#52 SPECIAL - Ruben Hanssen: Why We Started An Academy

About this episode

Ruben Hanssen discusses the launch of The Aesthetic City Academy and its impact on urban design education.

In this special episode, Bart Urban interviews Ruben about the launch of their new course: The Aesthetic City Academy! They discuss: What the course is all about Who's it for (and who it isn't for) How it should help fill a gap in education, by teaching a about the timeless principles of good urban design The problems with current architectural education What we can expect from this course in the future and much, much more! Want access? Use promo code 'podcast10' to get 10% off! Click the following link for more information: https://aesthetic-city-academy.thinkific.com/products/courses/aesthetic-city-academy ======== For more information on The Aesthetic City, find our website on https://theaestheticcity.com/ Love what we do? Become a patron! With your help we can grow this platform even further, make more content and hopefully achieve real, lasting impact for more beautiful cities worldwide. Visit our Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/the_aesthetic_city?fan_landing=true Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@the_aesthetic_city Follow us on X: https://x.com/_Aesthetic_City Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.aesthetic.city/ Substack…

People in this episode

Host: Bart Urban

Guest: Ruben Hanssen

Topics covered

• urban design
• education
• architectural education
• course launch
• timeless principles
• Aesthetic City Academy

Keywords

• urban design
• education
• Aesthetic City Academy
• architectural education
• course
• timeless principles
• promo code

Sponsors

The Aesthetic City Academy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Aesthetic City Academy, The Aesthetic City, Patreon, YouTube, Substack

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