51N4E . photos: © Maxime Delvaux
Tienen’s market square is typical of the historical marketplaces found in small Belgian cities. Moreover, the city’s brief for the redeveloped square can be qualified as overtly prototypical, a textbook example of decision-avoidance politics. Continue reading 51N4E
Hiroyuki Ito Architects . photos: © Masao Nishikawa
From the reflected negative space generated by a structural post-and-beam construction (a system which so often exerts a dominant presence in mid-rise buildings) disjointed cells have been formed into individual dwelling units. The shape of each cell and the manner in which they collectively interconnect responds not only to the form of adjacent dwelling units, but also on conditions of site, orientation, and relative height above the ground. Resultingly, the planimetric layout of each apartment is formed from a collection of unique and individually curated dwelling units. Through the exchange of cells these dwelling units have been allowed to expand and contract, and as such the circumscribed outline of the apartment is experienced secondly the individual dwelling unit itself. Continue reading Hiroyuki Ito
SUMA Arquitectura . fotos: © Jesús Granada
Our-Shelves-Houses es un singular edificio para una cooperativa, ubicado en Madrid, en una zona de edificaciones de baja densidad de vivienda unifamiliar y colectiva de hasta 4 plantas de altura, construidas en su mayoría antes de la entrada en vigor del Plan General de Ordenación Urbana de Madrid en 1997. Se trata de un enclave complejo en cuanto a sus condicionantes volumétricos, ya que las edificaciones contiguas al solar tienen una posición y alturas dispares. Continue reading SUMA Arquitectura
Carton123 architecten . photos: © Olmo Peeters . + baunetz
A newly built pavilion in the park. A place for the neighbourhood to get together, have a drink, eat or just enjoy the view while sitting in the sun. Continue reading Carton123
The ‘Spore Initiative’ was completed in 2023, designed for the non- profit foundation Spore Initiative (est. 2020), and is located in the bustling urban neighborhood of Hermannstraße in Berlin-Neukölln. The surroundings are characterized by a complex of old cemetery areas and dense Wilhelminian-style perimeter blocks and the socially diverse neighborhood is in rapid transformation. Continue reading AFF Architekten
