Happitecture is a podcast that explores our unique cities and what it takes to build resilient and thriving communities that are inclusive, supportive, and promote wellbeing and happiness. Join us as we chat with some of Vancouver’s brightest minds in planning and urban design, community facilitation, design, social sciences, and community activists and discuss ideas on how to plan and design vibrant, happy built environments.
Happitecture Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Michelle Fenton
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Happitecture is a podcast that explores our unique cities and what it takes to build resilient and thriving communities that are inclusive, supportive, and promote wellbeing and happiness. Join us as we chat with some of Vancouver’s brightest minds in planning and urban design, community facilitation, design, social sciences, and community activists and discuss ideas on how to plan and design vibrant, happy built environments.
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Recent Episodes
December 19, 2025
Fierce Tenderness: Designing for Belonging, Systems Change, and the More-than-Human World
<p>In this soulful and wide-ranging episode, Michelle sits down with Zahra Ebrahim to explore how design, care, and community come together in the work of systems transformation. Zahra is a designer, strategist, and orchestrator who has dedicated her career to centering equity and public imagination in the built environment. As co-founder of Monumental Projects, she leads initiatives that shift power, reframe participation, and challenge the status quo of urban development.</p><p> </p><p>Together, they discuss everything from design as a form of joy and grief, to the evolution of Zahra's identity as a "weaver" across disciplines, to new frontiers in acknowledging the rights of the more-than-human world. This episode is a rich meditation on how we can show up more fully, lead with care, and reimagine what cities (and citizenship) can be. </p><p> </p><p><strong>What We Talk About:</strong></p><ul><li>How Zahra’s early feelings of not "fitting" shaped her interdisciplinary approach</li><li>The tension between completion and emergence in design and facilitation</li><li>Creating care cultures within projects and teams</li><li>The journey from ego-led to community-led design</li><li>What it means to be a weaver, orchestrator, and space-maker</li><li>Joy, magic, and humility in community-engaged work</li><li>Scaling belonging from the self to systems</li><li>Systems change, stakeholder engagement, and shifting institutional mindsets</li><li>Giving voice to the more-than-human world in urban planning</li><li>Rights of nature, Indigenous worldviews, and legal personhood of rivers</li><li>How noticing and slowness can build empathy and resilience</li></ul><p><br /></p><p><strong>Zahra's Everyday Practice Tip</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>"Invest in your local unit of survival."</strong> Get to know your neighbors. Not just their names—but their needs, joys, and stories. When crisis comes, it's those micro-relational webs that make a difference.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Books & References Mentioned</strong></p><ul><li>Messy Cities (edited collection with essay by Kite) <a href="https://chbooks.com/Books/M/Messy-Cities" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://chbooks.com/Books/M/Messy-Cities</a></li></ul><ul><li>Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer <a href="https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books</a></li><li>Is the River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/724830/is-a-river-alive-by-robert-macfarlane/9781039007956" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/724830/is-a-river-alive-by-robert-macfarlane/9781039007956</a></li><li>Work of Suzanne Kite (Concordia University) <a href="https://www.concordia.ca/finearts/about/galleries-venues/fofa-gallery/exhibitions/2023/suzanne-kite.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.concordia.ca/finearts/about/galleries-venues/fofa-gallery/exhibitions/2023/suzanne-kite.html</a></li><li>Rights of Nature Movement</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Connect with Zahra Ebrahim</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Website:</strong> <a href="http://www.monumentalprojects.ca/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.monumentalprojects.ca</a></p><p><strong>LinkedIn:</strong> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahraebrahim" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahraebrahim</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Learn More about Happitecture</strong></p><p> </p><p>For more episodes, resources, and events, visit: <a href="http://www.happitecture.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.happitecture.com</a></p><p> </p><p>Follow us on Instagram & LinkedIn @Happitecture</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Thanks for listening!</strong> If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and share with your community. Let’s design places—and lives—that bring us joy.</p>
November 14, 2025
Queer As Funk on Collective Joy, Belonging, and the Power of Music to Create Space
<p>In this episode of The Happitecture Podcast, Michelle sits down with Vancouver’s own <strong>Queer As Funk</strong> — a band that transforms concerts into spaces of belonging and collective joy. Together, they explore how music can act as placemaking, the milestones that affirmed their impact, and their vision for inclusive performance spaces of the future.</p><p><br></p><p>References:</p><p><br></p><p>Vancouver LGBTQ Band | Queer As Funk: ht<a href="https://www.queerasfunk.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">tps://www.queerasfunk.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Pink Pony Club: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=pink+pony+club" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.google.com/search?q=pink+pony+club</a></p><p><br></p><p>For more information on this, or any other episodes of the Happitecture Podcast, you can find us at <a href="https://www.happitecture.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.happitecture.com</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to our sponsor Khora Architecture + Interiors <a href="https://www.khoradesign.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.khoradesign.ca/</a></p>
July 29, 2025
Restoring Place, Restoring Power: The Reimagining of Hogan’s Alley
<p>In this deeply resonant episode of Happitecture, host Michelle Fenton sits down with Djaka Blais, Executive Director of Hogan’s Alley Society, to explore how architecture and urban planning can be tools for restorative justice. </p><p>Together, they trace the erasure and revival of Vancouver’s only historically Black neighborhood—Hogan’s Alley—and reflect on the power of community-led design, cultural memory, and Black futures grounded in joy.</p><p><br></p><p>From negotiating with institutions to reimagining a city block as a living archive of culture and care, this conversation is a masterclass in what it means to design for belonging.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics Covered:</p><ul><li><p>Spatial justice and community restoration</p></li><li><p>Black-led planning and anti-displacement strategies</p></li><li><p>Designing for joy, cultural specificity, and belonging</p></li><li><p>Negotiating with institutions as a community leader</p></li><li><p>Visioning Hogan’s Alley as a thriving cultural hub</p><p><br></p></li></ul><p>References:</p><p>Hogan’s Alley Society: <a href="https://www.hogansalleysociety.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.hogansalleysociety.org/</a></p><p><br></p><p>For more information on this, or any other episodes of the Happitecture Podcast, you can find us at <a href="https://www.happitecture.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.happitecture.com</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to our sponsor Khora Architecture + Interiors <a href="https://www.khoradesign.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.khoradesign.ca/</a></p>
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