In This Episode

In this episode of the Alternative Design podcast, we're talking about the world's forgotten victims, also known as climate refugees. There will be a massive amount of people who will be forced to move their home, their family, and their community to a safer location due to climate change. Some of them will have the choice. Others won't. But what we need are alternative design solutions like floating cities and paper partition shelters that will offer them a place to belong. We're chatting with Pritzker Prize winning architect, Shigeru Ban, Chief Engineer at Oceanix, Matteo Pietrobelli, and Senior Fellow at the Sustainability Innovation Lab at Colorado Boulder, Gunars Platais.

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"In order to find a bold solution, we also need to take a bold step, and floating cities are one of those solutions."


MATTEO PIETROBELLI, CHIEF ENGINEER FOR OCEANIX

Host and Guests in this Episode

Host: Kaelynn Reid


As a Certified Design Futurist and the Host of Kimball International’s Alternative Design podcast, Kaelynn encourages designers to make creative decisions today for a more promising human experience tomorrow.

Guest: Shigeru Ban


Pritzker Prize Winning Architect

Guest: Matteo Pietrobelli


Chief Engineer for Oceanix

Guest: Gunars Platais


Senior Fellow for the Sustainability Innovation Lab