Author: Design Lens

Design Lens is an ArchUp editorial desk dedicated to architectural reading, project interpretation and critical design insight. Editorial team: Mustafa and Rajy Khabazi. Article preparation and analytical commentary are shared editorial responsibilities.
  • Casa Florinda: Adapting Rural Space to Modern Living

    Casa Florinda: When Ruins Become a Home and an Architectural PositionThe project began with a practical question faced by its…

  • Coronation Park Centre: A Raised Velodrome for Everyday Life

    Coronation Park Centre: When the Track Becomes a Public SpectacleThe Coronation Park Centre project is built on a core design…

  • 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…

  • Post-Pandemic Reviews Reshape Colégio Bernoulli’s Spaces

    Permeability of Massing and Integration with Urban TopographyThe Colégio Bernoulli campus in Vale do Sereno inaugurates research developed by BCMF…

  • Casa 22 Varies Spatial Experience Through Angled Volumes

    Spatial Relationship Between Architecture and the EnvironmentThe scenographic reading of Casa 22 is based on the reciprocal relationship between the…

  • Nokken Addresses the Gap in Hotel Wellness Promises

    Redefining the Recovery Experience Through Spatial TransitionThe design approach responds to a clear gap between what hotel wellness facilities promise…

  • Restelo House Defines Daily Rhythm Through Light and Shadows

    The Textural Interaction Between Memory and RadicalismIn the Restelo neighborhood, a row of terraced houses dating from the 1950s forms…

  • Casa MDL Uses Client Artwork to Complete the Interior

    Balancing Urban Logic and the Natural ContextThe architectural concept of the volume is based on achieving a balance between the…

  • Casa M in São Paulo Preserves the Original Facade Height in Lapa

    Spatial Editing and Environmental ReorientationThe architectural intervention is based on reorganizing the spatial relationships of a property that originally consisted…

  • Suzhou Museum Turns the Lang into a Pavilion Link

    Circulation Logic and the Scenographic Analysis of SpaceThe building experience begins with its quiet relationship to its site on the…

  • Spitfire Roastery Connects Visitors to Production

    Lifestyle Infrastructure in the Rural LandscapeAmid the social transformations taking place in contemporary China, with increasing numbers of young people…

  • The Overlook: Architecture Shaped by Mountain Terrain

    Rooted in the Site and the Dialogue with Glacial TerrainThe The Overlook project offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the Idaho…

  • Grava House: Interlocking Volumes and Split Levels

    Scenographic Progression and the Moment of TransitionThe experience of the residence begins from the street through a gradual approach that…

  • Brda House: A Modern A-Frame Defined by Light and Material

    Visual Extension and Volumetric EffectThe contemporary version of the Brda house treats the natural landscape as an extension of the…

  • Crescendo: Multigenerational Housing and Resident Independence

    Spatial Dynamics and Redefining Multigenerational LivingThe Crescendo project approaches multigenerational living as a challenge that extends beyond simply adding a…

  • Grandvillard Farmhouse: Restoring a Lost Composition

    Dialogue Between Mass and Memory: Spatial Composition and RevitalizationThe project involves the rehabilitation of an eighteenth-century rural farmhouse in the…

  • Otway Beach House: Bushfire Protection and Coastal Views

    Topographic Integration and Scenographic FramingOtway Beach House takes shape as a monolithic concrete volume that uses the regulatory requirements associated…

  • Skovsporet Brings Robotic Printing into Everyday Housing

    Spatial Scenography and Everyday PassageTechnology in this project transcends the boundaries of demonstrating construction capabilities to become an integral part…