#322: PRO TALK With Michael Ingui

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this Pro-Talk podcast, Patrick talks to architect Michael Ingui of Brooklyn, New York, about the challenges of building in New York, how to improve builder/contractor relationships, and making Passive House mainstream.

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0:00.0	There's no difference.
0:05.0	I mean, a panse house looks like every other house, but if it's done well, you walk in, the only thing you don't notice that you don't have radiators and you don't have like doctorical all over the place.
0:15.0	So it's the things you don't have that you might not notice because, you know, you don't think to look, but it's really how quiet they are.
0:27.7	Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, a regular discussion with building industry
0:32.1	professionals. Today I'm joined by Michael Ingui, a New York-based architect. You can find the Fine Home Building
0:40.0	Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Homebuilding podcast at Fine Homebuilding.com slash podcast. You can ask
0:46.5	questions, leave feedback there too. Michael Ingui, thank you so much for being on the show.
0:50.5	It is a pleasure to talk to you again. My pleasure. Nice seeing you. Thanks for having me.
0:54.6	It's great to have you here. So can you start off by telling folks where you live?
1:00.6	Great. So I live in Brooklyn, New York. The office is in downtown Manhattan, but a 15 to 20-minute bike
1:08.8	right over the Brooklyn Bridge.
1:15.1	So I can tell you back in February, I remember one of your places being one of the epicenters of the early COVID-19 outbreak. How has that been?
1:19.4	It's been pretty rough. I think we've gotten a lot better at dealing with it in New York,
1:23.7	and I think that it's calmed down a lot, which has also been really helpful, but
1:31.5	it's been pretty intense here. There was a time when, you know, I'd ride to work over the bridge.
1:36.6	I'd be the only one on the bridge. It was empty for good reason. I'd go into my building.
1:43.0	I'd be the only one in the building. I'm in a 14-story building. So it was odd and for a lot of people, pretty painful.
1:53.0	Are more people on the streets? Are more people going to offices now? Yeah. There's definitely more on the street, definitely more in the offices.
2:03.3	I'd say the subway feels half full.
2:04.8	I'm still on the bike a lot.
2:08.6	And, I mean, for better or worse, I really like it with the Brooklyn Bridge empty.
2:10.2	I bet you do.
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