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📢 What makes a square? 📍 Place des Remparts, Esch-sur-Alzette (LU) In a wonderful collaboration, the Architecture Students Association and Masters of Architecture students at the University of Luxembourg, with support from the City of Esch, organized an engaging event for Neighbours’ Day. The activity, held at the heart of Place des Remparts, brought students and local stakeholders together. Through informal conversations, they explored ideas and shared perspectives about the junction, fostering a sense of community and collaborative urban design. This approach is crucial for their design studio project, where they are exploring concepts like how squares foster a sense of belonging and conviviality. The students are examining how this particular junction can be transformed into a square, considering important elements such as housing dynamics, stakeholders, and mobility. They aim to incorporate intricate parameters of Place des Remparts, addressing gaps in Esch’s existing mobility plan by involving these matrices comprehensively. Université du Luxembourg https://lnkd.in/eB94vJEP © Altamash Baig

What insights can an architecture, landscapes, and urbanism researcher learn from DIT? 🤔 Marida Borrello answers this question in our recent blog, and the answer is - among other things - that there is no reason to fear venturing outside of your normal discipline, because it only enriches your original discipline: "I see how di-verting from the discipline is fundamental to believe in your discipline and make it useful for society, as this is fundamental to be able to talk and communicate in other ways" she says. Read much more about Marida's experience as a visiting researcher at DIT right here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eT2tZYuj

#PolyUDesign_KnowledgeTransfer Researchers from the PolyU School of Design (SD), the Department of Applied Social Sciences (APSS) and the Research Institute for Land and Space (RILS) will present findings from a GRF-supported research project in digital cultural heritage and housing ethnography, focused on social and spatial patterns in stilt housing districts in Tai O Village, Hong Kong. The research presented will illustrate how housing, understood as a culturally specific practice, relates to houses in settlements with distinct, long-standing vernacular architecture. The study will demonstrate and recommend tools for digital conservation of vernacular architecture and demonstrate methods designers, architects, and scholars can use to describe and conserve threatened cultural resources through digital surveying and ethnography. Professionals, scholars, and students working in design, architecture, housing, social sciences, and cultural heritage fields are welcome to join to hear research findings and discuss cultural heritage in Hong Kong. 🔗Register before 26 Nov 12 pm| https://lnkd.in/gjktEpmf 🔗More about the lecture and the speakers| https://polyu.hk/tdzLC Kun-pyo Lee Rennie Kan Daniel K Elkin Dr. Norah Wang Markus Wernli #PolyUDesign #PolyU #design #polyuEID #lectureseries #taio #stilthousing #Environmentaldesign #interiordesign #digitalconservation #vernacular #architecture #socialpattern #spatialpattern #questionquestionquestion

🙌 Congratulations to School of Architecture students Josh Sanoria, Lucy Lee, and Tom Arbuckle for being winners in the 2024 Resene Student Design Awards! 🏳️🌈 'Queeriosities of Space' by Josh Sanoria Queer spaces in the Philippines and Aotearoa New Zealand are explored through stories of lived experiences to create a deeper cross-cultural understanding of community, inclusivity and visibility. Differences in how queer people are perceived in both countries are used as steppingstones in fostering safe and inclusive spaces for all people. ✨ 'Algorithmic Abodes' by Lucy Lee Algorithmic Abodes explores the intersection of architecture, automation and environmental stewardship. Automation is used to optimise measurable aspects of residential architecture, such as efficiency, precision and sustainability, while allowing the architectural design to transcend into something unmeasurable, fostering a relationship between people, the land and its environment. Beauty in architecture is explored, not as a static attribute, but as a living relationship between people, nature and design. The project embraces the challenge of designing spaces that do not merely occupy the land but coexist with it, nurturing a balance that is both functional and poetic. ✊ 'Artistic Activism!' by Tom Arbuckle Art, architecture and activism have historically intersected. In a time of political and economic uncertainty, and the ever-decreasing accessibility of the arts, this project blurs the boundaries of art, architecture and activism to advocate for Aotearoa’s arts. Artistic Activism! establishes itself through a non-linear, iterative, design-led method and is developed through three speculative responses: an installation, a pop-up intervention, and an arts centre. Each project increases in scale and acts as an activist, agitating for art as essential, politically important and joyful. 🔗 Read more about the finalists: https://brnw.ch/21wPeBq #wgtnfadi #architecture #awards

#PolyUDesign_KnowledgeTransfer Researchers from the PolyU School of Design (SD), the Department of Applied Social Sciences (APSS) and the Research Institute for Land and Space (RILS) will present findings from a GRF-supported research project in digital cultural heritage and housing ethnography, focused on social and spatial patterns in stilt housing districts in Tai O Village, Hong Kong. The research presented will illustrate how housing, understood as a culturally specific practice, relates to houses in settlements with distinct, long-standing vernacular architecture. The study will demonstrate and recommend tools for digital conservation of vernacular architecture and demonstrate methods designers, architects, and scholars can use to describe and conserve threatened cultural resources through digital surveying and ethnography. Professionals, scholars, and students working in design, architecture, housing, social sciences, and cultural heritage fields are welcome to join to hear research findings and discuss cultural heritage in Hong Kong. 🔗Register before 26 Nov 12 pm| https://lnkd.in/gzf67Z4G 🔗More about the lecture and the speakers| https://polyu.hk/tdzLC Kun-pyo Lee Rennie Kan Daniel K Elkin Dr. Norah Wang Markus Wernli #PolyUDesign #PolyU #design #polyuEID #lectureseries #taio #stilthousing #Environmentaldesign #interiordesign #digitalconservation #vernacular #architecture #socialpattern #spatialpattern #questionquestionquestion

What is the schoolyard of your dreams like? 🍋Murcia's Directorate-General of Housing & Architecture led a series of 4️⃣ workshops at local schools which gave students capacity to transform their schoolyards to be green, resilient & healthier places! Through innovative methodologies and by applying citizen science, the aim was to reflect on the capacity of NbS and urban green to transform schoolyards into kinder, healthier, more sustainable and resilient places. The objective was that the results of the workshops would provide useful information to give final shape to the projects to be executed in the selected schools as well as promote the incorporation of natural elements into school spaces. "At the Ministry, we support the #GoGreenRoutes Project, and we wanted to accompany the educational centres participating in the workshops to find out what their needs are and offer them a better Quality of life." María Dolores Gil García, Director General of Housing and Architecture of Murcia 🇪🇸 Want to learn about the workshop outcomes? You can explore the report here📚https://bit.ly/3WJhzqE

🌍 Happy World Architecture Day in Advance! 🏙️ This year’s theme, "Empowering the Next Generation in Participatory Urban Design" underscores the critical role that young people play in shaping the future of our cities. As we continue to tackle urban challenges like affordable housing, pollution, and inequality, the voices of the next generation are more important than ever. From leveraging cutting-edge technology to advocating for greener, more equitable spaces, young urban thinkers are leading the way in creating cities that are built for the future. Now is the time for us to provide the platforms, mentorship, and opportunities they need to actively participate in shaping the environments where we all live, work, and grow. Let’s champion participatory urban design, foster innovation, and work together to build cities that reflect the diverse needs of all their inhabitants. 🌿🏛️ IFASA OAU | UIA - International Union of Architects #WorldArchitectureDay #UrbanPlanning #NextGenDesign #Sustainability #InclusiveCities #YouthEmpowerment #FutureCities

Meet Aleksandra Krstikj, a research professor from Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Architecture, Art, and Design. Her specialized studies on architecture and urban design in Japan have helped her discover a different approach to address Mexico’s issues of sustainability, use of resources, and accessibility in peri-urban areas. #TecScience tells you more about her research.

Meet the finalists of the 37th Student Architecture Awards! LETLHOGONOLO SESANA Tshwane University of Technology 📚 THESIS: Investigating architecture's role in preserving South African birth rituals. Letlhogonolo's project delves into the intersection of selfhood, spirituality, and space in African contexts, enriching architectural discourse by exploring the role of architecture in preserving birth rituals amid cultural erosion in South Africa. The study proposes architectural interventions rooted in communalism and metaphysical continuity, advocating for the integration of cultural values into design to foster identity preservation. Additionally, it recognizes architecture as a medium through which rituals, representing metaphysical journeys across time, materialize. This understanding underscores architecture's capacity to articulate, preserve, and empower individual and communal identities. Through this holistic lens, architecture emerges as a transformative force, bridging past, present, and future narratives while embodying the essence of cultural expression and continuity. To find our more, click the link below and don't forget to sign up to watch the live stream of the awards on the 10th of May🎉 https://lnkd.in/d5vqD8gg #CorobrikStudentArchitectAwards #StudentArchitectureExcellence #InnovationInDesign #TalentRecognition #ProudAchievements #ShapingTheFuture #DesignInspiration #NextGenArchitects 🌐

17TH ANNUAL WORKSHOP OF LATVIAN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE TO PREPARE PROPOSALS FOR UKRANIAN URBAN AREAS DEVASTATED BY WAR The workshop was held from 19th to 23rd of September 2022 in which students from top Universities of 6 different countries (India, Germany, Hong Kong, France, Latvia, Ukraine) participated. The theme of this year’s workshop was "RENEWAL OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN UKRAINE". WORKSHOP OF LATVIAN SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE is an annual students event aimed to simulate working conditions close to real. The basic idea is to organize creative process with involvement of different architectural sub-specialities necessary to insure full scope of activities within the process of solving the task set by the organizers. The final product has to be delivered within a week time. No deadline prolongations are accepted. All the communication among the parties is done on-line. Students from 1st Year Master of Urban Design participated and presented some of the best ideas for Urban Renewal Projects. #urbandesign #mastersdegree #workshop #urban #latvian #ukraine #urbanrenewal #renewal #architecture #event #students #universities #creative #projects #proposals #environment #presentation #ideas