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It’s a common lament. While architectural-based events, lectures, and interviews abound, for many there is either not enough time to attend them or they occur in a completely different time zone. In the summer of 2002, designers Davis Marques and Nikki Chen came up with a solution: the Web site Architecture Radio (AR).
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Marques and Chen realized that in the two years after graduating from SCI-Arc, due to the hours they were logging at their firms, they were able to attend only one lecture at their alma mater. “There are a lot
of people out there just like us,” says Marques. “While we want to continue to learn by attending these events, we just can’t make the time.” Since the technical aspects of creating a Web-based media server were something with which Marques was familiar—he had recently set up an audio server so friends could listen to music stored on his computer (“invariably, I end up leading technical aspects on projects with my firm,” he explains)—launching AR was not too much of a challenge.
The site’s content, with topics ranging from design to marketing, is drawn from events in AR’s local San Francisco area as well as in other locations, where people volunteer to tape events. Early on, AR decided its role would be as a facilitator rather than originator of content. “This organization’s purpose is to make things more convenient and to utilize content that is already out there in a more effective and simpler manner,” says Marques. Also available on the site are links to other informational sites with streaming media.
Marques and Chen’s vision reaches beyond the architectural community. Marques explains, “We want to be a place that architecture professionals and students come to, but we also hope to attract the general public, who can learn about the how’s and why’s of the field.”
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