Farida Abu-Bakare

01/24/23 • 27 min

Farida Abu-Bakare is a young architect with a startlingly wide range of experiences. She has helped design everything from airports and major cultural centers to hospitals and university science labs. She is currently Director of Global Practice at WXY. In this episode, Abu-Bakare discusses her upbringing, working in North America and Africa, progressing through some of the world’s most prominent architecture firms, finding purpose in mentorship, and the importance of joy to designing a better world.

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For the past two decades, Bjarke Ingels, founder of the eponymous architecture firm, has designed forward-thinking and conversation-starting objects, buildings, and master plans across the globe. In this conversation, Ingels talks about the sources of his optimism, creating a “master plan” for the planet, and how important storytelling is to design.

This episode features an edited version of “My Earth” by The Sound Room. The original can be found at
https://stockmusic.net/royalty-free-music/track/my-earth-instrumental/TRA-MAS1969

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https://stockmusic.net/royalty-free-music/track/island-1/TRA-MAS0411

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This episode features an edited version of “Melodramatic Ambience” by Jonathan Hyde. The original can be found at
https://stockmusic.net/royalty-free-music/track/melodramatic-ambience/TRA-CB05

This episode features an edited version of “Dreaming Floating” by The Sound Room. The original can be found at
https://stockmusic.net/royalty-free-music/track/dreaming-floating/TRA-MAS0199

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Matthew Hickey

Matthew Hickey is a young architect and a partner at the Indigenous architecture firm Two Row, which is located in the Six Nations of the Grand River. Two Row specializes in projects for community organizations and for clients in education and government. In recent years, the company has partnered with national and international firms on projects of increasing scale and civic, cultural, and social importance.

In this conversation, Hickey discusses his idea of universal inclusivity, the embrace by settler cultures of Indigenous ways of knowing and being, favorite Two Row projects, and moving beyond star worship in architecture.

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