[Please note: This episode was recorded prior to the outbreak of COVID-19.]
In this episode, we talk about the work of architect, builder, and design theorist Christopher Alexander. Joining us are two of Alexander’s former students, Susan Ingham and Chris Andrews. They talk about their philosophy of architecture and their program, Building Beauty, which offers a post-graduate diploma in architecture based around Alexander's ideas. Check them out at buildingbeauty.org
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Susan Ingham is a licensed architect practicing in Seattle, Washington. Her firm, KASA Architecture, was founded in 2004 and specializes in residential design. The main focus of her work is to try to create environments with beauty where each building site is improved, and her clients can feel a deep sense of belonging in their homes. Susan obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied and worked intensively with Christopher Alexander and his colleagues. In 2017, Susan became a founding faculty member of the Building Beauty Program, a post-graduate architecture program located in Sorrento, Italy. Based on the principles expressed in Christopher Alexander’s The Nature of Order, the Building Beauty program is a hands-on approach to architecture that integrates the designing and making of things ranging in scale from individual ceramic tiles to garden structures, houses, streets and neighborhoods.
Christopher Robin Andrews is a licensed architect in the State of California. He serves on Oakland's Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board, and is an adjunct instructor at the University of San Francisco's Architecture & Community Design Program as well as a founding member of the Building Beauty faculty. With over 25 years of experience as an architect and urban designer, he brings an understanding of sustainable and culturally competent practice to the full range of environmental design, from the design of carpets and furniture, and architecture at all levels of scale, with a special focus on historic preservation and town planning.
[Please note: This episode was recorded prior to the outbreak of COVID-19.]
In this episode, we talk about the work of architect, builder, and design theorist Christopher Alexander. Joining us are two of Alexander’s former students, Susan Ingham and Chris Andrews. They talk about their philosophy of architecture and their program, Building Beauty, which offers a post-graduate diploma in architecture based around Alexander's ideas. Check them out at buildingbeauty.org
Consider supporting TSV on Patreon or PayPal
Follow us on Twitter
Don’t forget to rate and review the show!
Susan Ingham is a licensed architect practicing in Seattle, Washington. Her firm, KASA Architecture, was founded in 2004 and specializes in residential design. The main focus of her work is to try to create environments with beauty where each building site is improved, and her clients can feel a deep sense of belonging in their homes. Susan obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied and worked intensively with Christopher Alexander and his colleagues. In 2017, Susan became a founding faculty member of the Building Beauty Program, a post-graduate architecture program located in Sorrento, Italy. Based on the principles expressed in Christopher Alexander’s The Nature of Order, the Building Beauty program is a hands-on approach to architecture that integrates the designing and making of things ranging in scale from individual ceramic tiles to garden structures, houses, streets and neighborhoods.
