Over at Architect Aaron Betsky writes "It is the small projects that give me hope...Such projects seem to be especially prevalent in China...Other examples are popping up in Vietnam, Thailand, India, Brazil, and several countries in Africa...the fact that so much of this work is taking place in villages, rural areas, and countries where architecture can make a substantial difference could also make us think that the discipline could have a new focus: not the building of the new, the big, and the urban, but the making of the small and the focused—the architecture that responds to the evolving reality of rural and ex-urban areas."
One example includes
The Louna Architects’ Bookshop for Louna International Architect’s Village
small projects
@jw that is the weirdest hinging I have every seen...
Walter Pichler’s “Sitzgruben”
and
h/t socks studio
Although single family residence the infill aspect and photo angle gives it the "small project" vibe...
OJT with development partner Charles Rutledge | 3106 St. Thomas, New Orleans, LA | Photo © William Crocker, one of 2017 Emerging Voices
Salgenreute Chapel. Architect: Architekt Bernardo Bader Zt GmbH. Location: Dornbirn, Austria. Photo: Adolf Bereuter.
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Over at Architect Aaron Betsky writes "It is the small projects that give me hope...Such projects seem to be especially prevalent in China...Other examples are popping up in Vietnam, Thailand, India, Brazil, and several countries in Africa...the fact that so much of this work is taking place in villages, rural areas, and countries where architecture can make a substantial difference could also make us think that the discipline could have a new focus: not the building of the new, the big, and the urban, but the making of the small and the focused—the architecture that responds to the evolving reality of rural and ex-urban areas."
One example includes
there is an unfortunate amount of dead-links / pics ...! :(
It's a 2-1/2 year old thread, what did you expect?
It was actually started on September 26, 2007, so it's a 12-1/2 year old thread.
That's longer that 2 1/2 years right Big Green Head?
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