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A new Kharkiv School of Architecture student project delivers valuable design solutions for rebuilding schools in Ukraine

2023-09-06T18:43:00-04:00

A new project aimed at improving the educational experience of Ukrainian schoolchildren is helping students at the Kharkiv School of Architecture participate in their country’s concerted response to an infrastructure crisis that began in February 2022 and has seen the destruction of an estimated 331 educational institutions nationwide, thus far.

The "First-Aid Spatial Kit" initiative is being taught as part of the school’s first-year construction practice curriculum and allows students to develop copyable designs for various interventions (furniture, pavilions, play spaces, etc.), which, in turn, can be implemented using readily-available materials by affected school districts looking for “self-help” solutions in rebuilding.

Photo: Zlatoslava Kryshtafovych & Oleksandr Holovashkin, courtesy Kharkiv School of Architecture

Over the course of four weeks, students developed a suite of six solutions that were also marked by a consideration for accessibility and universal design. Each of t...

YACademy students measure themselves in the world of yacht design

2022-09-19T16:20:00-04:00

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Design Attitude is a project from the Fondazione Fashion Research Italy, a nonprofit foundation by Cav. Alberto Masotti that has worked with a series of YACademy alumni and collaborated with some of the most distinguished names in contemporary design in order to actualize the Renzo Brandone Fund.

Consisting of a collection of invaluable textile art designs, the Brandone Fund is an inexhaustible mine of creative inspirations predominantly oriented to the fashion industry but also able to express much in the design field.

Image courtesy of YACademy.

Design Attitude then asked 6 leading designers, including De Lucchi, Ben Van Berkel, and David Chipperfield, along with YACademy students, to imagine furniture and interior solutions that would make use of the textures preserved in the Fund. Among these collaborative experiences, the primary and most successful is the collaboration of students with renowned yacht designer Francesco Pazskowsky. An ar...

YACademy’s alumni and BIG’s designers work together for greener cities and hotels as icons of urban sustainability

2022-09-13T14:15:00-04:00

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In the meeting rooms of the Royal Carlton, in Bologna, the working table promoted by the Monrif group carried out research aimed at re-imagining the group’s hotels as tools for green and urban sustainability met for the first time.

The idea came from the group’s head of operation, Nicola Foschini, who imagined the group’s hotels as destination hotels. To this end, they involved YACademy, a leading international institute in the field of architectural design, Danish firm Bjarke Ingels, and architect Giulio Rigoni to lead a group of alumni of the academy in creative brainstorming. The goal was that within a month, they would have suggestions to imagine a more beautiful, green, and sustainable Bologna, thanks to the presence of the group’s hotels.

Image courtesy of YACademy.

The research and project consisted of eight architects from five different countries who started to develop a design for the requalification of the facades of the Royal Car...

Don't miss your chance to attend YACademy's high-level 2022 architectural courses: Featuring internships and lectures with SANAA, Souto de Moura, and Toyo Ito

2022-09-05T01:00:00-04:00

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The arrival of autumn coincides once again with the launch of in-presence and online courses by YACademy, the school founded by YAC through collaboration with some of the most prestigious names in contemporary architecture. Its fifth edition offers a unique experience to young designers that are looking for postgraduate international training.

30 merit-based scholarships are available to cover the whole cost of the courses. You can access the entire training offer at this link.

Here are 5 of the reasons why YACademy is an experience that a young architect should not miss:

1. Seven Pritzker Prize winners among our lecturers

Image courtesy of YACademy.

Every year, YACademy is pleased to welcome renowned international firms that create a blooming frame where students have the opportunity to get in touch with some of the most distinguished interpreters of contemporary architecture.

This year’s lecturer panel includes 7 Pritzker Prize winners: Yvon...

5 reasons to apply to YACademy’s high-level architectural courses: Featuring internships and lectures with SANAA, Souto de Moura and Toyo Ito

2022-07-11T13:00:00-04:00

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The arrival of spring coincides once again with the launch of in-person and online courses by YACademy, the school founded by YAC through collaboration with some of the most prestigious names in contemporary architecture. Its fifth edition offers a unique experience to young designers that are looking for postgraduate international training. 30 merit-based scholarships are available to cover the whole cost of the courses. You can access the entire training offer at the following link.

Here are 5 of the reasons why YACademy is an experience that a young architect should not miss:

1. Seven Pritzker Prize winners among our lecturers

Image courtesy of YACademy.

This year’s lecturer panel includes 7 Pritzker Prizes: Yvon...

Maya Bird-Murphy and the Chicago Mobile Makers deepen their roots in community change with the opening of their new headquarters

2022-07-01T17:54:00-04:00

When reading through architectural media, it's easy for larger architecture firms or "prominent" names to rule headlines. However, many design practitioners and groups are making impactful changes in the industry and their communities beyond the media clout. This is the case for architectural designer, maker, and educator Maya Bird-Murphy, Founder and Executive Director of the Chicago Mobile Makers.

If you're familiar with the Oak Park, Illinois native, it's due to her work with Chicago's local youth and her team of designers and educators leading workshops in their hard-to-miss repainted UPS trucks.

What started as a thesis project for Bird-Murphy during her time at Boston Architectural College soon grew into the award-winning non-profit it is today. After reflecting on her own experiences as a Black female architecture student and designer working in firms, she saw the need to increase diversity within the industry. The architect/non-profit founder soon realized this change in re...

YACademy’s alumni design an installation at Arte Sella in collaboration with Mario Cucinella Architects

2022-06-20T07:00:00-04:00

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Michele De Lucchi, Kengo Kuma, Eduardo Souto De Moura, and Stefano Boeri: these are just some of the names of the great Masters of Architecture whose interventions are juxtaposed to the installation of Anna Collatuzzo, Arezoo Mohebpour, and Paula Strieder, three Alumni of YACademy who designed The Journey in the period of collaboration of the same with the studio of Mario Cucinella.

Every year, YACademy guarantees to its Alumni a series of internship or collaboration experiences with the most important architectural design studios, as the completion of their training path and as a bridge to the labor market.

In 2021, a group of international students had the opportunity to collaborate with Mario Cucinella’s studio, to create an art installation to be placed in the extraordinary context of Arte Sella.

The work, inserted in the art itinerary of Villa Strobele (one of the three itineraries that make up Arte Sella’s offer), aims to be a nomadic ar...

YACademy's 'Architecture for Fashion' 2022 Edition offers lectures and internships with MVRDV, Zaha Hadid Architects, and Toyo Ito & Associates

2022-06-14T17:00:00-04:00

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Architecture is a privileged tool of those brands characterized by an elevated positioning that, beyond the quality of their own products, needs to feed an imaginary of prestige, style, and refinement. From the showrooms to the stores, fashion needs architects as much as stylists, photographers and modelers.

For these reasons, the course Architecture for Fashion has been created, with the aim of training designers able to interpret the identity of a brand and transform it into an architectural space, moving the meanings of exclusivity, luxury, and elegance from the dress to the designated environment to exhibit it. By deepening the needs of the fashion world, students will gain skills that can spend in the field of luxury, becoming familiar with a segment of the market characterized by an eternal charm and continuous rewarding opportunities of application.

Throughout the course, participants will focus on technical and compositive topics at th...

Explore historic architecture and new interventions with YACademy's 2022 Architecture for Heritage training course

2022-05-09T13:04:00-04:00

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Architects have always been asked to breathe new life into ancient architectures inherited from the past or into historical – often monumental – artifacts that no longer respond to the customs and needs of contemporary society. Nevertheless, the ancient architectures tell our story, therefore, it deserves to be restored with interventions that bring along a hint of modernity and show the trace of the design activity. The “Architecture for Heritage” course has been created on these premises.

The course aims to train designers who will be able to understand and enhance the memory of historical architectures and take inspiration from them to carry out new interventions that both meet the new needs and are enriched by the link to the past. In a close dialogue between the ancient and the modern, between existing architectures and new interventions, it is possible to comprehend what has been and what is now, redesigning – through architecture – a h...

Architecture students from the Royal Danish Academy create a "Guide Book Of DIY Chairs"

2020-04-27T21:38:00-04:00

“We decided to treat the situation as an opportunity to reflect, unite and create together with a group of young talented architecture students, who were all crawling the walls due to lock-down and home isolation.” A-A Collective

At a time where the world is closing down and consumerism is on hold, A-A Collective completes a digital based workshop for 80 architecture students at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation - Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape.

Chair by Helene Engehagen

Students and teachers in home isolation around Europe, from a total of 5 different countries, completed the virtual workshop in one week. Students could only build with household work tools and materials available from their local builders merchant.

Chair by Elen Finstad

Due to current restrictions the workshop draws inspiration from the principles of Enzo Mari’s classical Autoprogettazione collection. The students were challenged not only to design a chair, but also to do a manual of their design, allowing other people to “copy” it.

The guidebook, containing a total of 63 different chair designs, can be downloaded for free here.

The Architecture Beyond Sight program at the Bartlett brings design opportunities to the visually impaired

2019-09-05T12:30:00-04:00

This summer, several architecture institutions provided workshops and summer intensives for prospective students and adults looking to immerse themselves in an architecture and design environment. The Bartlett School of Architecture's Architecture Beyond Sight program provides an excellent opportunity for designers to allow inclusivity to exist at the forefront during the design process.

Initiated by Bartlett's faculty of the Built Environment dean Alan Penn in collaboration with architect and researcher Carlos Mourão Pereira, the program challenges the conventional approach of designing with sight.

Artist Rachel Gadsden with Judit Pusztaszeri. Image courtesy of Proffessor Alan Penn via disordinaryarchtiecture.com

Architecture Beyond Sight is an engaging summer workshop that challenges "architecture's obsession with visual fixation" Dean Penn shares on the Bartlett school site. During week-long workshop participants are presented with an "alternative to architecture's visual bias, b...

Registrations are still open for Architecture for Landscape!

2018-06-13T08:00:00-04:00

Registrations are still open for Architecture for Landscape, don’t miss the chance to get a scholarship for YACademy’s greatest innovation in architectural education!

Applications’ deadline on July 20th for a high level training course offering 110 hours of lessons, a 60-hour workshop, lectures and internship opportunities in internationally-renowned architectural firms like ATELIERS JEAN NOUVEL, SNOHETTA, HHF, DUQUE MOTTA & AA.

THE COURSE

From Stonehenge to Greek temples, architecture is the signature of humankind on landscape, the artificial element that has always been connected to the natural environment. Architecture and landscape are linked by a fundamental continuity that is now starting to fade, damaging the quality of the space we dwell. More than ever today, landscape is a precious heritage that architecture can and must enhance, while protecting it to pass it on to future generations: architects must not give up on working on landscape, instead they should be able to d...

Introducing Architecture for Landscape: YACademy's higher education course

2018-05-14T08:00:00-04:00

YACademy’s higher education course offers 8 scholarships, and internships in internationally-renowned architectural firms.

110 hours of lessons, a 60-hour workshop, and special lectures from and internships in internationally-renowned architectural firms like JEAN NOUVEL DESIGN, EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA, SNOHETTA, HHF, DUQUE MOTTA & AA.

Sign up now for AA Summer DLAB 2017

2017-05-30T04:00:00-04:00

AA Summer DLAB experiments with the integration of advanced computational design, analysis, and large scale prototyping techniques. In its 12th year, Summer DLAB continues to build on its expertise on complex architectural design and fabrication processes, relying heavily on materiality and performance. The programme brings together a range of experts – tutors and lecturers – from internationally acclaimed academic institutions and practices, Architectural Association, Zaha Hadid Architects, among others. The research generated at Summer DLAB has been published in international media and peer-reviewed conference papers, including SimAUD (Simulation in Architecture and Urban Design), eCAADe (Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).

AA Summer DLAB 2017

AA Summer DLAB investigates on the correlations between form, material, and structure through the rigorous implementation of computational methods for design, analysis, and fabrication, coupled with analog...

Apply now for the AA Istanbul Visiting School: Robotic Mediations workshop

2017-04-11T04:00:00-04:00

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Robotic Mediations
Wednesday 28 June – Friday 7 July 2017

AA Istanbul Visiting School, in collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University, is a unique learning and making experience. The programme continues to build on its expertise on generative design methodologies and large-scale prototyping techniques from previous years, while bringing together a range of experts from internationally acclaimed academic institutions and practices, Architectural Association, Zaha Hadid Architects, among others.

AA Istanbul Visiting School will investigate the inherent associations between form, material, and structure through the rigorous implementation of innovative design and fabrication techniques. Computational methods for design, analysis, and fabrication will be coupled with physical experimentation, fostering ‘learning-by-experimentation’ in an active collaborative studio environment. Throughout the design and fabrication processes, th...

Immersion in robotic design keeps ACADIA workshops true to 'Posthuman Frontiers' theme

2016-11-10T13:17:00-05:00

The ACADIA (The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture) conference is a yearly, highly anticipated event for many architecture practitioners, researchers, educators, and inventers around the world. It is a chance for architects to come together and reach into the work that they have been starting or contributing to over the last year. This year ACADIA was hosted at The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, chaired and organized by accomplished and celebrated faculty members from Taubman College. The theme for the ACADIA 2016 conference is “Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines”; an elusive title meant to question certain fundamental conventional methods in architecture.

The workshop series: immersive, full-service learning

Every year, the workshop series is an integral part of a successful ACADIA conference. This year, there was a total of seven workshops that spanned across three intensive days in intim...

ACADIA's 'Robotic Softness' workshop experiments with Xbox Kinect and robo-weaving

2016-11-08T20:07:00-05:00

The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) conference 2016, hosted by the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban planning at the University of Michigan, is a preeminent platform to discuss design philosophies and acknowledge new realms of work done by individuals or organizations among the architectural community. The Institute for Computational Design at the University of Stuttgart's contribution to the field of computational design and architecture has been immense, and the workshop gave us valuable insight into the technology and know-how being developed at the there.

Through the seven ACADIA’s workshops, we participated in “Robotic Softness: Behavioral Fabrication Process of Woven Structures,” led by Lauren Vasey, a Research Associate from the ICD and Giulio Brugnaro, a graduate of the ITECH Master’s Program at the University of Stuttgart who is currently also pursuing his PHD at The Bartlett School of Architecture. The three day workshop was structured...

ACADIA's 'Floating Megalith' workshop challenges architecture's obsession with surface over volume

2016-11-04T14:24:00-04:00

Last Wednesday afternoon, traffic briefly stopped at the main entrance to the University of Michigan’s North Campus as 12 of us hauled a stark white blob the size of a jet ski up hills and across intersections. Curious and confused onlookers watched us as we carried what must have seemed like an unidentifiable object towards the small pond located behind the School of Music. Despite the cold and the rain, the workshop group prepared the form for its maiden voyage, and watched as its water ballast was filled, allowing the foam blob to slowly position itself into a floating megalith. Throughout this trek the workshop’s leader, MIT Assistant Professor Brandon Clifford, walked alongside answering questions. For Brandon, this procession towards the water was not just a familiar aspect of his research in megalithic constructions, but instead an essential element of the history and significance of volumetric design.

Two days earlier, Brandon began his ACADIA workshop session by telling the ...

ACADIA's 'Wooden Structures' workshop takes a hack at automated fabrication of multi-species structures

2016-11-02T13:26:00-04:00

There is a misleading myth that “architecture is just architecture”, that assumes that architecture is a form of knowledge that neither research definitions, nor processes applied in other disciplines, can be applied to architecture research. It is a myth that has been used enduringly as an excuse to avoid further forms of research, claiming that other disciplines do not have the capacity to comprehend the nature of the field and the kind of work it entails. While part of these claims might be true, these claims have led to the severance between architecture and other disciplines, thus marginalizing architecture. Furthermore, it has made architecture seek authority from other disciplines such as art and science.

In the last decade there has been a tremendous change in the way architecture is perceived, which came along with the growing awareness of the importance of research in architecture, initiating interdisciplinary research, and removing all the intellectual paradigm boundaries ...

One-to-One #42 with ACADIA workshop co-chairs Catie Newell and Wes McGee

2016-10-17T17:25:00-04:00

Aside from their role as workshop co-chairs for the ACADIA conference, this week's One-to-One guests are both architects who work and teach at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. Their focus on fabrication led them to their roles at ACADIA, with McGee directing Taubman's FABLab and Newell serving as Director of the Master of Science in Material Systems and Digital Technologies.

ACADIA stands for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, and this year's conference, "Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers and Cognitive Machines" (October 27-29) attests to the extreme collaborative depths humans and machines have come to in architecture. I spoke with Catie and Wes about what they have planned for the conference workshops, taking place October 24-26, and just how close architects are to achieving the singularity.

You can see our coverage of prior ACADIA conferences here.

Listen to One-to-One #42 with Catie Newell and Wes McGee:

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Students go above the double-curve in “InFlux”, from AA Summer DLAB::RED

2016-07-27T18:49:00-04:00

Contrasting against the greenery of Hooke Park is “InFlux”, a brick-red wall prototype that 18 students and their tutors assembled for the AA School of Architecture's Summer DLAB::RED 2015 program. Taking place from July 27 to August 8, the RED-themed agenda explored the phenomenal process of decay in nature.

InFlux builds upon the material behavior research that began in 2014, with further investigations that connect geometry, material, and structure. During the first two weeks, students investigated the fabrication and construction of double-curved complex geometries in applying generative design techniques and robotic milling strategies. Students then applied their skills in constructing the 1:1 working prototype during the last seven days of the program. Since then, InFlux has become a permanent installation at Hooke Park.

Also be on the lookout for more from 2016 Summer DLAB::ORANGE, which just started earlier this week.

Keep reading for more about InFlux's fabrication process:

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Digital manufacturing revolution still held back by outdated equipment

2016-01-28T17:25:00-05:00

Most small manufacturers — a big chunk of the nation’s supply chain — are running older, pre-Internet equipment. “One of the issues we have to address,” said Harris, “is this legacy equipment.” The digital thread can be hard to trace in an entrepreneur like Ellegiers’ plan to ship an app for making a desk, instead of a finished product. “Most shops are definitely not ready for this,” Ellegiers said.

While many American manufacturing workshops may still be stuck with legacy equipment, you can learn more about fabricators at the very forefront of the industry—employing cutting-edge technology in creative ways—in Archinect's new Matters of Scale feature series.

Apply now for the AA Visiting School Greece: Thessaloniki Revelations workshop

2015-09-01T19:10:00-04:00

The AA Visiting School Greece program is getting ready for their Thessaloniki "Revelations" session, starting October 30 through November 9 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The collaborative workshop will investigate the urban fabric of the historic city of Thessaloniki through a series of multi-parameter morphological operations and the use of digital fabrication tools.

All architecture and design students and professionals worldwide are invited to sign up. Be sure to apply by October 15.

The workshop will challenge participants to rethink the way Thessaloniki's city environment has affected its population based on shifting needs, as well as to visualize these urban shifts in a hyper-specific contextualized construction model. Students' design proposals will focus largely on innovative urban interventions informed by the existing city conditions of Thessaloniki.

During the design research phase, students will work in teams as they explore digital fabrication methods thro...

LEGO Architecture launches new student acoustic-design challenge to restore a destroyed music theater

2015-07-22T14:29:00-04:00

Following a successful inaugural event last year, LEGO Architecture is presenting another opportunity for architecture students in the Villa Pennisi in Musica 2015 summer workshop to hone their acoustic-design and LEGO-building skills in the upcoming #FILLTHETHEATRE challenge.

Taking place in August at the Villa Pennisi in Italy, the workshop challenge is part of the 15-day Villa Pennisi in Musica festival that brings together classical music, architecture, and performance design. Attendees get to check out live music performances, exhibitions, lectures, and presentations by major classical musicians and notable practitioners in architecture and sound design.

Using the 1,200-piece monochromatic LEGO Architecture Studio sets, students will build scale models of indoor structures that will amplify the acoustics of the historic Teatro Bellini of Acireale, a baroque theater that was destroyed in a fire in the 1960s. The theater was only partially reconstructed, but is no longer in use due...

REMINDER: The 2015 AA Summer DLAB :: RED application deadline is July 20!

2015-07-14T17:25:00-04:00

There's still time to apply for the AA School of Architecture 2015 Summer DLAB :: RED workshop. Starting July 27 through August 14, the summer program emphasizes the integration of algorithmic / generative design methodologies and large scale digital fabrication tools. Student participants get to explore natural formation processes and interpret them as innovative architectonic spaces.

Continuing its yearly color-based agenda with RED, the 2015 Summer DLAB will investigate the phenomenon of decay in nature.

The program is open to all current architecture and design students. The application deadline is July 20. (Application form below)

By investigating the process of decay across various scales in natural organisms, DLAB participants will formulate rules of generating decomposition as their design research area. These rules will then evolve into design strategies for the creation and fabrication of a large-scale prototype. The design and fabrication process will be informed by the use ...

AA Summer DLAB :: RED is now accepting applications until July 20

2015-05-15T13:03:00-04:00

Summer DLAB from London's AA School of Architecture is gearing up for its 2015 cycle. Starting July 27 through August 14, the summer workshop emphasizes the integration of algorithmic / generative design methodologies and large scale digital fabrication tools. Student participants get to explore natural formation processes and interpret them as innovative architectonic spaces.

Continuing its yearly color-based agenda with RED, the 2015 Summer DLAB will investigate the process of decay in nature.

The program is open to all current architecture and design students. The application deadline is July 20. (Application form below)

More details below:

The fascinating world of Grimm City

2015-04-01T21:01:00-04:00

Later this summer, London's Flea Folly Architects—Pascal Bronner & Thomas Hillier—will be running a workshop in what they broadly call "narrative architecture" at the Tate Modern. "What would a town inhabited by Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder and Man Ray look like?" they ask. [...] Their own project, Grimm City, is perhaps an example of what might result.

Guggenheim to host "Competing Intelligence" Digital Architecture Masterclass this Saturday

2015-03-04T20:40:00-05:00

Mark your calendars, The Guggenheim is hosting a free one-day "Competing Intelligence" Digital Architecture Masterclass this Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All current architecture students and recent graduates (from within the past five years) in the New York metro area are encouraged to join!

This experiment will bring together human and artificial intelligence in evaluating design, as an interactive way to test the limits of artificial intelligence in an architectural context, specifically in the architecture competition. To make things even more interesting, the Stage One entries of the popular Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition will be used as the data set.

The one-day workshop will be led by Hugo Liu, principal scientist at eBay and a Ph.D. holder from the MIT Media Lab, and Troy Conrad Therrien, who is the curator of the Architecture and Digital Initiatives.

Results will be showcased in the forthcoming Guggenheim Helsinki Now exhibition at the Kunsthalle Helsinki a...

MoMA's “Uneven Growth” case studies conclude with exhibition this month

2014-11-13T13:03:00-05:00

MoMA began its "Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities" initiative last year aiming to advance international discussion on disproportionate urban development and its potential consequences. To address this issue, six interdisciplinary teams spent 14 months in workshops designing proposals that investigate new architectural possibilities for six metropolises. Each case study will be exhibited to the public at MoMA starting on November 22.

But the discussion doesn't end there. MoMA also created a user-generated Tumblr that collects examples of emerging modes of tactical urbanism taking place in the six cities.

Here's a glimpse:

LAGOS
By NLÉ (Lagos, Nigeria and Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Zoohaus/Inteligencias Colectivas (Madrid, Spain)

HONG KONG
By MAP Office (Hong Kong, China)
Network Architecture Lab (Columbia University, New York, U.S.)

ISTANBUL
By Superpool (Istanbul, Turkey)
Atelier d’Architecture Autogérée (Paris, France)

MUMBAI
By URBZ: user-generated cities (Mumbai, India)
Ensamble Studio/MIT-POPlab (Madrid, Spain and Cambridge, U.S.)

RIO DE JANEIRO
By RUA Arquitetos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
MAS Urban Design at ETH (Zurich, Switzerland)

NEW YORK
By SITU Studio (New York, U.S.)
Cohabitation Strategies (CohStra) (Rotterdam, Netherlands AND New York, U.S.)

For further details and images from each case study, head over to Bustler.

Generative Design and the Future of Architecture: Workshopping with Zaha Hadid: Code

2014-10-30T15:41:00-04:00

Zaha Hadid: Code is the programming arm of the renowned Zaha Hadid Architecture, a firm known for it's sleek, futuristic designs. During the ACADIA workshop, the designers chose to focus on the task of developing unique, computationally derived models to 3D print within the tight three day timeframe of the workshop. For architecture firms like Zaha Hadid, these workshops serve as playgrounds and testbeds for technologies.