RM-3: Raw Materials 3 Ways
Arts & Culture Podcasts
RM-3 (Raw Materials 3 Ways) is Dwell's podcast exploring the fascinating stories behind common building materials—and how they shape our lives in unexpected ways.
Location:
United States
Description:
RM-3 (Raw Materials 3 Ways) is Dwell's podcast exploring the fascinating stories behind common building materials—and how they shape our lives in unexpected ways.
Twitter:
@dwell
Language:
English
Contact:
4153735133
Website:
https://www.dwell.com/
Email:
community@dwell.com
Episodes
Episode Six: Light
8/14/2019
In this episode of RM-3 (Raw Materials 3 Ways), host Dan Maginn investigates how light accentuates architecture, sculpts our experiences, and ultimately shapes our behavior.
Duration:00:36:44
Episode Five: Clams
5/15/2019
From ancient marine sediment compacted and pressurized over the ages to form limestone, to oyster middens—heaps of discarded shells—used to create a paste for mortar, to the stone ground to make cement-board siding, clams, oysters, and other mollusks are on the menu in many of our buildings.
Duration:00:31:04
Episode Four: Logs Revisited
3/15/2019
We chat with the founder and CEO of Spinnova, a Finnish company turning wood pulp into cellulose fibers that can then be used in textiles, insulation, filling—even hygienic wipes.
Duration:00:20:25
Episode Three: Dirt
12/17/2018
In this episode of RM-3, we reveal how humble dirt is transformed into cult-status ceramics; shimmering, black bricks; and rammed-earth dwellings.
Duration:00:38:11
Episode Two: Logs
10/1/2018
Host Dan Maginn interviews three leading architects who serve up logs three ways: as pliant plywood, as shakes and shingles, and with a shou sugi ban treatment.
Duration:00:41:25
Episode One: Zinc
7/30/2018
Architect Dan Maginn leads an investigation of zinc, from how it's mined and processed, to its role in one Arkansas architect's reimagining of everyday buildings, to its brilliant brass form when alloyed with copper.
Duration:00:26:11