Through the lens of Arina Dähnick, the architecture of Mies van der Rohe moves beyond its modernist language of order and regularity to reveal the elusive relationships between buildings, their...Read More

In this conversation, Jungyoon Kim and Yoonjin Park of PARKKIM explore how limited urban space in Seoul inspired their concept of alternative nature. From artificial materials to the experience of...Read More

Ibiza. Platja d’en Bossa. An urban fabric shaped by mass tourism. And, in its midst, a public housing project. Here, the question of domesticity is inseparable from another: how can...Read More

José Aragüez rethinks architectural form as the spatial organization of activities, breaking the traditional divide between ‘form’ and ‘program’. In this conversation, José Aragüez discusses Dispositional Intelligence in Architecture and...Read More

At the edge of the sea, Armstrong-Kelley Park occupies a particular position within Osterville: a public garden connected to the town’s central green and, beyond it, to a network of...Read More

In this conversation, Andrés Escobar explores how architectural projects are materialized and communicated through drawings, images, words, and, above all, an ongoing relationship with the client. He describes the design process as a gradual construction...Read More

In this conversation, Ioanna Piniara proposes a post-neoliberal housing imaginary grounded in new relationships between architecture, policy, governance, and community. Their proposal operates across three levels–juridical framework, urban strategy, and architectural project–using the community land...Read More

  The Arctic is a fragile ecosystem increasingly shaped by human demands on nature. This photosurvey looks at the Arctic, and it’s locals’ relationship to the land, where local ways...Read More

How can architecture shape different degrees of intimacy through space, movement, and human relationships? In this conversation, Andrés Escobar explores intimacy not as a fixed condition of exposure or privacy, but as something shaped by the depth of human relationships and activities. He discusses how houses can...Read More

On Huanglong Island, one of the 193 islands of China’s Shengsi Archipelago, building has always meant negotiating with the terrain. Steep mountains, rocky cliffs, and limited flat ground led local...Read More

How can feminist practices of sharing reshape domesticity and cooperative housing? In this conversation, Ioanna Piniara examines domesticity through a feminist and common-oriented lens, arguing that the housing question cannot be separated from the...Read More

In this conversation, Andrés Escobar discusses why architecture must be understood through the circumstances that shape it: social and economic conditions, professional experience, crises, and relationships with clients. He argues for preserving the architect’s role...Read More

Flying Vegetation explores Agritecture, an approach that brings architecture and agriculture together to imagine new forms of habitation in response to climate change and rapid urbanization. In Vietnam, the expansion...Read More

In this conversation, Andrés Escobar discusses the architect’s ethical responsibility as a custodian of the client’s trust, exploring the delicate balance between professional judgment and attentive listening. Drawing on the...Read More

The territory of Nunavut is the most recent territory of Canada. It was created from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, by way of two legal tools: the Nunavut...Read More

In a city repeatedly transformed by war, reconstruction, financial collapse, political upheaval, and environmental uncertainty, stability has become less a condition than an aspiration. Beirut exists in a state of...Read More

How commoning can reshape housing, privacy, and urban life beyond neoliberal ownership models. In this conversation, Ioanna Piniara examines how neoliberalism transformed housing from a form of social welfare into...Read More

Studio RE+N’s design study reimagines a former post office in Songyang as a hybrid public space, demonstrating how contemporary programmes can emerge from the spatial logic of historic architecture. Located...Read More

At Masseria Ferraioli, AIDNA proposes a porous architecture that reconnects climate, material, and communal life through the slow cycles of water and the living ground. At Masseria Ferraioli, the project...Read More

What if domestic privacy were a market-driven ideal, shaped by architectural gestures that transformed housing into an exclusive commodity? In this conversation, Ioanna Piniara explores how architectural typology reveals the relationship between spatial organization and the social production of privacy under neoliberalism. Drawing on Aldo Rossi and Alan Colquhoun, she examines how...Read More

A sensitive adaptive reuse project transforms four historic buildings in Nanjing’s Xiaoxihu district into a hotel and mixed-use destination while preserving the character and spatial qualities of the old city....Read More

In this conversation, Andrés Escobar, redefines luxury in architecture and design, shifting the focus away from time alone and toward the shared pursuit of knowledge, culture, and meaningful collaboration. Rather...Read More

In many rapidly urbanizing cities, the narrow townhouse has become a dominant residential typology, maximizing land use while often compromising environmental quality. Limited frontage, deep floor plans, and extensive interior...Read More

At the edges of contemporary cities, rural landscapes become more than remnants of agricultural production: they are transitional territories where new forms of collective life can emerge. Beyond the rhythms...Read More

In this conversation, Ioanna Piniara explores the evolution of neoliberal housing provision in Europe through three emblematic case studies: the Barbican Estate in London, the International Building Exhibition (IBA) 1987...Read More