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New Archetypes is a regular column that explores how architects use modest projects to experiment wi th new concepts, collaborations and innovations. These small designs pack a big punch, surpassing the constraints of size, resources or conventional expectations. In the latest installment of our New Archetypes column, Architizer spoke with Stephanie Forsythe + Todd MacAllen —…
MVRDV’s diagrams are fueled by a desire to distill ideas to their essence.
No city has had a greater impact on sports and stadium design than Kansas City. Boasting some of the most celebrated civic and private projects in the United States, this city, often dubbed the “Paris of the Plains,” has experienced significant economic, social and cultural change within the last 30 years. These larger forces have…
“It’s a long story, and I’ll try to make it short … ” starts Luca Drigani when he begins to tell the origins of Pilosio Building Peace’s project RE:BUILD. The foundation, Pilosio Building Peace, is a humanitarian offshoot of Pilosio SpA, an Italian company started in 1961 that produces, and sells and provides, scaffolding and…
Winner of the Curry Stone Prize for humanitarian architecture in 2015, Rural Urban Framework is a no nprofit design and research lab based out of the University of Hong Kong and led by assistant professors John Lin and Joshua Bolchover. The duo lectured at Columbia this past Monday, January 25th, as part of the GSAPP Spring…
“We see our process architecturally as an under-construction thought or philosophy,” conclude David Barragán and Esteban Benavides, speaking of their Ecuadorian firm Al Borde. Based in the the city of Quito, the nine-year-old firm of four members, including David, Esteban as well as Pascual Gangotena and Marialuisa Borja, displays a vibrant energy and explorative curiosity…
Named after “segja,” the Icelandic word for “tale,” Saga is a collective of five young architects: P ierre Y. Guérin, Camille Sablé, Anastasia Rohaut, Simon Galland and Sylvain Guitard. The initiative started in 2014, guided by the mission to instill new dynamics within environments and communities through precise actions, experiments and architectural interventions. In the following…
New York-based design practice The Living loves a wild experiment, from amphibious architecture to b ricks made from mushrooms. Now, they have taken their passion for stepping into the unknown to the next level, conceiving a unique structural system for the bodies of aircraft that could change the face of design across a plethora of creative…
“This century is seeing the emergence of a new type of human settlement — the megalopolis.” — Consta ntinos Doxiadis, “The Emerging Great Lakes Megalopolis,” 1968 Much of our inherited urban landscape continues to be understood via early modernist notions of the city. These sweeping urban manifestos present visions of a static city with forms and…