Tychowo Public Library: Timber Architecture & Community
From the Residential Fabric to the Cultural ExtensionThe library offers an architectural solution aimed at providing a public space within…
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Ripples Become Everyday Ground: Reframing the Embankment
Turning the Protective Wall into Undulating TerrainThe architectural concept of the project is based on reframing the rigid concrete protection…
Etchegoyen House: Privacy, Openness, and Climate
Mass Composition and Climatic ResponseThe architectural composition begins with a reading of the natural conditions of the beaches of southern…
Etchegoyen House: Timber Framing and Dry Construction
Spatial Experience and the Formulation of the Circulation PathThe process of entering and moving through the project is not limited…
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…
Casa ADS Balances Openness and Privacy
Facade Transformation and Visual Connection with the SurroundingsThe renovation of the front facade of Casa ADS redefined the relationship between…
Casa Loto Shapes Space Through Mass, Light, and Seascape
Longitudinal Axis: Directing Movement Toward the HorizonThe spatial experience of this residence is organized around a clear longitudinal axis that…
Responsive Industrial Envelope Design
Envelope Scenography and the Site’s Environmental PerformanceThe architectural expression of this project begins with a precise reading of the site’s…
Aspen Park Model: Vertical Expansion and Visual Openness
Scenography of Passage and ShadowsThe entry experience begins from the covered front porch, which forms a transitional zone between the…
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…
Boladala House: Architecture, Terrain, and Views
Integration with the Terrain and Visual OrientationThe project is shaped through a massing distribution that responds to the site’s natural…
Courtyard School: Spatial Flexibility and Learning
Spatial Realm as an Extended Learning EnvironmentThe project is based on the concept of a courtyard school, where architectural space…
Manhattan Detention Facility and Its Role in the Urban Fabric
Vertical Massing and the Spatial ThresholdThe facility’s test begins from the moment of urban confrontation at the street edge of…
Cherokee House: Concrete, Glass, and Light in Spatial Design
Massing Composition and Arrival SequenceCherokee House consists of two primary cast-in-place concrete volumes, separated by a vertical circulation core fully…
Muda L13: Massing, Light, and Landscape
Spatial Transition and Visual Connection with the SurroundingsThe spatial experience of Muda L13 benefits from its location within a small…
Casa Galería: Integrating Slope, Massing, and Spatial Hierarchy
Topographic Formation and Spatial Sequence of AccessCasa Galería is based on the site’s slope as a fundamental element in shaping…
Kaira Looro Community Center in Senegal
From Clay Stillness to Social DynamismThe project’s spatial experience begins from the first moment of approach through the rural fabric…
Skybox Uses Vertical Design to Connect with the Landscape
Detachment from the Ground and Reframing the HorizonThe design is based on lifting the residential volume above the ground on…
Casa El Trébol: Architecture, Topography, and Landscape
Scenographic Experience and the AscentThe Casa El Trébol project emerges from its direct relationship with the site’s topography, located at…
Japú House: Spatial Movement and Landscape Integration
Longitudinal Form and Harmony with the TopographyThe architectural composition of the Japú House adapts to the mountainous site in Rio…
Chenhu Bird Tower: Structure and Viewing Experience
Reframing the Functional Philosophy of ObservationMany environmental observation towers follow a design approach in which the presence of architecture recedes…
