'The Rituals of Space', Khizr Studio Podcast Ep.5 w/ Victoria Noakes

In episode 5 of the Khizr Studio Podcast, I'm delighted to be joined by architectural designer and artist Victoria Noakes discuss some of the spatial philosophies and deeper architectural thinking behind our built spaces, as well as some of the broader societal and cultural forces that curate our lives.

A series by Khizr Studio.

0:00 - Introduction
0:51 - Looking beyond Architecture, building a body of work
3:50 - Participatory design
7:11 - Why is participatory design important?
9:11 - How do we understand what 'beauty' means to people?
11:33 - Intuition & emotion in design
13:58 - What is home? What does it mean?
16:04 - Approaches to architectural practice
17:52 - Discussing the possible futures and varieties of architectural professions
21:04 - Storytelling
22:00 - Business skills vs creative skills, project management and RIBA Part 3
26:14 - The relationship between architects and developers, business skills in the architectural world and building confidence
31:07 - Victoria wanting to do her Part 3
31:54 - Victoria's artwork, the 'wireless' lifestyle
33:46 - The natural and the manmade, hypersensitivity to geographical context
35:56 - The natural and the artificial
37:46 - The exploration of scale across the creative disciplines, accessibility
40:04 - Timescale
44:55 - Victoria's practice
46:29 - Origins of Khizr Studio
48:11 - Khizr Studio's legacy
49:29 - Victoria's legacy, defining policy & public consultation
54:34 - Procurement and humanisation of large scale projects, the Dutch model
1:01:08 - The Palestine Collective, celebration & education, the rituals of space
1:11:18 - Closing

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Follow Victoria and her work:
Art Instagram:   / victoria_noakes_art  
Architectural Instagram:   / v_nks  
Uni research website: https://crunchy.cargo.site
Art Website: vnoakes.com

Please leave a comment to let us know what you thought of the conversation, and if there are any themes or topics you'd like to hear more of in future episodes.

The Khizr Studio Podcast is a series of conversations aimed to be accessible by architects and non-architects alike, with the purpose of widening our understanding of architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism - and the societal, political, and economic forces that influence their design.