Author: Design Lens

An editorial desk dedicated to in-depth architectural reading, project interpretation, and critical design insight. Editorial Team: Mustafa & Rajy Khabazi.
  • Full Renovation LVL Reconfigures Massing for Daylight

    Reconfiguring the Massing and Introducing Natural Light The renovation project begins with the rehabilitation of a house originally built in…

  • Swan Pavilion: Architecture Between Nature and Structure

    Merging with the Landscape: Forming Scale and Massing Unlike many temporary structures that seek to impose a distinct visual presence…

  • Peckham House: Material Honesty and Environmental Performance

    Architectural Freedom and the Deconstruction of Site Boundaries Designing one’s own home offers architects an exceptional opportunity for spatial experimentation,…

  • Nereidas Homes Balances Fragmented Volumes and Nature

    Mass Fragmentation and Openness to the Desert Landscape The architectural concept of Nereidas Homes is based on fragmenting the functional…

  • N2 House Combines Mobility with the Stability of Permanent Living

    A Deliberate Volumetric Transition Between Temporary and Permanent Living The N2 moves beyond the conventional notion of a temporary shelter…

  • Tokyo Ballet House Extends Performance into the City

    The City as a Theatrical Space: Redefining the Boundaries of the Studio Within the urban fabric of Komagome, the building…

  • Santuario de La Salle and Contemporary Sacred Architecture

    Spatial Transformation Between Secularity and Sacredness The architectural concept of Santuario de La Salle, designed by CAZA, is founded on…

  • House in Las Rozas Explores Curved Massing

    The Scenographic Experience and the Deconstruction of Spatial Mass The building’s visual identity is articulated through a geometric composition of…

  • SHAK Design Blends Self-Sufficiency with Spatial Experience

    Massing Scenography and the Natural Landscape Relationship The exterior mass of the SHAK project establishes a sculptural presence that transcends…

  • Greenhouse in Genoa Blends Transparency and Movement

    The Drama of Level Variation and the Direction of Circulation Set within a private garden in the city of Genoa,…

  • KUL Nosara: Architecture in Dialogue with Nature

    Spatial Scenography and Topographic Adaptation The architectural concept of KUL Nosara is embodied in redefining the relationship between the built…

  • Adaptive Reuse Redefines Industrial Heritage at Fábrica Bhering

    Spatial Experience and Adaptive Heritage Reuse The project is based on the adaptive reuse of a historic industrial complex comprising…

  • Casa Bahia Integrates Architecture with Nature

    Scenography of Integration: Shaping Architectural Masses Through Environmental Morphology The project originates from a conscious interpretation of the site’s topography…

  • Camp Meeker Redefines the Mountain Cabin Experience

    Mass Deconstruction and Spatial Reduction The building adopts a design strategy based on conscious reduction, where the functional program is…

  • Stuyvesant Town Redevelopment Without Demolition

    Mass and Façade Reconfiguration The proposal begins by reinterpreting Stuyvesant Town as an existing urban structure that can be transformed…

  • EcoNeo Explores Efficient Compact Housing

    Spatial Configuration and Mass Articulation The EcoNeo project is founded on the philosophy of maximizing the efficiency of limited space…

  • Jisoo Yoo’s Dream House Explores Architectural Boundaries

    Geometry of Transition: Deconstructing the Floating Mass Jisoo Yoo’s Dream House emerges from a fundamental inquiry into the relationship between…

  • Moooi’s Adaptive Interiors: Human–Technology Interaction

    Temporal and Spatial Interaction in Interior Spaces Interior spaces are typically characterized by stability once they have been fully furnished;…

  • JNG House: Designing Gradual Privacy

    Dialectics of Solid and Void: Organizing Movement and the Experience of Transition The project transcends the conventional notion of a…

  • Vagabond Haven Evergreen XL: Redefining Prefabricated Homes

    Reading the Horizontal Space and Structural Logic The design avoids the common kinetic solutions found in tiny homes, such as…