Students are getting mentorship and real-life case to solve, NGO organizations are getting new visual identities or websites at professional level for free, mid-level designers are getting efficient raise of qualification. The new framework of the graphic design course which is saving energy, time, and other resources by fulfilling the needs of three different types of audiences and solving three relevant and real issues at once.
“No fences” is a project of prefabricated residential buildings system used to create temporary housing estates in urban wastelands. The project tries to confront the current problems faced by the inhabitants and authorities of Polish cities. It was developed with particular attention to housing accessibility issues, creating local communities, sustainable building technologies as well as efficient use of urban land.
The modular multipurpose covered hall on the Place d’Armes in Calais, France is composed of a large-span, light, and warm structure. Its large accordion door opens like a pleated theatre curtain, forging an intimate relationship between inside and outside space. Completed in 2015, the Halle de Calais has served the community as a space that adapts to their needs and evolves with the daily routine of the inhabitants.
The project tells the story of a stone found in situ, as it has always been, which has been converted into house. The seasonal living concept brings a millennia-old cultural technique into present day. Condensing living space in colder seasons saves resources and costs - in summer, the space doubles. A mobile kitchen moves with the residents. Conventional energy-saving houses, isolate themselves from their surroundings. This house encourages ecological living in connection with the environment.
In times in which levels of pollution are constantly rising, we are forced to think about our future and the future of following generations. Sustainability has become an indispensable core of any project rather than just an option. We have to undertake actions for our planet to last as long as it can. This project aims to demonstrate how little effort is needed to bring about a radical change in the quality of our built environment.
The project is based on the perspective of viewing the urban as a constructed ecosystem. Taking this perspective, every form of life that contributes to the preservation of a livable and biodiverse environment comes to the fore and is taken into account in the process of imagining, developing and realizing a just and ecological society.
Let’s built the birthplace of the future!
Till now the birthplace is a forgotten place in architecture. More research and awareness on the topic of birth is needed. The exhibition ‚The birthplace of the future‘ is the first research program on the topic of birth, architecture & sustainability that travels through the EU. The interactive exhibition shares and collect knowledge from different stakeholders. The birthplace of the future will be the birthplace of the future.
At „Alte Gärtnerei“ we aim to blend urban horticulture with applied climate change mitigation as well as providing cultural and learning oppurtunities amidst a diverse, aesthetically pleasing land design.
Key elements of our work are local food production, education on sustainable development, community engagement and food-related reskilling. A modular project setup helps synergize those goals into the creation of a vivid, diverse and accessible open space within the often hectic city surrounds.
And thus the idea of the “Kuldiga Street Art Festival” was born to create murals on the buildings of the new part of Kuldiga town (Latvia) gradually transforming the municipality into the Open-Air Art Gallery!
We create a bridge between research and production that passes through design and education able to lead us to innovation.
