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,…
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P81 House: Reworking History through Contemporary Industry
Preserving the Historical Character and Reintegrating Original Elements The P81 House is located in the historic district of Poznań and…
La Cañada House: Spatial Design and Nature
General Context and Relationship with Nature The house is located in the La Cañada area near Valencia, within a residential…
Oratory Chapel in Santiago Reuses Existing Structure
Reuse of the Previous Building as a Constructive Context The Oratory Chapel in Santiago, Nuevo León is based on the…
The Mantra Project: Tiny Cabin Redefining Minimal Living
Concept of Minimalism in Tiny Housing This housing model is based on the idea of reducing elements to the absolute…
Neighborhood School: Spatial Belonging and Architectural Form
Spatial Belonging as a Design Driver The educational proposal is grounded in the idea of belonging to place as a…
Our Lady of Victory Monastery Expansion
Historical Context and Functional Expansion The Monastery of Our Lady of Victory was established in Kenya in 1952 as the…
Urban Gable Park: Redefining Compact Living
Redefining the Concept of Living in Small Units Some models of compact housing are based on reducing spaces to the…
Gardiner Ground Floor: Cultural Reconfiguration
Principles of Ground Floor Rehabilitation The renovation works of the ground floor in the Gardiner Museum were based on three…
Hadaway House: Contemporary Mountain Architecture
Site and Mountain Context The house is located on a northwest-facing slope in the Sunridge neighborhood of Whistler, within a…
Audrey by CozyCo Tiny Homes: Compact Living Redefined
General Concept and Dealing with Space Constraints The Audrey house by CozyCo Tiny Homes presents a case study of an…
Shoji House: Rethinking Compact Mobile Living
Philosophy of Use in Small Spaces The Architecture of the Shoji home reflects a concept that goes beyond architectural form…
Mozart House: Adaptive Reuse in a Georgian Heritage Building
Historical and Urban Context Mozart House is located within a row of historic Georgian buildings in the Belgravia district and…
University of Limerick Student Centre: Space and Wellbeing
location and general concept The new Student Centre for the Architecture of the University of Limerick is located at the…
Harmony Project: Rethinking Family Living in Tiny Homes
Re-reading the Concept of Tiny Homes The concept of tiny homes is sometimes perceived as being aimed at individuals or…
Hennebont Equestrian Hall: Reinterpreting Heritage and Space
Site and Historical Context The new equestrian performance hall is located within the Cour du Puits, one of the two…
Light House: Vertical Housing Redefined
Deconstructing the Traditional Plan The project raises a fundamental question about what housing becomes when the traditional floor plan is…
Tiled Sky Pavilion: Reinterpreting Architectural Intervention
Re-reading Architecture Intervention: From Technology to the Reinterpretation of Construction Reconsidering Traditional Construction Systems The project explores a type of…
Daphne Tiny House: Redefining Modern Living
Redefining the Concept of the Tiny House From “Reducing Space” to “Rethinking Housing” The idea of tiny houses is usually…
Nursing Home in Nový Bydžov: Redefining Elderly Housing
Project Framework The project, the Nursing Home in Nový Bydžov, is based on a simple program: the creation of a…
Van Station: Adaptive Reuse of a Historic Industrial Complex
Urban Context and Site Heritage The project is located in a strategic position opposite the Van railway station, within a…
