This is so cool Antonio! Especially with current housing crises, I think it's so important to reimagine the human need behind architecture and construction in the first place. It's a good time to interrogate what, exactly, makes housing valuable for us, and how our embodied designs reflect the different situations in which everyone lives.

I think it's really interesting that you bring up the ethics of publicizing knowledge, and the metanarrative surrounding your own research. I know I've worried previously about certain knowledge being made available that exists sort of as a "handbook" that people can take from to do unsavory things. Even though I generally agree that more knowledge is good, sometimes people use knowledge in applications that the original thinkers and publishers didn't imagine they would, which is both innovative and potentially problematic.

The thing I love most about research and art is that we are constantly iterating and reiterating—I think our group session with our grad student mentor really exemplified this!! I saw how Elaheh's project inspired a new view on your project. The synergy I felt in that room of us bouncing ideas off of each other and asking the difficult questions without a preconceived answer is exactly the kind of dynamic that I believe drives research to become even more creative and resonant with the times. Can't wait to see what your project culminates in!!

I think it's really cool how our "academic" or "researcher" method may not necessarily always correspond to our preferred style of interpersonal communication! I'm sure you're very "analytical" when you conduct research, and I actually think your "expressive" style may really help in communicating scientific research to others who may not be in your particular field or niche~ Can't wait to work with you over the summer and other Laidlaw scholars as well!

Oral history sounds so fascinating!! Excited to see the results!!