#43 - The Act of Building with June Grant, blink!LAB

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">June Grant is an architect, designer and researcher committed to the craft of buildings, their potential to enhance cities and develop socially responsible solutions to complex real-world problems.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">June is the founding Principal of <a href= "http://www.blink-lab.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">blink!LAB</a> architecture, a boutique, research-based architecture practice focused on adaptive and transformative sustainable development. Her design approach rests on an avid belief in cultural empathy, data research, and new technologies as integral to design futures and design solutions. She is also the current President of the <a href="http://www.sfnoma.net/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SFNOMA)</a>, where she is</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">committed to growing practice opportunities for under-represented groups by strengthening the role of communication.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the episode we talk about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">June’s experience being President of SFNOMA during the “<a href= "https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2020/08/27/the-twin-pandemics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twin Pandemics</a>”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Planning the first ever virtual <a href= "https://conference2020.noma.net/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">NOMA Conference</a></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How the act of building is one of the most political events, and there’s no such thing as a neutral building</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The power and importance of observation </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The structure of <a href="http://www.blink-lab.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blink!LAB<