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Second Studio Podcast: Interview with Michael Kimmelman
Studio Two (formerly Midnight Charette) is a podcast explicitly about design, architecture, and everyday life. Hosted by architects David Lee and Marina Boulderonnet, the event invites diverse creative professionals to engage in impromptu conversations, thoughtful reflections and personal discussions.
Honesty and humor cover a variety of topics: some episodes are interviews, while others are tips for fellow designers, reviews of architecture and other projects, or casual explorations of everyday life and design. The Second Studio is also available on iTunes, Spotify and YouTube.
This week, FAME Architecture & Design’s David and Marina join New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman to discuss his background; the role of the critic; New York City; the evolution of the profession; the housing crisis; public housing; the value of architecture; and more!
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Highlights and timestamps
(00:00) Background
(07:58) Early career
(13:35) The mentality of the emerging generation
Currently, I think it’s also a good thing that architects are trying to make themselves more relevant to the wider public and understand their profound role in shaping the society we build beyond just building beautiful objects for people to live in. Help us reimagine the world at a time when there are many very serious crises. (16:44)
(21:13) The role of the architect
The isolation of responsibilities and ideas also creates problems for architecture because it is as if the architectural aspects of the work exist in a vacuum rather than in the street, the community, the environment, which is how people experience it. This disconnect between reality and profession is harmful to the profession. (25:54)
(31:19) Critics’ topic selection process
Using the spotlight that I have to create certain types of emphasis, not to completely disparage other things, but to honor something that’s underrepresented. (33:08)
(35:22) Having an architect as a friend
(37:36) Thoughts on architects
My own experience is that the architects I deal with are thoughtful, sincere, generous, deeply interested in what they do, competitive but also open… In some ways, architects underestimate themselves and their potential to play a meaningful role in society at large. (38:33)
(46:05) The value of architecture
I think architecture is the chronicle of our civilization. this is us. This is the most public record of our values and what we hope to leave behind. Even though a building is not permanent… it has evolved, its language has evolved, its engineering has evolved in the same way and it is an expression of our changing values and knowledge as a civilization. (46:49)
(53:15) Converting office buildings into affordable housing
(59:31) Thoughts on Munger Hall at UCSB and the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London
(01:05:01) Favorite neighborhood in New York
Check out previous editions of the Second Studio Podcast.
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