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We are featured in RIBA-published 100 Women Architects in Practice
We are pleased to be included in the publication 100 women architects around the world by RIBA which will be launched on 23 January 2024 in London. Selected and edited by Professor Harriet Harriss, Naomi House and Monika Parrinder and Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft, the book showcases the stories of 100 women currently making their mark in the architectural world.
Geographically balanced to feature architects across six continents from no less than 79 countries, from Argentina to Zimbabwe and everywhere in between. The book explores “the different worlds, different forms of architecture and the place-sensitive approaches” each architect has taken to fulfil their vision through a series of insightful profiles and inspiring imagery. Each has the knowledge and talent to be a household name. This publication aims to play a small part in increasing their visibility by giving their contributions due recognition. Click here to order a copy.
Vocational College Nearing Completion
In the last phases of completion are these series of eight workshop blocks for a vocational college in Juasseh. They will be used to teach industrial techonology courses such as construction, electrical and mechanical systems to teenagers. This is reflected in the architecture of the blocks with the use materials in their industrial state to create structures, partitions and sun shading devices. More details coming soon.
Reconceptualizing Urban Housing @ Venice Biennale 2023
Reconceptualizing Urban Housing Exhibition on liveable collective housing featuring women-led practices from around the globe Venice, Italy http://www.reurbanhousing.com
The global housing crisis has created an urgent need for housing worldwide, especially in urban centers where 80% of the world’s population is housed. In the race to build more homes faster, many important factors are being overlooked including community, identity, and liveability. From city to city the context differs dramatically, but the problem is universal: How can urban collective housing be more liveable? How do we ensure that the design of housing will enhance inhabitants’ wellbeing and quality of life? Reconceptualizing Urban Housing will be exhibited as part of the 6th edition of Time Space Existence, organized by the European Cultural Centre (ECC) during the Venice Biennale from May 20th to November 26th, 2023. The exhibition brings together a group of women-led practices from around the globe with unique perspectives on collective housing, primarily in or near urban areas. The diverse range of projects exhibited not only feature a variety of approaches from Europe and North America, but also from developing nations such as Uganda, Malaysia and Mexico, exploring diversity in building typology, climate, and economic and cultural factors, while embodying a shared commitment to social and environmental sustainability.
The selected projects showcase new thinking around housing – they take a bold approach to liveability, exploring the balance of communal and private, design for social connection, adaptability, identity and agency, optimizationof natural light and ventilation, integration of landscaping and urban farming, and access to outdoor spaces, while remaining unique to each local context and demographic. Together and in different ways, they redefine what collective housing can be and how it can support liveability for its inhabitants.
Featured practices:
Adengo Architecture, Uganda
Alison Brooks Architects, UK
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, Canada
Eleena Jamil Architect, Malaysia
Fernanda Canales Arquitectura, Mexico
Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, France
Mecanoo, The Netherlands
Meyer-Grohbruegge, Germany
Studio Gang, USA
Exhibition Dates: May 20 to November 26, 2023
Press previews: May 18 & 19, 2023
Location: Palazzo Mora, European Cultural Centre, Venice, Italy
Entry: Free
Exhibition Sponsors: Arup, Parklex Prodema, EeStairs, DuRock, Blackwell,
Bulthaup
Media Contact: Heather Breeze connect@reurbanhousing.com
High res and web images: https://tinyurl.com/5dr2mcm4
Website: http://www.reurbanhousing.com
R20 – An Urgent Situation: Rethinking Tourism through Architecture, Art and Community
We have been working on the An Urgent Situation: Rethinking Tourism through Architecture, Art and Community https://www.praksisoslo.org/residencieslist/r20 project organised by Praksis Oslo (Nicholas Jones & Charlotte Teyler) in partnership with Don Lawrence, Tanja Thorjussen and Ketut Karya exploring the future of tourism in terms of design and architectural sustainability and their impact on local communities. The project began with a two-part online residency discussing issues which resulted in a design manifesto as well as exciting ideas on how to develop Samong Haven site in Sumberkima, Bali.
This month we are all at Samong Haven to explore and develop some of these ideas we have been discussing online. Residency participants include Zhe Rui Chen, Stephanie Florence, Kyrre Kalseth, Hans-Petter Bjørnådal, Johanne Dalemark, Eric Almberg, Ahmad Darkhabani, Afaf Ismail, ,Tadeo Nedala, Doriane Happel, Stephanie Florence, Majoren Tegnestue, Eric Almberg
This project is supported by @nordiskkulturfond and @mybritishcouncil
Article titled ‘Ideas, Form & Construction’ published on D-Zine Trend
Our Models @ PAMNEXT Kuala Lumpur Design Festival 2022
Some of our architectural models are on display at the PAMNXT: Discover of Resilience Exhibition starting from 3rd to the 18th of December at Thinkcity’s High Street Studio organised in conjunction with Kuala Lumpur Design Festival 2022. It’s free to visit!
We’re back to modelmaking again!
Happy to be modelmaking again after a long pandemic-led hiatus. Here’s our first in a long time for a ‘cafe cum plant nursery’ scheme: a model made of balsa wood to represent bamboo, blue coloured elements denote steel work and laser-cut boards for perforated brickwork.
Tukang Film
As part of our ‘About Making’ project, we produced a short film in collaboration with GarisPXL.Co, titled ‘Tukang‘ where three craftsmen – Adiguru Muhaimin Hasbollah, Elias Robani and Isma Sazali Rosti – talk about the process of building the traditional Malay timber house in Malaysia. These vernacular houses are a sophisticated form of rural domestic architecture consisting of rectangular volumes raised on stilts put together using an interlocking joinery technique known as tanggam.
About Making
We are excited to start working on ‘About Making: Exploring building craft and its social processes’ – a project supported by @my_british (Connections Through Culture Grant 2021)
A collaboration between @eleenajamilarchitect (Malaysia), Dr Stephen Knott, Abbe Fletcher & Dr Christoph Lueder (UK), different aspects of ‘making’ in art and architecture will be explored while carrying forward the materials and processes of traditional craft in a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary mix.
Connections Through Culture Online Collaboration Grants 2021 | British Council