39. Javier Guerrero, CoAD King

Sarah Rupani Interviews Amber Quinn, a third-year in Architecture and Director of Sorry I'm in Studio. Amber shares her passion for curating the identity of Sorry I'm in Studio and the effects of girl bossing too close to the sun. She is most proud to create a space where she and her community can be genuinely vulnerable. Listen in to discover her hopes to be an architect, creative director, editor, or dean; who knows? She is still figuring it out, just like the rest of us. Outro Song by UUB  https://linktr.ee/UUB Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en - a note from amber: Thank you, everyone, for listening in each week and creating this community with us! Without your support, this would have remained a crazy idea we had in quarantine. Nothing makes me happier than working with my friends. <3

Pooja Desai, Sarah Rupani, and Imran Ahmed dive deep into their identity and experiences as South Asian Americans. They speak on the topics of representation, microaggressions, and their definition of "brown". Gain insight into their journeys to define their relationship to their culture and religion in their personal and professional lives. Outro Song by UUB  https://linktr.ee/UUB Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en

Jolene Limqueco and Sarah White dive deep into their identity and experiences as Asian Americans. They speak on the lack of representation of Filipino designers both within the canon and architectural education. Gain insight into their journeys to define their relationship to their culture in their personal and professional lives. Outro Song by UUB  https://linktr.ee/UUB Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en

Listen to the Team reflect on creating the podcast for a year since our first episode went live on October 4th, 2020! To all the listeners, thank you for supporting us and building this community of creatives with us.  Outro Song by UUB  https://linktr.ee/UUB Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en - We are excited to announce our most recent additions to the Team this season are Trang Vu, Javier Guerrero, and Ebube Oguchi! Also, weekly postings will begin again; thank you for your patience. 

Pooja Desai & Sarah White Interview Javier Guerrero, a fifth-year architecture student who is very involved in his college community. Javi shares how he balances it all, and his dreams of owning an interdisciplinary firm and coffee shop. Listen in to the wise words of our CoAD King on this special episode of Sorry I'm in Studio. Outro Song by UUB  https://linktr.ee/UUB Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en

Amber Quinn, Maria Noguera, and Natalie Costello get vulnerable about mental health with the goal of normalizing therapy through sharing their personal experiences in life and design school. Check out the booklet made by Maria Noguera linked below for mental health resources in the Houston area and our Instagram. Outro Song by UUB  https://linktr.ee/UUB Mental health Resource Brochure & Psychology Today & Our Instagram https://linktr.ee/sorryiminstudio TRIGGER WARNING: Some topics discussed might be difficult for some listeners to hear as we share experiences of stress, violence, and family conflicts.

Imran Ahmed interviews Emmelia Ward, a film photographer and architecture student. She shares how she defines her creative identity and how her passion for photography has connected her with the University of Houston Photo Student Association. Listen for photography tips, and learn why all designers should be familiar with photography! Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en Check out her film photography @emmeliafilm on Instagram!

Kadmiel Konan & Natalie Costello interview Industrial Design student Sarah Wong, one of the kindest, most talented people in studio! She shares her struggles and reminds our listeners that high school doesn’t define you. Stay tuned to find out when she discovered industrial design, and how she got her summer internship at NASA! Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en

Imran Ahmed Interviews Ebube Oguchi, a musician and Environmental Design student at the University of Houston College of Architecture and Design: Ebube, also known as UUB or The Cool Sounds of UUB, describes the intersection of his music and architectural design, explaining that form follows function and sound follows feeling. In this episode, UUB breaks down his newly released song 2020 Vision and gives our listeners insight into his creative process and identity. Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en Music by UUB can be found on Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud https://linktr.ee/UUB New graphic by Sarah Rupani (@rupani_art)!

Sarah Rupani interviews Donna Kacmar, an architect and author. She speaks about the importance of active mentorship, and sponsorship of women in architecture. Donna shares the struggles she has faced as a woman in design, along with the women who supported her along the way. We are reminded by her that architecture is not something you can do alone, it is about collaboration and community. A community that Donna continues to uplift through her work with Future Women in Architecture and Rebel Architettes. Check out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/sorryiminstudio/?hl=en - Rebel Architettes  (http://www.rebelarchitette.it/about/) Future Women in Architecture (https://www.instagram.com/future.wia/?hl=en) BIG little house: Small Houses Designed by Architects  (https://www.amazon.com/BIG-little-house-Designed-Architects/dp/1138024201) In BIG little house, award-winning architect Donna Kacmar introduces twenty real-life examples of small houses. Each project is under 1,000 square feet (100 square meters) in size and, brought together, the designs reveal an attitude towards materiality, light, enclosure and accommodation which is unique to minimal dwellings. While part of a trend to address growing concerns about minimizing consumption and lack of affordable housing, the book demonstrates that small dwellings are not always simply the result of budget constraints but constitute a deliberate design strategy in their own right.