Absent Architecture
Architecture defined by what is removed, transformed, or exists in potential rather than physical form.
RDTH architekti Rips Out Nearly Every Wall in a Prague Apartment and Replaces Them with Furniture
A 101-square-meter post-war flat in Prague trades rigid partitions for a single rotated furniture block, curtains, and glass concrete.
Space Encounters Crowns a 1980s Dutch House with Corrugated Aluminum and Geometric Apertures
On a water-ringed plot in Broek op Langedijk, a restrained renovation transforms a forgettable brick house into a taut, arcadian composition.
td-Atelier and ENDO SHOJIRO DESIGN Resurrect a 1931 Kyoto Timber House for Its Next Century
A nearly centennial wooden residence in northern Kyoto is carefully peeled back and rebuilt around light, memory, and a triangular courtyard.
Assembling the Ruin: Toward a Recyclable Architecture
Thoughts and methodologies
Temporal Parasols: A Modular Architecture Approach to Temporary Pilgrimage Infrastructure
Modular architecture redefines pilgrimage spaces through deployable origami-inspired parasols that balance community, privacy, and sustainability.
Floating Architecture and Offshore Adaptive Design: Proximity Island – Frame
A floating architecture experiment that responds to sea-level rise, framing the ocean horizon while redefining offshore adaptive design.
Ephemeral Living: Reversible Architecture for India's Pilgrimage Landscapes
A thesis project proposes modular, cyclical architecture that assembles for pilgrims and dissolves back into the land when they leave.
Prosthetic Aesthetics of an Archive: Memory as Architecture in Vatican City and Belgrade
A speculative thesis by Đorđe Bulajić proposes a prosthetic archive that attaches to sacred and civic institutions, mediating between physical preservation
Babylon 20.20: A Vertical Survival System Rising Above Toxic Smog
A speculative post-apocalyptic habitat filters poisoned air, harvests water, and rebuilds community through vertical modular architecture.
Villa de VOID by Atelier ITCH – A Subtractive Architecture Approach to Light, Connectivity, and Family Living
A compact urban home transformed through a central void, bringing light, connection, and nature into a once dark, enclosed semi-basement structure.
Base Beyond
DESERT COMPOUND ARID: TOURISM OF ABSENCE AND ABUNDANCE
