vPPR in Conversation with James Brillon
b"James Brillon, a second-year Columbia GSAPP M.Arch student speaks with Tatiana von Preussen (M.Arch \\u201907), Catherine Pease, and Jessica Reynolds, the co-founders of London-based vPPR Architects. They met at Avery Hall prior to the trio\\u2019s lecture in January 2017, and discuss how the firm uses precision, geometry, light, and communal space to overcome the extreme constraints of developing housing on infill sites in dense London neighborhoods. \\nThey offer the following advice to students about to enter the profession in a politically and socially turbulent time: \\u201cExercise your democratic rights, protest and make your voices heard, and keep being idealistic. Because in the next few years you'll be the people who are making the decisions, and it's really important that you don\\u2019t lose sight of the idealism you have as a student.\\u201d \\n\\u2013vPPR"