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EP 023612 March 2025 · 55 min

Exploring Architecture and Town Planning with UPP - Journey, Challenges, and Collaboration

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Exploring Architecture and Town Planning with UPP - Journey, Challenges, and Collaboration

Architecture and town planning often sit in different conversations, but the best projects need both design judgement and a clear understanding of policy, process and place.

Stephen Drew speaks with Enrique, Motti and James from UPP about building an interdisciplinary studio, combining town planning with architecture and growing a collaborative practice from a small start-up into a broader team.

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How town planning and architecture overlap in everyday project work

Why UPP built a practice around both disciplines

How culture, flexibility and face-to-face collaboration affect a growing studio

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  1. · Stephen Drew

    Stephen Drew

    Hello everyone. I'm in Camden. I'm not here to see Amy Winehouse, nor am I in the market because today we're gonna about talk about Architecture and time planning. So I am here with an awesome practice, which has come out of nowhere in the last few years, grow into an epic size and do awesome Architecture and time planning.

  2. · Stephen Drew

    Stephen Drew

    So I'm here with UPP or we are UPP. You guys are P-P-U-P-P. And I am here to talk about with you today, we've got the practice. So let's go through it together guys.

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Enrique Alonso

UPP Architects + Town Planners. Guest on episode 0236.

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