Smart phones, sometimes, just make people stupid. Lisbon A gateway to parallel realities, they can subtract us from the places we are, distance us from the people we are close to and even from whom we are. Beijing Beijing But the device became an incredible tool to capture what is around. With more and moreContinueContinue reading “Digital Sketches”
Category Archives: Design
Power to the User!
Form follows function ‘’Form (ever) follows function’’ is a famous a motto attributed to the American architect Louis Sullivan who lived until 1924. Nonetheless, the architectural concepts behind this short sentence were considered gospel truth until the second half of the XX century and many designers still follow some of its principles today. The coreContinueContinue reading “Power to the User!”
Covid Homes
Back to the Same Most of us would not have expected that after the first lockdowns, happening in mid-March this year, we would be almost in the same circumstances nine months later. Unfortunately the vaccine we all hoped for is not yet found and the measures implemented by most countries didn’t work has effectively asContinueContinue reading “Covid Homes”
Thoughts on Retail Space V
SHOPPING AS AN EVENT As already addressed in our previous articles, the act of shopping, is drifting to a more complex experience then in the previous years. Surprise effect and spontaneity seem to have become crucial to the success of retail. Something part of the new Pop-Up culture, we could say. It makes sense toContinueContinue reading “Thoughts on Retail Space V”
Millennial Communities
If office work culture is suffering such dastric changes in recent years, what about housing? Is there a new trend for Millennials residential life style?
PIER 39 – COVID ON THE BEACH
Beaches at the Atlantic have been reopened and webcams on the scene give anyone who is interested an authentic view. Some see the images of the beach with a feel of triumph, others however are condemning the new optimism after tough weeks with Covid-19. Simultaneously, we receive images from the Baltic Sea and the NorthContinueContinue reading “PIER 39 – COVID ON THE BEACH”
Working in…The Russian Federation
The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world and it is open to designers from all around the world! Amazing projects are being designed and who knows you will be the next architect going there. Learn some tips and inputs from experienced architects that know the field well!
Thoughts On Retail Space IV
BUILDING NEW STRATEGIES FOR RETAIL Building New Strategies – link Following our previous analysis, we believe that we can systematize the most important steps to be taken when moving forward with an investment for a new project, be it a new construction or refurbishment: I – WHERE TO INVEST? Cities are ever changing urban systems.ContinueContinue reading “Thoughts On Retail Space IV”
Expandability and variability versus façade demands and legal constraints at vertical residential schemes
© Chapman Taylor http://www.chapmantaylor.com Istanbul/ Madrid, April 2020 “Strategies for optimizing the planning and rationalization of the building process characterize the architecture of the boom years” . While in the 1960s and 1970s great attention was paid in planning to the adaptability of a building to changing user requirements, at Büyükyali we were facingContinueContinue reading “Expandability and variability versus façade demands and legal constraints at vertical residential schemes”
Composing Architecture is like Cooking!
Unexperienced architects are full of creativity and energy to apply their current ideas and knowledge, when they leave the Universities and they begin to offer their services on the market. However, when they have their first encounter with clients they usually are confronted with a series of problems that they were not trained for. ReadContinueContinue reading “Composing Architecture is like Cooking!”
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