Month: November 2023

The city of Mendoza, Argentina, hosted the international event known as the “Feria de América,” an industrial and continental exhibition that took place from January to April 1954. To provide a suitable setting for the exhibition, 30 hectares of land were allocated around the perimeter of Lake Parque General San Martín. Here, 93 pavilions and nearly 20 facilities were set up, including the Allegorical Tower, an open-air theater, and bars. The American countries represented with their own pavilions were Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Paraguay. There was also a large pavilion that housed various Latin American countries such as Colombia, Cuba, Bolivia, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico, along with stands for Chilean and local Mendoza-based companies and provincial pavilions for Mendoza, San Juan, Misiones, La Rioja, Eva Perón (now La Pampa), Juan Domingo Perón (now Chaco), Córdoba, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Tucumán, and Buenos Aires. Additionally, there were stands and premises for various trade chambers (Quiroga, 2012). The fair embodied the government’s aspiration to showcase a thriving, prosperous Argentina that was connected to regional countries and at the forefront of industrial development.

After being awarded the prestigious Silver Lion for his contribution to this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, Brooklyn-based artist Olalekan Jeyifous shows no signs of slowing down. Currently in the midst of preparing his entry to the next Sharjah Architecture Triennial, he also recently celebrated the opening of Climate Futurism, a group exhibition that highlights the power and efficacy of artists’ methods and processes to imagine a more equitable future – and is working on a public monument to former United States Representative Shirley Chisholm as part of New York City’s She Built NYC initiative, among other projects.

Memorial Dignity Mausoleum is an initiative of the People of the Street Foundation. Its objective is to provide funerary units and a space of remembrance for the people who died living on the streets of Santiago de Chile, the first of its kind in Latin America. 

Stalk, the Tree Hugger is a project comprising five 30-meter-tall existing trees in the heart of Jakarta’s busiest business district, being wrapped and clothed into a canvas of light and shadows that host multiple functions of commercial activities. The architect was to experiment with space creation by creating a simple architecture of a parametric cloth that hugs existing greeneries, creating many variations of closure enclosures of the space.

Our project begins with an understanding of the cultural background, perspectives, and personal or collective experiences that shape the meaning of the building. We express unique meanings through various elements such as form, space, materials, images, etc. The context is not static but a continuous yet flexible relationship within the ecosystem between nature and artificial structures. The diversity of elements like the environment, history, abstract factors, and the everyday and non-everyday aspects forms organic relationships that constantly evolve and repeat creation and dissolution. We aim to foster a healthy interaction between architecture and society by embracing a holistic approach beyond the boundaries of architecture and uniquely interpreting the environment, culture, and social context in which the building resides. 

rea studio applies natural stuccos, neutral-toned porcelain, and uniform-grain carpentry inside casa banderas.
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Plantation Retreat in Alibaug – Building a large house on a sea-facing hillside in Mumbai is both exciting and daunting. On the one hand, the prospect of a panoramic ocean view is thrilling. On the other hand, it undoubtedly adds to the growing cluster of self-important villas in these, which were uninhabited, natural landscapes not so long ago. Rather than fighting its presence, however, the plantation retreat in Alibaug emphasizes the profile of the built form. It is not much unlike the Portuguese chapels scattered around the rolling hills of nearby coastal Goa. In their pure white brilliance, these chapels do not shy away from their existence with their characteristic axial orientation and dominant silhouette. Similarly, this retreat attempts to lend a comfortable scale to its surrounding landscape.