AV Proyectos 114 dedicates its dossier to the latest projects by the French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh – selected to design the Serpentine Gallery summer pavilion of this year in London –, which show that tradition and ecological innovation can

Lina Ghotmeh   France   The design of the winery emerges as an expression of an attachment to the dark Anjou stone of the site’s ground; to the fragility of the Bel Argus butterfly, a species native to the area; and to the immersive emotional experience of visiting the site

Lina Ghotmeh   France   The former Masséna Station and the area surrounding it will form a complex governed by a circular economy and a sustainable food system. Residents and visitors can participate in all the cycles, from planting to producing and composting. The ramps we

Lina Ghotmeh   France   The precision needed for traditional hand-crafted leather goods is reflected in the building’s making. Large brick arches shape both the outer perimeter and the facade onto the courtyard, creating generous windows that fill workshops with sunlight...

Lina Ghotmeh   Finland   The building seeks to reconcile the history of the city with its inhabitants, opening up to its environs through a facade raised with bright red bricks that pays tribute to what in the past was one of the most important textile factories of Tampere..

Lina Ghotmeh   Ukraine   The design of the museum unfolds as a progressive extension of the surrounding streets, the same ones which gathered people during the Maidan revolution; a continuous and active promenade transforms the museum into a public ground along its elevation

Lina Ghotmeh   Lebanon   A monumental marble volume is tucked into the terrain, adjusting to the stepped contours of the land to expand the access to the museum’s excavated galleries. This piece is also a walkable outdoor platform to contemplate the landscape...

Lina Ghotmeh   Lebanon   The new building stands out in the complex urban fabric of Beirut for its striking form and materiality. Much of the floor area of the museum is occupied by a garden plaza that becomes an open gathering place by the inner facade...

Lina Ghotmeh   Italy   Echoing the ruins of Beirut invaded by nature, the tower symbolizes the resilient and optimistic emergence of life with large openings that reveal lush gardens, bringing nature into the heart of the dwellings and into the city...

Lina Ghotmeh   China   Through its hypostyle envelope, the museum sets a physical, visual, and spatial relationship with the built city and nature. The complex adopts several scales, dividing it into precise pieces that rest sensitively on the landscaped fabric...

Lina Ghotmeh   Saudi Arabia   The museums’ architecture acts as a magnet, drawing people into a promenade that starts at the grand spiral entrance. This spatial journey takes inspiration from stories that shed light on the relationship between the sun and the moon or between wate

Lina Ghotmeh   Canada   Like a built palimpsest, a long volume enclosed with imprinted glass is suspended between existing buildings. Behind the facade, different spaces for art open up to life and social interaction, weaving a mesh of connections with the surroundings...

Belgium   Images of the project that has won the international competition, organized by the European Parliament, to renovate the Paul-Henri SPAAK Building in Brussels have been unveiled. Officially announced in July 2022, the winner is Europarc, a collective

Twobo arquitectura   Spain   To address the specific commission of building a single-family house on a plot with a nine-meter drop, the design includes a platform at an intermediate level, making it possible for residents to enjoy views of the sea from a place that heretofore la

TEd’A arquitectes   Spain   The dwelling occupies the full area of the plot. The house – set in the longest direction of the plot – and the courtyard are complementary. This organization of the space frees up a courtyard-path between the new building and the neighboring wall. E

Alfonso Reina Ferragut, Antonio Martín Procopio, Carles Oliver Barceló, Xim Moyá, Miguel Nevado   Spain   The project proves the feasibility of using compression structures in housing projects to activate thermal inertia as much as possible and ensure passive cooling in summer, with a heavy enclosure with low carbon footprint…

Santiago Vives, Tomás Montis, Adriana Clapés   Spain   In Pórtol, a rural town under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Marrachi, on the island of Majorca, stands this residence for elderly people. A compact building with a rectangular floorplan is organized around four garden courtyards that ensure

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos   Germany   Since its construction in 1732, the Blockhaus, situated on the banks of the Elbe River as it flows through Dresden, is one of the key historical buildings in the city. In the competition decided in 2018, the project designed by Fuensanta Nieto and En

Despite the inevitable brevity of her career, Maria Antónia Leite Siza (Porto, 1940-1973) produced more than 3.000 drawings and paintings. Crippled women, disfigured bodies and, in sum, victims of misery and circumstance, filled her work in an exerci

While architectural photography is typically known to showcase isolated buildings and pristine environments, the work of Iwan Baan (Alkmaar, Netherlands, 1975) goes beyond this approach of reproducing artificially perfected environments. The book Mom