Site Visit

Ashley and Erik speak with Hiba Bhatty about life under quarantine at home in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. Hiba is an Pakistani-American architect, comedian and youth mentor. She works at Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) in Chicago, and has performed sketch comedy, stand-up and improv at The Second City, IO Theater, and Steppenwolf Theatre.

Ashley and Erik speak with Germane Barnes about life under quarantine at home in Miami, Florida. Germane is an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Director of the Community, Housing & Identity Lab (CHIL) at the University of Miami and principal of the research and design practice, Studio Barnes.

Ashley and Erik speak with Carrie Norman, Assistant Professor of architecture at Tulane University, and co-founder of the New Orleans and Chicago-based architecture and design collaborative, Norman Kelley, about life under quarantine at home in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ashley and Erik visit The McMurty Building with Sunil Bald, Associate Dean and Adjunct Professor at the Yale School of Architecture, and partner in the New York-based Studio SUMO.

Ashley and Erik visit the Alcoa Building with Raymund Ryan, curator of Architecture at the Carnegie Museum of Art's Heinz Architectural Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Ashley and Erik visit Airtime with Anya Sirota, Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and principal of Akoaki.

Ashley and Erik visit the U.S. Air Force Academy campus in Colorado Springs, CO with Paul Andersen, Clinical Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago and director of Independent Architecture.

Ashley and Erik Visit Downtown Denver with Kevin Hirth, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning, and Director of KEVIN HIRTH Co.

Ashley and Erik visit Bounce Milwaukee with Whitney Moon, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Ashley and Erik visit the Monadnock building with Stewart Hicks, Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a co-founder of Design With Company. 

This Episode of Site Visit was recorded live in Weir Hall, a Victorian Collegiate Gothic building located within Jonathan Edwards College - one of Yale's first residential colleges. Opening in 1925, Weir Hall served as the home to the Department of Architecture until 1963, when the school moved to its current building, Rudolph Hall.

Ashley and Erik visit the Chicago Pedway with Kelly Bair, Partner at BairBalliet, and Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This episode of Site Visit was recorded live in the Chicago Cultural Center, which is currently playing host to the 2017 Architecture Biennial titled Make New History. On today's Site Visit, Ashley, Erik and Kelly visit the Chicago Pedway, a complex network of underground tunnels, bridges and concourses, connecting an assortment of skyscrapers, transportation hubs, and department stores in the central business district of Chicago.

Ashley and Erik visit the Michigan League to see a musical with John McMorrough, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and a principal architect in Studio APT (Architecture Project Theory). The building is currently home to a staged production of One Hit Wonder. Written by Jeremy Desmon, this jukebox musical is set to a soundtrack that includes notable one-hit wonders such as "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina & The Waves and "Closing Time" by Semisonic.

Ashley and Erik visit Menards with Ellie Abrons, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and principal of the architecture firm T+E+A+M, with Thom Moran, Adam Fure and Meredith Miller.