Architecture and Energy
In this episode we discuss the relationship between architecture and energy and how architectural history can reveal new perspectives on buildings, energy use and the climate disaster.
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Fig 1: The Ziggurat at Ur
Contributors:
Barnabas Calder is a historian of architecture specialising in the relationship between architecture and energy throughout human history. He is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Architecture: from prehistory to climate emergency (2021). Find Barnabas on Twitter and Instagram @BarnabasCalder
Rihab Khalid is an interdisciplinary researcher in sustainable energy consumption. In particular, she is interested in the intersections of gender, energy infrastructure and space use in the Global South. Her work takes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding energy demand.
Mary Shepperson is an archaeologist specialising in architecture and urbanism of the ancient Near East. She is lecturer in architectural and urban heritage at the University of Liverpool. Mary's research interests encompass the emergence of urbanism in Mesopotamia and climatic adaptation in early cities.
Your hosts were Matthew Lloyd Roberts and Dr Jessica Kelly, and this project was devised with Neal Shasore. This podcast is produced by Front Ear Podcasts.