Sequences of towers on open expanses of land: this has been the building strategy used in Istanbul over the last decades. Through civic empowerment strategies, the scheme proposes a positive panorama for these neighborhoods.
The Varanda Products catalogue offers a range of solutions inspired in the puxadinhos, aggregates of recycled materials superposed to the existing structures, which Rio locals have used over the years to colonize their environment. Presented wi
As a means to attain a greater social equity for future generations, the proposal rethinks and changes the traditional concept of property and opts for collective alternatives that guarantee permanent access to housing.
In an effort to reduce overcrowding, a consequence of the reduced housing stock in the city, the scheme proposes creating community-scale public areas that take up underused spaces such as rooftops and backyards.
For the densely populated quarters of Mumbai the architects have envisaged a growth scheme consisting in a superstructure that neighbors can make their own and a range of lightweight construction systems to enlarge the existing buildings.
Instead of taking down the existing slums and implementing low-quality refurbishment plans, the community is encouraged to build and improve its homes through the collaboration among neighbors, local artists and professional designers.
The lack of detail maps of the most populous city of Nigeria and the second in Africa, being as it is under constant transformation, prompted to develop a map reflecting the relationship between the local conditions and the specific urban context.&nb
To generate a critical stance around the problem of city growth and to promote political change, the team has produced a newspaper, The New City Reader, and an urban strategy table game placed in the context of Hong Kong in 2047.
To reduce demographic pressure, the team proposes adding eight artificial islands to Hong Kong’s territory, very dense and compressed between mountains and sea. With eyes set on the future, each one of them embodies a local value.
