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Challenging Traditional Architecture with Intelligent City’s Kristin Slavin

Challenging Traditional Architecture with Intelligent City’s Kristin Slavin

FromTangents by Out of Architecture


Challenging Traditional Architecture with Intelligent City’s Kristin Slavin

FromTangents by Out of Architecture

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Dec 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ever feel traditional architecture moves too slowly to tackle crises like housing shortages?Our latest guest Kristin set out to transform delivery for faster, quality sustainable housing. Her winding path from design into development, prefab and product led her to a mass timber housing startup reimagining solutions.We cover:
Kristin's career from architecture to a hands-on developer role empowering new mass timber construction
Transitioning into modular construction and product development at a tech startup
Now leading product design for a prefab mass timber housing company scaling impact
Belief that systematizing architecture can enable more creative freedom
Advice for architects to explore adjacent roles like development and technology
In our latest episode we understand how Kristin took control over her career, how she's shaping the future of housing delivery at her mass timber startup, and her advice for how you can diversify your skills and have more impact as a designer.

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Released:
Dec 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (40)

Welcome to Tangents by Out of Architecture. We’re highlighting some of our favorite stories from the amazing people we’ve met along our journey. We will hear how they created a unique career path for themselves from the variety of skills and talents they developed in and out of architecture. Out of Architecture is a career consulting firm started by two Harvard-educated professionals interested in exploring the value of their skills both in and out of the architectural profession. We’re here to help you maximize all of the expertise you have honed as a designer to get you a role that fulfills and challenges you. We have the knowledge, experience, and connections to help you put your best self into the market–and reap the benefits.