Building Design
FLDArchitectural approaches to designing buildings that serve communities, adapt to change, and integrate multiple functions.
Building design encompasses the conception and development of structures that respond to human needs and environmental contexts. This includes residential, civic, and institutional projects that balance aesthetic intention with practical functionality.
The community explores adaptive reuse and hybrid programs that combine living, working, and public spaces. Projects range from medium-density housing and community facilities to artist studios and music academies, examining how building form, materiality, and spatial organization can support diverse uses and evolving communities.
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Earth Made Residence: Stacking a Ghanaian Compound House into 36 Units Made Entirely of Earth
Cublo reimagines Accra's traditional compound house as a dynamic, cantilevered block that argues earthen architecture can be iconic.
The Student Center As A Modular Space: A Timber Grid That Behaves Like a Street in Amsterdam
Shortlisted at Overseas Oasis 2020, a stacked wooden frame holds cafés, shops, studios and terraces in parts that can serve shifting demands.
Re-Coding Post War Syria: Mud Brick, Timber Frames and a Rooftop That Waits to Be Built
Two small buildings in Syria pair broken brick walls with vine-hung pergolas, betting that a community rebuilds itself by finishing what it starts.
The Layercake: An Amsterdam Building Stacked From the Habits of Plantage and Oost
A raised volume frees the ground for an urban cave, then stacks gallery, lecture hall, workspace and a green roof facing a canal and a windmill.
