Architecture

Volvo Circle Pavilion, made entirely of lightweight and minimal materials, speaks of a vision for sustainability. It was planned not only to create something beautiful but also to ensure that the materials used were fully reused and recycled and that they were circulated and found new uses while minimizing the environmental impact. The paper-thin and light Tyvek covering the pavilion’s structure is dismantled and reused as recycled plastic boards for public furniture, while the puzzle benches made using forged and neglected structural wood are fully recycled and donated. The minimal steel structure that safely supports the pavilion is disassembled and reused, and almost all elements are prefabricated and installed on-site to reduce the environmental impact and carbon emissions generated at the construction site.

babnimnim design studio stacks five stone masses, each resonating with the five daily prayers, ascending toward the central half dome.
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The project of a house in Oeiras, on a hillside overlooking the Tagus River estuary, in a territory with no memory, places us in a location where everything is new, yet anonymous. In an urban fabric where identity remains elusive. For this non-place, we designed not from delicateness, but from the intensification of gesture, from an idea with enough expression to establish a new time.

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Villa JJ is located on a cliff on the shoreline of Stockholm’s southern archipelago. The climate here can be harsh, nature is shaped by rain and storms as much as by sun and drought. The building tradition was characterized by simple buildings, often gathered in clusters to protect each other, such as fishermen’s sheds or small farms. The houses were low, clad with wood boards, gray or almost white.