On 16 September 2020, as she made her State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, announced the launch of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) as the cultural and social component of the European Green Deal. In doing so, she emphasized that the ecological transition was not only a […]

The street is the space in our society that is at once the most widely shared and the least designed. It is older than architecture itself, yet strikingly absent from the architectural discourse. While virtually every aspect of the built environment today is being thoroughly reimagined – living, working, caring, learning, relaxing – the street […]

Now that the discourse on architecture is dominated by major themes – affordable housing, densification, depaving, inclusion – it can be beneficial to focus attention on the smallest architectural element, the detail. If it is not merely a technical solution but actually an integral part of the design, the detail can also become a carrier […]

Time as a design parameter ‘We never design for a programme; we use the programme as a pretext to define a structure capable of shifting. Buildings survive because they can resist time physically, but also because they can adopt new functions. We build what must endure, and we set conditions for everything that may change.’ […]