How the History of Homes and Cities Shapes How We Live | Stefan Al

Architect and author Stefan Al joins us to talk about the long history of dwellings, and what that history reveals about the housing problems we face today.Stefan is a professor at Hunter College, a trained architect, and the author of "Dwelling on Earth". In this conversation, he and Nathan discuss how homes evolved from early shelters to dense Roman apartment buildings, why the home and workplace were once the same space, how zoning became one of the biggest barriers to new housing, and why converting empty offices into apartments is much harder than it sounds.They also get into mixed-use cities, the American single-family ideal, AI tools in architecture and planning, and why the built environment keeps forcing humans to solve new problems created by previous solutions.Learn more about Stefan: https://www.stefanal.com/Check out "Dwelling on Earth" - https://www.stefanal.com/books/dwelling-on-earthSubscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@workspacetalkshow?sub_confirmation=1Learn more about the Work Space Talk Show: https://workspacetalkshow.com/