Beyond the Cloud

The (mis)mannered manor

A Flat Tale

At the height of its production, Dutch architecture has come to the point where the main criteria for a project’s success is its compelling concept, which in turn manifests itself through the architectural story. The project questions the capacity of architectural storytelling, which is exactly the topic that should be discussed in this story...

Millennial City

From the Medieval Walled City model to the contemporary Grid City model, the anthropocene CITY has evolved as a new species to a stage that surpasses humanity. Its main goal is efficiency and prosperity of the city itself instead of individual human aspirations. At this moment the city has repressed individual by collective goals, it is no...

Architecture Redux

In a predetermined system of work, architects are obliged to comply with the developer’s ‘maximum-profit’ way of working. This project proves that the whole process can be subverted by implementing small changes in standardized components. Be it a window, a ceiling, or the position of a unit in the building, it guarantees a better performance of...

Rethinking Ritual In The Malay House

Ritual as prescribed by tradition has long been instrumental in defining the essence of ethnicity. It is governed by accepted rules, values and behavioral norms embedded in daily routine through repetition. Contemporary Malays have inherited rituals, dating since the 7th century, known as ‘adat’. The advent of Malacca Sultanate in the 15th...

Types and Stereotypes

Polykatoikia is a Greek version of the typical, modern, generic, multi-storey apartment building. The project, a 1:20 dollhouse, is an inhabited architectural section. Each room is a scene about a polykatoikia, its occupants, and their—stereotypical—reality. Unlike a plan, a section reveals the complexity of aggregated living. Unlike abstract...

A Clinical Corpus: The Most Immaculate of Intentions

As a revision on the notions of the body and the aesthetic associations manifested in the clinic, this project takes the form of 4 projective sections. The presented scenes are layered compositions permanently exposed as historical fragments that come together as an essay on clinical aesthetics. The project seeks to undermine the once...