Month: September 2021

like a nomad’s backpack, the never-rooted 25m x 1m house by atelier RZLBD travels with unfolding functions that become inseparable with the owner no matter where
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Client’s brief. The rental apartment house is located in Sargans in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, at the intersection of three wide valleys, where they create a fertile lowland between the otherwise steep peaks of the surrounding Alps. The Principality of Liechtenstein and famous ski resorts are in close proximity. The original task was to reconstruct an old self build a family house, which was already at the end of its life span and did not meet the requirements of the client. In agreement with the investor, his family, and a structural engineer, it was decided that the house will be removed and a new project will be designed to suit the needs of the owner. An invited architectural competition was organized in order to find the best solution. We placed 1st in the competition and from 2016 on we started working on the next phases of the project.

designer mahdi eghbali amlashi envisioned a futuristic village on the moon with a recreational and research approach planned for the next two or three decades.
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One of the big economic factors of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the issue of tenant evictions and rent moratoriums. As millions of people quickly lost their jobs, it meant that they began to struggle to pay their rents. Now, as the economy slowly begins to recover and some return to work, there’s been pushback on the moratoriums, with landlords and tenants being split on how to move forward with the future payments. Tenants still can’t pay their rent and landlords themselves are burdened by the lack of income. But what this tug of war really sheds light on is how out of reach the costs of living have become in some of the densest cities, and how housing in some ways has been seen as an amenity, not a necessity or a basic right- even in a global pandemic.

Bjarke Ingels Group has released images of a new 150,000-acre masterplan that would be built from scratch on a desert in Western United States. Titled Telosa, the project aims “to create a new city in America that sets a global standard for urban living, expands human potential, and becomes a blueprint for future generations”. The project is expected to house over 5 million residents within the next 40 years, with a vision of becoming the most sustainable city in the world.