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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.

  • Reconfiguring Space and Structure in the “Jevio” Tree House

    Site Referencing and Conceptual CompositionThe project originates from the presence of a large tree on the site known as the…

  • Beech Cottage: Old vs Modern Extensions

    Beech Cottage: Integrating Nature with Contemporary ArchitectureThe “Beech Cottage” is located within a dense green environment in the Surrey Hills,…

  • Hampstead House: House–Garden Redesign

    Relationship Between the House and the Garden as a Design ConceptMany houses treat the garden as a separate element from…

  • Rausing Science Centre: Education in Historic Contexts

    Integrating Educational Buildings within Historic ContextsThe integration of new educational buildings within historic environments represents a challenge tied to maintaining…

  • 4×4 House, Kobe: Spatial Intensification and Coastal Dwelling

    Site Location and Context ConditionsThe 4×4 House is located on the coastline overlooking the Seto Inland Sea in the Tarumi-ku…

  • Hainan Science Museum: Conception vs Execution

    From Conception to Execution: Reading the Architectural TransformationFrom Design to execution, the architectural transformation of the Hainan Science Museum represents…

  • Pina House Redefines Mass and Nature in Florianópolis

    Context and Botanical Memory of the SiteThe Architecture project is grounded in the relationship between dwelling and the pre-existing context…

  • Southern Lookout: Quarry to Viewing Platform

    A Platform Suspended Above the Topography of a Former Quarry“Southern Lookout” introduces a 42-metre-long platform, made of weathered steel, suspended…

  • P81 House: Reworking History through Contemporary Industry

    Preserving the Historical Character and Reintegrating Original ElementsThe P81 House is located in the historic district of Poznań and serves…

  • La Cañada House: Spatial Design and Nature

    General Context and Relationship with NatureThe house is located in the La Cañada area near Valencia, within a residential fabric…

  • Oratory Chapel in Santiago Reuses Existing Structure

    Reuse of the Previous Building as a Constructive ContextThe Oratory Chapel in Santiago, Nuevo León is based on the idea…

  • The Mantra Project: Tiny Cabin Redefining Minimal Living

    Concept of Minimalism in Tiny HousingThis housing model is based on the idea of reducing elements to the absolute necessary…

  • Neighborhood School: Spatial Belonging and Architectural Form

    Spatial Belonging as a Design DriverThe educational proposal is grounded in the idea of belonging to place as a guiding…

  • Our Lady of Victory Monastery Expansion

    Historical Context and Functional ExpansionThe Monastery of Our Lady of Victory was established in Kenya in 1952 as the headquarters…

  • Urban Gable Park: Redefining Compact Living

    Redefining the Concept of Living in Small UnitsSome models of compact housing are based on reducing spaces to the absolute…

  • Gardiner Ground Floor: Cultural Reconfiguration

    Principles of Ground Floor RehabilitationThe renovation works of the ground floor in the Gardiner Museum were based on three main…

  • Hadaway House: Contemporary Mountain Architecture

    Site and Mountain ContextThe house is located on a northwest-facing slope in the Sunridge neighborhood of Whistler, within a mountainous…

  • Audrey by CozyCo Tiny Homes: Compact Living Redefined

    General Concept and Dealing with Space ConstraintsThe Audrey house by CozyCo Tiny Homes presents a case study of an architectural…

  • Shoji House: Rethinking Compact Mobile Living

    Philosophy of Use in Small SpacesThe Architecture of the Shoji home reflects a concept that goes beyond architectural form to…

  • Mozart House: Adaptive Reuse in a Georgian Heritage Building

    Historical and Urban ContextMozart House is located within a row of historic Georgian buildings in the Belgravia district and is…

  • University of Limerick Student Centre: Space and Wellbeing

    location and general conceptThe new Student Centre for the Architecture of the University of Limerick is located at the campus…