Majara Residence is a clear example of how architecture is not just about "designing buildings", but a real opportunity on a social, cultural and, above all, community level. The project is located on the Hormuz Island, south of Iran, a strategic area for the control of shipment of petroleum from the Middle East. Despite its…
Fei Architects was founded by Michelle Yip and is based in Guangzhou, where it has a sister art gallery and design boutique. The Borderless Community of Zi Ni Twelve Portals is a housing project in Guangzhou, China, designed by the local studio to "show off its occupants". Fei Architects removed the original exterior maintenance…
Graduate from Royal College of Art with a Master degree in Product Design, Huachen Xin is the designer behind Pollution Ranger and Smog Shade, a project that creates alternative ways for people to gather and access “natural” air quality data, as well as a way to visualize this data in public spaces to create social…
Andrea Sebastianelli is a young Italian product designer, specialized from the Eco Social Design Master of the Free University of Bolzano. After experiences in London and Brussels, Andrea currently works in Rotterdam and collaborates with TheNewRaw studio. Since the beginning, his approach has always been driven by a key word, sustainability - which is essential…
Prague-based studio SOA architekti was established in 2015 as a direct successor of RAP partners. The core of the studio consists of partners architects Ondřej Píhrt (1980), Štefan Šulek (1978) and Ondřej Laciga (1982). The original focus of the studio was interior design and residential projects, recently educational buildings and schools are coming to the…
The Red Roof project by TAA Design is a small house in an area of 80m2. The building is meant for a married couple over 50 who has been living in this rural area since they were born.
The site is located on the main road of the village, in Vietnam. Urbanization has…
Yusuke Seki is Japan based Design team. Their approach to design is to conceptualize and revaluate irreplaceable design with new interpretations. Their works embrace simplicity and minimalism and the main inspiration usually comes from aspects which already exist within the context. Kumu is one of their latest project, a minimalist boutique hotel located in Kanazawa,…
Born in Montana, Amanda Browder is an American artist currently living in Brooklyn, NY.
Browder’s projects are additive and subtractive experiences which aim to collaboratively build sculpture with the parallel uniqueness of what is “collaborative”. The artist aims to engage local citizens - wherever the project is taking place - with the conceptual approach…
The small community called Housing Research and Practical Experimentation Laboratory is the result of a project led by Mexico's National Workers' Housing Fund Institute – a federal company that develops workers' housing. Tatiana Bilbao, Frida Escobedo and Fernanda Canales are among 32 architects and studios that have participated to design an innovative community development in Hidalgo,…
FORMZERO is an architectural research studio established in 2012 by Cherng Yih Lee with the ideology of reengaging the natural landscape with architecture within the urban context (previously on WeVux) . Its design very often focuses on challenging the conventional architectural typologies and boundaries of urban realm. Planter Box House is one of their…