Daniel Fuhrhop, a housing transformation economist, advises municipalities on how to better utilize living space through consultation with property owners. He authored “Verbietet das Bauen!” (Forbid Building!) and “Der unsichtbare Wohnraum” (Invisible Living Space). With 15 years of entrepreneurial experience, he founded the independent press Stadtwandel. In 2021, he ran for Mayor of Oldenburg, securing 46 % of the vote in the run-off. Since 2022, he has been living in Potsdam.
A staircase in a private garden in Genoa demonstrates just how simple grand gestures in architecture can be sometimes. Fabrizio Polimone of Caarpa on the Scala San Filippo.
The Friedland transit camp on the former inter-German border remains a point of contact for asylum seekers to this day. The new building for the local museum makes the experience of crossing the border tangible in a physical sense.
Used cross-laminated timber (CLT) slabs and roof tiles as facade cladding: the LysP8 housing development is a pilot project for circular construction. Project manager Tenzin Tsamdha from Loeliger Strub Architektur talks about the challenges of planning with reclaimed materials.
At the entrance to the small town of Barbiano in South Tyrol, a bridge structure clad entirely in greenery welcomes visitors. One abutment is the village's new day-care centre; the other houses the tourist information office.
Enough of the debate about a lack of beauty and the 'triumphs of ugliness'. It is time to focus on architecture with social impact.
Reinier de Graaf is a partner at OMA. In his latest book, Architecture Against Architecture, he reflects on the outdated working structures in many architectural practices and argues for a less naïve approach to political and economic influences.