This podcast is basically a conversation with some material experts in order to make a short review of what we´ve been learning so far in this English course. We are going to talk a bit about stone, brick, concrete, iron and steel. Hope you enjoy!
Caterina, Rebeca, Hariadna & Jose Angel.

Prof. Marianela Najul, section 2
Review about materials in architecture.
Mariana Larrazabal, Ana Patricia Corona, Amanda Alvarez and Enmanuel Cardozo.
Stone, Brick, Iron and Steel, Concrete.

This is an activity where a group of materials specialists had an interview and discuss about stone, brick, iron & steel and concrete.
The specialists were: Isabel Barbosa
Laura Bongiovanni
Adriana Velasquez
Rafael Salcedo

This is an interview made by Anybel, Andreina, Daniela and Inael (students of architecture and urban planning). We ask and answer each other about different materials, such as stone, brick, iron, steel and concrete. Section 02.

This is the interview about materials review done by
Adriana Moran, Adriana Feuerberg, Dania Navarro,
Santiago Rizo. Section 03.

This is the interview about materials review done by
Adriana Moran, Adriana Feuerberg, Dania Navarro,
Santiago Rizo. Section 03.

This is an interview between students of ID-2125 (Cilly, Manuel, Noelia y Maryuri) about construction materials.

This is an interview about materials review created by: Caterina Brazzoduro, Luisana Zubillaga, Luis Mendoza and Américo Orsi. We are students of section 3.

What innovations has concrete brought to architecture? Listen to my friend Dennis Oliver in Arizona, USA, and then send your comments as a reply.

What is the importance of the introduction of iron and steel as construction materials for architecture and urban planning?
Listen to webhead Kat Urbaniak, from Scotland, living in Canada, and post your comments as a reply.

What do you know about brick? Let's listen to Gladys Baya from Argentina, and find out how brick compares with stone as a construction material. What are its properties? How many types of brick are mentioned?
Reply to this podcast telling us how do you feel about brick as a construction material in architecture and urban planning

What are the contruction materials used in architecture and urban planning What are their origins? their properties? their advantages and disadvantages? What are they good for?
We will start the unit on Materials with a text about Stone, read by my colleague Moira Hunter, who lives in France.

Do you like stone constructions? Why?

Why are so many places so badly designed?
What should urban designers be concerned with? What's the purpose of urban planning?
Listen to my friend Teresa Almeida d'Eça in Parede, Portugal, and be ready to answer these questions as a reply (before hitting the reply button, write your answers on your wiki.

Architecture began as shelter, but is this the only purpose of architecture?
Listen to my colleague Leanne Mackenzie, in Kamloops, Canada, and answer the questions she poses at the end on your wiki. After completing the activities for today, come back here and write your answers.

What are the needs to be considered by an architect for his/her design? Have they been the same over time? Do urban planners need to consider the same needs?

Text and activities read by Prof. Rubena St. Louis

We will be adding podcasts for the courses in the program "English for Architecture and Urban Planning" taught at Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela.