#69: Tara Gbolade and Lanre Gbolade - Sustainable Design and City-Shaping with Gbolade Design Studio

Podcast episode and companion blog post

This episode is a conversation with Tara and Lanre of Gbolade Design Studio, sustainable architects and urban designers based in London. Reflecting on their 5 years in practice, we discuss a range of topics and projects including:

• City-shaping with masterplans and design codes

• Retrofitting existing buildings

• Zero carbon and regenerative design

• Community-building and co-creating with communities

• Innovation in design, including the use of AI

• Their recent exhibition, ‘Breaking Ground’, and contribution to the Venice Biennale 2023

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Hatcham and Ilderton Road design code

More info here: https://www.gboladedesignstudio.com/hatcham-ilderton-nmdc

Visualisations from the Design Code (Source: Gbolade Studio and Farrells)

Hermitage Mews, South London low carbon townhouses

More info here: https://www.gboladedesignstudio.com/hermitage-mews

(Source: Gbolade Design Studio)

(Source: Gbolade Design Studio)

Interior CGI images (Source: Gbolade Design Studio)

Breaking Ground exhibition

More info here: https://www.gboladedesignstudio.com/breaking-ground-exhibition

Venice Biennale 2023

Brixton Dominos Club

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