Designing—and learning—Across Cultures
Sponsored by Vitro Architectural Glass | Presented by Mark Gardner
Mark Gardner, a principal at Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects, joins the Design.ED podcast to discuss designing across cultures, architecture as a social practice, and his non-traditional path to the field. He discusses some of his most formative projects and how what seemed like early setbacks actually turned into strengths once he began practicing.
Photo courtesy of Jakitsch/Gardner Architects
Tanzania Beekeepers Asali & Nyuki Sanctuary
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Aaron Prinz is the host of the Design:ED Podcast and holds a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He was born and raised in the rural Northern California town of Red Bluff, just two hours south of the Oregon border. After one year of college, Prinz relocated to San Francisco to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. At age 26, he began studying architecture at Portland State University while interning at Studio Petretti Architecture led by Amanda Petretti. His professional contributions while at Studio Petretti were focused on a portion of the new Multnomah County Courthouse which is a prominent addition to the Portland skyline. He currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife Roxanne where he continues to work as a designer. |
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass), North America’s largest glass producer, is dedicated to glass innovation and fueled by the same people, plants and products that made PPG Glass one of the industry’s most respected and reliable commercial glass manufacturers.
Originally published in Forge
Originally published in December 2022
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Discuss how understanding a different culture’s design practices and material preferences can lead to successful projects.
- Explain how Gardner’s years after architecture school informed his later work in positive ways.
- Describe the ways Gardner frames architecture through the lends of social issues.
- List some of the ways his Tanzania project transformed Gardner’s ways of thinking about form.
