{"podcast":{"title":"A is for Architecture Podcast","slug":"a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985","podcast_index_feed_id":4885985,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6123d53c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://linktr.ee/AisforArchitecturePodcast?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnCGrgtkfHCX8az9QUdgkogeS1FuGmRof_9ezHrdQhJWXkvMPEGnO4uL1fj9w_aem_eRaQzK_kKC7Z47Hp01zBXg","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16197383/16197383-1736374370337-6056a54ee71eb.jpg","author":"Ambrose Gillick","episode_count":213,"summary":"Explore the world of architecture with the A is for Architecture Podcast hosted by Ambrose Gillick. Through conversations with designers, scholars and practitioners, Ambrose unpacks the creative and theoretical dimensions of architecture. Whether you're a professional, student, or design enthusiast, the A is for Architecture Podcast offers the best insights into how buildings shape society and society shapes buildings. To keep it free and good, subscribe to the podcast on Patreon. The podcast is not affiliated with Ambrose's place of works.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T18:21:55.842795+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985"},"episode":{"title":"Maria Fusco: Site writing, sensing, place.","slug":"maria-fusco-site-writing-sensing-place","published_at":"2026-08-20T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/maria-fusco-site-writing-sensing-place","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ambrose-gillick/episodes/Maria-Fusco-Site-writing--sensing--place-e3nm2ua","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6123d53c/podcast/play/124504458/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-20%2Feea4b72d-28c1-37e3-e37c-6056abe8616f.mp3","summary":"As architects, the nature of buildings is as drawings. Even when on site, a building is read in terms of its relationship to the documents off its legal production, preeminent among which – after the contract - are the plan and elevation. As such, the buildings of architects are abstractions. To use Hayles and Gannon, 'design is a mode of practice that represents a reality, but is not the reality it represents.' For others - normal people - perhaps buildings are the sum of their stuff – materials, light, tone, smell, thresholds and transitions - bodily things. In any case, for this episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to Maria Fusco, Professor and Chair of Interdisciplinary Writing at the University of Dundee, about her publication, Legend of the Necessary Dreamer, published by Vanguard Editions, which describes her study of the Palacio Pombal, Lisbon, which Maria produced for the Lisbon Architecture Triennial in 2017. We discuss this, her work and practice, and hear Maria read parts of the book too. It is an elegant example of how buildings might be understood both through and as bodies, textures and histories, and through a thing other than drawing. Maria’s book is linked above; she can be found on her website , at work , Instagram and LinkedIn . If you want and can, please support the A is for Architecture Podcast by subscribing on Patreon or making a gift via Buy Me a Coffee . + Music credits: Bruno Gillick Image credit: ‘In-situ courtesy of Maria Fusco'.","meta_description":"As architects, the nature of buildings is as drawings. Even when on site, a building is read in terms of its relationship to the documents off its legal p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4014,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/episodes/maria-fusco-site-writing-sensing-place/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-is-for-architecture-podcast-4885985/maria-fusco-site-writing-sensing-place.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}