Every design decision, what students hear, see, and feel, plays a role in their ability to learn. School design, often with its emphasis on efficiency over humanity, has impeded these…
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Living Chair proposes urban furniture as a chair-landscape, starting from bodily perception and posture to rethink how public space is inhabited. The article connects furniture history, material experimentation, light, and hand drawing to explore care, play, and awareness in the contemporary city.
What makes an open urban space habitable? The answer goes beyond formal design to how we shape streets, plazas, and everyday environments. I propose an expanded understanding of urban domesticity: seeing…
A blackboard under a wooden canopy. Rows of desks nestled between thick greenery. Children raising their hands in an open-air classroom somewhere in the Netherlands in the 1950s. This quietly…
It was soon after I moved to Houston in 2015, amidst my adjustment to a new city and academic life, that I invited Toshiko Mori to give a lecture at…
Community gardens act as a social glue in urban spaces, connecting people from different backgrounds to help build physical and mental well-being. By partnering with local organizations and schools, they…
Perfect Days, 2024 Tokyo is often recognized for its technological innovation and dazzling skyscrapers. Yet, behind the veneer of cutting-edge design and urban hyper-modernity, the city has a unique ability...
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Seen as a sacrifice, living small has been attempted to be rethought with micro-homes and micro-apartments. While applauded in the design world for being sophisticated and ingenious, the realities of…
For over five hundred years — since the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the colonization of African peoples — Blackness and, by extension, Black hair have been perceived in Western cultures as something to be managed, contained, and policed. But what if natural Black hair and the hairstyles it makes possible can inspire liberatory architectures for Black futures across the globe?
As urbanization intensifies, it’s imperative to reimagine living spaces that enhance our daily experiences while minimizing our ecological footprint. I delve into ethical urban design, emphasizing the potential of compact…