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112: ‘Start With a Better Framework’, with Christine Williamson

A conversation with Christine Williamson, AIA.

Christine Williamson of Building Science Fight Club joins the podcast to talk about data versus wisdom, the culture of saying ‘no’ in architecture, Instagram as a platform for knowledge transfer and teaching, the reality of every building being a prototype, mentorship (or a lack-thereof) in the profession, the “Kardashianization” of social media and the user’s expectations of creators on those platforms, getting back to first principles thinking and teaching, the idea of ‘code minimum’ as an analogy of architectural education, building science for architects, and having better frameworks for learning the fundamentals of practicing architecture so one can go farther, faster.

Episode Links

First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge
Christine on LinkedIn
christine-williamson.com
Building Science Fight Club website
Building Science Fight Club on Instagram
Awesome Framers on Instagram
Matt Risinger (Risinger Build) on Instagram

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