The first episode of Hold the Space is an interview with Architect, doctor of science fiction, and lecturer in architecture at the University of Reading, Dr. Amy Butt.In this conversation we talk about:How to engage non-architects in architectureScience fiction as a way to practise the future togetherAmy’s indirect route towards her current teaching and practiceThe design crit process, and how to improve itA few of the ethical issues with practising and teaching architectureA workshop run in the Horniman MuseumTime managementAnd more!Jump to a section(00:00) - 001: Amy Butt(00:11) - Introduction(03:22) - What do you do?(05:52) - Audience(08:53) - Personal journey(14:54) - Criticising critiques: how to improve the design critique process for students(22:47) - Sustainable modes of practice(26:55) - Teaching and workshops: The Horniman Museum(40:49) - Time and project management(50:22) - The Absent Paradigm and science fiction reading communities(56:53) - Beyond Gender and collaborative writing(01:08:21) - Success criteria(01:12:20) - Building communities(01:19:51) - Outro(01:20:22) - CreditsLinks and referencesLinksAmy’s website / Instagram / TwitterAmy’s academic profileGroupsSociety of Architectural WorkersInvolve Architecture CollectiveBeyond Gender Research CollectiveArticlesThe Present as Past: Science Fiction and the Museum (2021) by Amy Butt (article and photos from the Horniman Museum workshop we discuss in this episode)Performance, Utopia, and the "Utopian Performative" (2001) by Jill DolanBooks From the Horniman Museum workshopThe Time Machine (1895) by H.G. Wells We (1924) by Yevgeny Zamyatin The Wanderground (1979) by Sally Miller GearhartFrom the Beyond Gender reading group:Brown Girl in the Ring (1998) and The Salt Roads (2003) by Nalo HopkinsonYour Faces, O My Sisters! (1990) by James Tiptree Junior - featured in the collection Her Smoke Rose Up TogetherThe Dispossessed (1974) by Ursula K. Le GuinContactThis show is new and evolving - if you have any suggestions or comments, things you’d like to hear (or not!) please email me at [email protected] podcast is made possible by the Situated Art and Design Research Group at Caradt, the Centre for Applied Research in Art, Design, and Technology. Each episode is recorded, edited, and mixed by me, Ollie Palmer. For more information - including full transcripts for each episode, links to relevant work or resources, please visit the podcast website at www.holdthespace.art, or click the link in the podcast notes.Thanks for listening, and see you next time.

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