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Welcome to the Untitled Planning Podcast, through interviews with real-world experts, professors, and changemakers, to simplify and spark conversations about the world of urban and community development. Our mission to explore the untitled dimensions of urban planning, we aim to democratize knowledge about what shapes the cities, regions, and communities we call home.
From Palestinian Refugee in Syria to Techno-Urbanist | Majd Al-Shihabi
Untitled Planning
54 minutes 56 seconds
1 year ago
From Palestinian Refugee in Syria to Techno-Urbanist | Majd Al-Shihabi
Meet Majd Al-Shihabi a technologist turned urban planner turned technologist-urban planner 🌆 Currently a PhD student at UofT 📚 Researching energy modeling for Toronto's climate action plan, TransformTO 🌍 Exploring participatory modeling & the ontology of models/methods 🤔 Passionate about forming epistemic communities & the right to the city 🏙️
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro/Majd Background
1:15 Yarmouk camp, Syria from Palestine
5:45 Why Systems Engineering
9:30 Why Learn Planning in Lebanon
11:30 Why a PHD in Geography
12:30 Housing Vacancy in Lebanon
15:00 Mapping Palestine
17:00 Housing a Cross Cutting Lens
26:00 Political agency of Model Building
33:00 International Building Code & Double-Ended Corridors
42:00 The Code Impact on Community Building
43:00 Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syria
47:00 Final Comments: Mental Health. Urban Isolation, Outro
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Untitled Planning
Welcome to the Untitled Planning Podcast, through interviews with real-world experts, professors, and changemakers, to simplify and spark conversations about the world of urban and community development. Our mission to explore the untitled dimensions of urban planning, we aim to democratize knowledge about what shapes the cities, regions, and communities we call home.
