243. Nicholas de Monchaux (Originally aired 1/3/24)
About this episode
Jarrett Fuller interviews Nicholas de Monchaux about design, architecture education, and multidisciplinary practices.
We're taking the summer off and rebroadcasting some of our favorite episodes in the archives over the next few months. Today we're rebroadcasting our 2024 episode with Nicholas de Monchaux, who was recently appointed the new dean at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design. We'll be back with new episodes in September! — Nicholas de Monchaux is an architect, designer, and author. He is currently Professor and Head of Architecture at MIT. He is the author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo and Local Code: 3,659 Proposals about Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities. Until 2020, he was Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Chair in New Media at UC Berkeley. In this conversation, Jarrett and Nicholas talk about reframing our definitions of design, what a contemporary architecture education could look like, and building a multidisciplinary practice. Links from this episode can be found at: https://scratchingthesurface.fm/243-nicholas-de-monchaux — We're continuing to publish new content on our Substack. Paid subscribers get bonus interviews every month. Sign up and support the show here: surfacepodcast.substack.com
People in this episode
Host: Jarrett Fuller
Guest: Nicholas de Monchaux
Topics covered
- architecture
- design education
- multidisciplinary practice
- urban design
- environmental design
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UC Berkeley, MIT
Books & works: Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, Local Code: 3,659 Proposals about Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities
More episodes of Scratching the Surface
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Scratching the Surface podcast page.