The project aims to transform a “temple of consumption” (the existing commercial building) into a “cathedral of culture”; not in the sense of replacing one with the other, but by taking the best of both.
The project of the Semeando Axé Cultural Space was developed for the segment “Fazendo o Bem” on the TV show “Domingão com Huck”, on “Rede Globo”. The dynamics of this segment consist of proposing architectural projects to improve the physical conditions of spaces that, in some way, contribute to improving the daily lives of people around them.
East Africa boasts three of the world’s top ten fastest-growing economies but faces major challenges in attracting foreign direct investment to accelerate the growth of small and growing businesses. In partnership with MASS, Norrsken seeks to address this by launching Norrsken Kigali House, an entrepreneurship hub in Kigali, Rwanda.
Ky Thuong is a small highland commune located about 60km from the center of Ha Long City in Quang Ninh province to the northeast. With an area of nearly 100 km2, the commune has only more than 500 people living, mainly Dao ethnic people. This is a very difficult commune in terms of economy, transportation, and lack of other social facilities. But in return, Ky Thuong is home to a large Dong Son nature reserve with many diverse and abundant plant and animal species, a majestic natural landscape, cool climate all year round. This is really a place with great potential for community tourism and nature conservation. But now, people here mainly live on subsistence agriculture combined with forestries such as planting acacia and other forest products.
Architecture as a tool for the insertion, linkage, and support of women weavers.
Pilares Valentín Gómez Farías is a building located in the Benito Juárez neighborhood in Mexico City, part of an initiative and public policy with the aim of rebuilding the district through committed architecture, a community center that benefits the citizenship.
Following the resonance of the Dawar El Ezba cultural center, a sprout of urban renewal has been released in the heart of Ezbet Khairallah. The project came out of a rigorous process of community participation to create a safe environment for kids, women, and men. Moreover, introduce urban innovations that could enhance their quality of life.The project’s approach was based on a series of community meetings in which the design input was indicated. On the other hand, methodologies of construction included utilizing materials and labor from the area itself to promote economic sustainability.
A ruined basalt barn has been creatively repurposed as a dining hall and restaurant by London-based fardaa, providing a valued community resource for a coastal community. Croft 3 marks the first completed project by fardaa and embodies the studio’s approach to place, the economy of means, and social and environmental responsibility.
“White Sheet” is a tiny public library or a reading pavilion located in Kadriorg, Tallinn, with its architecture inspired by the image of a literary idea. There are always ideas in the air and so also the pavilion’s roof hovers as a light sheet of paper in mid-air relying only on the glass shelves below. The shelves are filled with books forming a kind of wall that gives some privacy to the people in the pavilion.
Moscone Center is an expansive collection of light-filled spaces that accommodates a variety of convention-related activities while making strong connections between the typically inward-looking visitor function with the public life of the city. Designed by SOM with Mark Cavagnero Associates, the expansion was constructed in multiple phases while the existing buildings remained operational.
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