# Juhani Pallasmaa

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Jonathan Hale: Phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty and architecture.

In Season 2, Episode 15 A is for Architecture, I speak with architect and writer, Jonathan Hale, Professor of Architectural Theory at the University of Nottingham, about his 2017 book, Merleau-Ponty for Architects, published by Routledge as part of their Thinkers for Architects series. Merleau-Pont…

Juhani Pallasmaa: Architecture, time and the five senses.

In the 13th episode of  A is for Architecture’s third series, I spoke with the remarkable architect and writer, Juhani Pallasmaa, former professor of architecture and dean at the Helsinki University of Technology, now incorporated as Aalto University. Pallasmaa’s work has been of huge importance to…

Neelkanth Chhaya: Architectures of Indian modernity

Episode 29/3 of A is for Architecture is a conversation with Professor Neelkanth Chhaya, architect and scholar, and former Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmadabad, Gujarat. We discuss India, notions of modernism (and postmodernism) in postcolonial contexts, indigeneity and identity, an…

Make it Happen with Architect of Life, Mariel Murias

Send us Fan Mail Exploring the MUMA Method with Mariel Murias: Enhancing Your Home with Your SensesJoin us in this inspiring interview with Mariel Murias, architect, author, and creator of the MUMA method.  Mariel talks about her new book 'The Multisensory Home'   Discover how Mariel utilises the f…

Prof. Tidwell: Why CLT might not be the best solution for California

This episode is sponsored by Evergreen Privatstiftung. Check out the Evergreen Prize here with a chance to win € 300.000,-In this episode of the WoodCAST: Assistant Professor Philip Tidwell from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a registered architect in Finland and has practiced profes…

The Mythic Imagination with Juhani Pallasmaa

In this inaugural episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Juhani Pallasmaa, who is perhaps the most influential architectural thinker of our time. His longstanding insistence on designing for all of the senses, his celebration of the genius of the human hand, and the importance of the mythica…

Lina Ghotmeh on Ruin and Regeneration in Architecture

Through her “archaeology of the future” design approach, the Lebanese-born, Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh has firmly established herself as a humanist who brings a profound awareness of past, present, and presence to all that she does. In the two decades since winning her breakthrough commissi…

Kenneth Frampton (Part 2)

In part 2 of Kenneth Frampton’s Scaffold interview, we focus on his own experiences - from his early desire to become a farmer, and the long hesitation that kept him from starting a family, and his regrets around leaving architectural practice for a life of writing.  These biographical threads are …

Architecture Beyond the Eyes

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In this episode, Lyssia sits down with architect, educator, and author Juhani Pallasmaa to talk about the sensory experience of architecture and why we experience buildings with our entire body, not just our eyes. The conversation explores how modern architecture became overly focused on vision and…

Season 1 Rewind, Part 2: Home and Memory

In this special Season One Rewind episode, Lyssia revisits some of the most memorable conversations from Room to Think to explore the connection between home, memory, and identity. Featuring Juhani Pallasmaa, Shavonda Gardner, Amber Dunford, Adam Trest, Miriam Carpenter, Maggie Wilkerson, Emily Cam…