Fast Forward

Undivided, Episode 8

Fast Forward

While firms continue to weigh the effects of the pandemic in isolation, our eighth episode connects it to a chain of disruptive events with the power to accelerate a new golden age.

Exploring the tangible possibilities for the discipline are Lonn Combs, co-founder of Easton Combs Architects and Director of the Master of Architecture Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Dennis Shelden, Director of Rensselaer’s Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE). Their no-holds barred conversation reveals stunning insights in what it will take for architecture to regain control of its future, and the technology necessary to unlock the rapid innovation our built environments now require.

Inside the Episode

Lonn Combs is a multi-award winning architect with a distinguished career spanning Europe and the U.S.. He is also a gifted educator, with 15 years of experience teaching at Rensselaer, Columbia and Cornell. Dennis Shelden has spent his career at the intersection of architecture and technology, leading the computing program of Gehry Partners before co-founding Gehry Technologies in 2002. Prior to accepting the leadership of CASE, Dennis served as Director of Georgia Tech’s Digital Building Laboratory, and associate professor of practice at MIT’s Design and Computation Program.

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