide variety of urban topics. I\u0026rsquo;m delighted that thanks to the Speedwell Foundation we can share the videos and podcasts with the world. It\u0026rsquo;s time for all of us to think more about redesigning cities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia is pleased to announce the launch of videos and podcasts from its popular lecture series, \u003Cem\u003EREDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Redesigning Cities Lecture Series podcast and videos are now available for streaming on iTunes, Soundcloud, Youtube, Google Play, TuneIn, and Stitcher  "}],"uid":"34569","created_gmt":"2019-04-18 13:31:44","changed_gmt":"2019-04-18 16:04:32","author":"cwagster3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611963":{"id":"611963","type":"image","title":"REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1537910905","gmt_created":"2018-09-25 21:28:25","changed":"1537910905","gmt_changed":"2018-09-25 21:28:25","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232968","name":"RedesigningCities.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RedesigningCities.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RedesigningCities.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":75014,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/RedesigningCities.jpg?itok=TELQfcgY"}}},"media_ids":["611963"],"groups":[{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003ECarmen Wagster\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EMarketing and Events Coordinator\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology | School of Architecture\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:carmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecarmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["carmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}