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”
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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”
The Sketch Virus
We came across with João Boaventura’s sketch frenzy in social media during the coronavirus lockdown days.
Accepting one of the many online challenges available nowadays, Boaventura, an architect practicing for more than 25 years, drew one or two sketches per day during 30 days.
Once the 30 day period passed, he kept on drawing as if he was infected with some kind of virus that made him sketch in a compulsive way!
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”
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