Semi-open Space
Spaces that balance openness and enclosure, allowing flexible transitions between public and private areas.
Semi-open space represents a design approach that mediates between fully enclosed and completely open environments. These spaces create permeable boundaries that can adapt to different uses and users, supporting social interaction while maintaining some degree of separation or definition.
The community explores semi-open design across residential, cultural, and institutional contexts, from adaptable neighborhoods and flexible learning environments to temporary cultural hubs and shared living schemes that respond to changing community needs.
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Adaptive Boundaries: A Fine Dining Room That Redraws Its Own Distances From the Ceiling
Hanging acrylic screens slide along a ceiling track to set table spacing, letting one dining room shift between distanced and full occupancy layouts.
Estúdio Cajalima Stacks a Sandwich Library into a 60 m² Shop Inside São Paulo's Galeria Metrópole
In República, São Paulo, a tiled counter, a blue mesh mezzanine and a saturated red palette turn a tiny gallery unit into an archive of flavors.
Actual Office Turns South London Shell Spaces into a Warm, Steel-Accented Shared Living Scheme
At Cherry Orchard, a restrained palette of pale timber, white brick, and polished steel gives communal living a sense of quiet permanence.
A FABRiCA and CGZ Architecture Fold a Corsican Hillside into an Open-Air Theater and Cultural Center
In Corbara, a 450-square-meter building dissolves into terraced ground, connecting village lanes to a panoramic rooftop plaza facing the Balagne landscape.
