Santa Barbara Parish Complex: Blending Masses and Civic Spaces
The Dialectic of Mass and Void: Integration into the Urban FabricThe Santa Barbara Parish Complex redefines the concept of religious…
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Studies of buildings and the ways they accommodate everyday life. Coverage considers housing, workplaces, cultural and public institutions, with attention to spatial organisation, adaptation, heritage and the relationship between use and form.
Connect individual buildings with project documentation, their urban context and material systems. Related research examines the assumptions behind building design and use.
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Terasa Residential Complex: Reimagining Industrial Heritage
From Functional Blocks to the Contemporary Residential SpaceThe building’s exterior façades transform from a structural envelope reflecting the logic of…
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Shanghai Grand Opera House Redefines Culture and Urban Space
Embodiment of Cultural Identity in the Urban SpaceThe Shanghai Grand Opera House does not treat its surroundings as a neutral…
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Indonesian Consulate in Jeddah: Identity Meets Sustainability
Dialectic of Heritage and Modernity in Adaptive ReuseThe Indonesian Consulate project in Jeddah redefines the concept of architectural renewal by…
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Casa Basque House: Reworking the Historic Plan
Deconstruction of the Mass and the New Spatial OrganizationThe project is based on an architectural strategy that reconfigures the original…
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Boston City Hall and the Architecture of Civic Authority
Silent Hierarchy and Mass DeconstructionThe massing of City Hall is presented as a structural system that reinterprets the traditional model…
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Dymak Headquarters and Circular Climate-Responsive Design
Massing Composition and Spatial ScenographyThe architectural concept of the building is based on a continuous circular mass that encloses a…
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Spiderweb House and Open-Plan Living
Structural Articulation and Mass FragmentationThe architectural system of the building is formed by an octagonal timber frame rotated 45 degrees…
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Azadi Tower: Negotiating Historical Memory and Urban Identity
Spatial Experience and the Symbolic GatewayThe design of Azadi Tower is founded on the concept of passage as an architectural…
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Vipp Pavilion: Mass, Light, and Spatial Experience
Deconstructing Mass and Spatial DynamicsThe pavilion moves beyond the idea of a traditional shelter to offer an architectural reading of…
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Vitra Fire Station: Movement and Architectural Mass
Spatial Dynamics and Mass DeconstructionThe Vitra Fire Station transcends the concept of a conventional functional facility to assume an urban…
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Farmhouse Renovation Reconnects Historic Architectural Volumes
Spatial Movement and Architectural ConnectivityThe design proposal is based on redefining the spatial relationships between three existing built elements: the…
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Multnomah Library Operations Center: Adaptive Reuse Model
Spatial Framing and the Experience of PassageThe project goes beyond the idea of structural repurposing of a former commercial facility,…
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Gardeners’ Shelter: Mass and Transparency in the Orchard
Dialectic of Mass and Transparency in the Orchard ContextThe project engages with its natural context through a conscious contrast between…
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Cellular and Spatial Engineering: Can “Therapeutic Architecture” Rewrite the DNA of Trauma Victims?
How the Built Environment and Design Studio Culture Affect Cellular Stress and Sex-Specific Genetic DifferencesA peculiar paradox links the minute…
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Casa Cielo and Cylindrical Vault Architecture
Dialogue Between Mass and Void: A Reading of the Architectural StructureThe project is founded on a rigorous structural system composed…
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House 2302: Interior Space and Inside–Outside Dialogue
Spatial Articulation and Transformation of the Central CoreThe project reconfigures the internal space of the traditional farmhouse through a deconstructive…
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Ramp-Based Accessible Housing in Casa Circular House
Casa Circular House redefines the concept of accessible living entirely by transforming the mobility constraint into a continuous spatial dynamic….
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Rancho CP: Courtyard and Mountain Landscape Design
Movement Dynamics and the Composition of the Mountain LandscapeThe spatial condition of the Rancho CP project is defined through its…
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Abadim House: Ruins and Contemporary Dialogue
Spatial Experience and Mass DeconstructionThe project’s spatial structure revolves around a U-shaped central courtyard, where circulation is redefined through two…
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Pantanal Biopark: Science Meets Architecture
Architecture as a Means of Presenting Specialized TechnologiesThe Pantanal Biopark project demonstrates how public buildings can reflect research and development…
