Failed Architecture
by Failed Architecture
Refugee Containment in Greece's Closed Controlled Access Centres
About this podcast
Failed Architecture is a podcast on architecture and the real world. By opening up new perspectives on the built environment, we seek to explore the meaning of architecture in contemporary society. FA challenges dominant spatial fashions and explores alternative realities, reaching far beyond the architectural community. We combine personal stories with research and reflection, always remaining committed to the idea that architecture is about social justice and climate justice, pop culture and subculture, representation and imagination, and everything that happens after the building’s been built.
Episodes
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- Refugee Containment in Greece's Closed Controlled Access Centres · 39 min[You can find a transcript of this conversation in the article version posted on our website] This episode focuses on Greece’s so-called new generation refugee camps, officially…
- Borders of Possibility w/ Gabriella Sánchez · 53 min[You can find a transcript of this conversation in the article version posted on our website] This episode is an unpacking of migration and border management with a focus on the…
- Amsterdam's New Wave of Cooperative Housing w/ Andrea Verdecchia from Time to Access · 44 min[You can find a transcript of this conversation in the article version posted on our website] In an article published in the Guardian earlier last year Jon Henley reported on the…
- A Just Transition For The Building Sector w/ Architecture Lobby's GND Working Group · 40 minFor this episode, our editor Charlie Clemoes talks to Adare Brown, Elisa Iturbe, Geneva Strauss-Wise, Josh Barnett, and Ryan Ludwig from the Architecture Lobby’s Green New Deal…
- Riding for Deliveroo w/ Callum Cant (pt.2) · 30 minWe continue the conversation with Callum Cant about his book Riding for Deliveroo, which, as the name suggests, documents his experience riding for the UK-based food delivery…
- On Discomfort: Episode 7 w/ Exutoire, Juana, María Victoria and María · 30 minFor Breezeblock #40, editors Maria Mazzanti, Juana Salcedo, and Maria-Victoria Londoño talked with Exutoire (Bui Quy Son and Paul-Antoine Lucas) about queer architecture…
- Riding for Deliveroo w/Callum Cant (pt.1) · 27 minWhen the gig economy hit cities across the world in the early 2010s, gig companies promised flexible working hours to their “contractors” and on-demand ease to their customers…
- On Discomfort: Episode 6 w/ Sidra Kamran, Juana, María Victoria and María · 35 minFor Breezeblock #38, editors María Victoria Londoño-Becerra, Juana Salcedo, and María Mazzanti discuss with Sidra Kamran questions on public space, domestic space, and workspaces…
- Sobre la Incomodidad: Episodio 5 w/ Iván Argote, Maria Victoria, Juana y María. · 35 minPara el Breezeblock #37, las editoras María Victoria Londoño-Becerra, Juana Salcedo y María Mazzanti hablan con el artista colombiano Iván Argote sobre como su obra se aproxima a…
- On Discomfort: Episode 4 w/ Todd Brown, Juana, María Victoria and María · 29 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or wherever else you usually get your podcasts. For Breezeblock #36…
- Unionising Architectural Workers in NL & The Qatar Legacy w/ Zamaney Menso (FNV) · 26 minFor this episode, Maastricht-based editor Charlie Clemoes spoke to Zamaney Menso, Director of the Bouwen section of the FNV (Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging, in English the…
- On Discomfort: Episode 3 w/ Sasha Plotnikova, Juana, María Victoria and María · 31 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Overcast. For Breezeblock #34, editors María Victoria Londoño-Becerra, Juana…
- Architectural Workers Organising in Europe w/Marisa Cortright (pt.2) · 25 minThis episode is the second of a two-part interview with Marisa Cortright (the first episode is available here). Marisa is the author of the Failed Architecture article “Death to…
- Architectural Workers Organising in Europe w/ Marisa Cortright (pt.1) · 26 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or wherever else you usually get your podcasts. This episode is the…
- FURIA/ w Felipe Arturo · 31 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Overcast. Continuando con la serie de conversaciones, podcasts y artículos sobre…
- Stop Building Prisons w/ Sashi James, Maggie Luna, Avalon Betts-Gaston · 27 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Overcast. For Breezeblock #30, editor christin hu chats with community organizers…
- On Discomfort: Episode 2 w/ René, Juana, María Victoria and María · 27 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Overcast. For Breezeblock #29, editors María Victoria Londoño-Becerra, Juana…
- On Discomfort: Episode 1 w/ Juana, Maria Victoria and María · 14 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Overcast. In Breezeblock #28, editors María Victoria Londoño-Becerra, Juana Salcedo…
- Huellas de Desaparición w/ Manuel Correa (Forensic Architecture) · 16 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Overcast. Para el segundo episodio de FA Breezeblocks en español la editora María…
- #15 Design Justice w/ Quilian Riano · 1 h 0 minListen to this episode and subscribe to the FA podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Overcast. On June 8th 2020, architecture and design organisations joined countless…







