Puembo House: A Courtyard Organizes Daily Life Across Two Levels
A courtyard and planted roof terraces organize movement, outdoor living and privacy in a two-level house in Puembo, Ecuador.
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ABC Apartment: Making Room for Cooking and Company in 60 m²
A 60 m² apartment brings cooking and hosting together. ArchUp examines how a clear entrance, exposed ceiling and shared counter reorganize daily use.
Monobloc Chairs: How Stacking Changes a Shared Space
How the monobloc chair connects movable seating, compact storage and one-piece manufacturing, and where that efficiency meets the limits of repair.
Small Paintings, Large Wall: How Repetition Shapes Viewing
Paul Cox’s Diary series turns hundreds of small gouache paintings into a wall composition read through distance, sequence and attention.
Togo: How a Low Sofa Changes the Living Room
Michel Ducaroy’s Togo connects foam construction with a lower visual horizon, modular seating and the everyday organisation of the living room.
The Anchor Desk Organizer: Making Room at the Edge
The Anchor explores the desk as a small spatial plan, using upright storage and low trays to organise its edge and leave the centre open.
GLO! Wearable Art: Designing the Space Around the Body
An architectural reading of GLO! wearable art, examining how silhouette, movement, light and interaction shape the space around the body.
Phomi Café in Golf Island: Managing Light and Texture to Create a Sensory Contrast with Its Commercial Surroundings
From Structural Constraint to Managed OpennessThe project is based on the transformation of two existing commercial buildings rather than constructing…
The Same Fire That Warms the House Can Burn It Down
I have known two versions of the same architect. The first could stand in a half finished room and feel,…
4015 House and Studio in Portland: A North-Facing Façade and Views for Consistent Interior Lighting
4015 House and Studio: Reconfiguring Space in the Era of Remote WorkThe project is located in the hills overlooking Portland…
L’OBJET x Jessica McCormack Turns Jewelry Into Objects for the Home
L’OBJET and Jessica McCormack translate jewelry motifs into domestic objects, using shells, spirals, ropes, porcelain, and gold as structural details for the table and home.
Astra: Could This Make You a “Maestra”?
AI design agents mark a shift in architectural practice by autonomously executing spatial tasks, massing, and circulation from design briefs….
Chessboard Design Conceals Its Technology Within a Stone Form
Spatial Scenography and the Archaeological FormThe chessboard transforms from a gaming tool into a self-contained scenographic element, taking the form…
Coral Installation: Repetition and Human Interaction on the Coast
Spatial Scenography and the Deconstruction of MassThe art installation takes shape through the repetition of twelve white-painted stainless-steel cylinders, arranged…
Casa em São Paulo: Interior Openness and Existing Structure
Reframing Spatial Organization and the Sensory Progression of the EntranceThe organization of the interior space relies on redirecting movement and…
Sony Sonic Max 10: Balancing Movement and Precision
Movement Dynamics and Spatial TransformationThe tool’s user experience is grounded in freedom of movement and ease of control during operation,…
Muskoka Island Spa: Thermal Transformation
Scenography of Transformation: From Material Memory to Spatial ExperienceThe critical reading of the project emerges from the contrast between the…
Scentra: Plant-Fiber Sensory Packaging
From Inert Filler to Sensory DiscoveryPackaging offers an experience that extends beyond its traditional function of protecting the product, transforming…
Residence Open: Spatial Flexibility and Hanok
Spatial Dialogue and Movement FlowResidence Open reinterprets the philosophy of the Korean “hanok” and translates it into a spatial experience…
Raw & Warm: Concrete, Wood, and Art in a Home
Materiality and the Spatial Narrative of the MassThe project is grounded in a redefinition of the residential space as an…
X1 Tests Electric Propulsion for Regional Aviation
Architectural Formulation of Massing and FunctionThe X1 experimental aircraft represents a transition from testing electric propulsion on small-scale aircraft to…
