We are excited to introduce the 2026 Experimental Fellows at Bauhaus Earth, architects and researchers Ha Nguyen of arb Architects Vietnam and Hojung Kim, US-based professor, who have been selected to develop their project “Situated Regionalism” between Vietnam and Berlin. Their fellowship project, Situated Regionalism, investigates the potential of unfired brick construction across Vietnam’s seven ecological zones — engaging diverse geologies and Indigenous building traditions while confronting the ecological challenges posed by colonial-era infrastructure, war-related contamination, and rapid industrialization. Alongside the Fellowship, Ha Nguyen and Hojung Kim collaborate as co-founders of the Material Matters (MM) Research Lab, where they bridge computational tools with craft traditions to challenge architectural paradigms that have historically marginalized Indigenous practices. With the 2025–2026 Graham Foundation Award in parallel to the Fellowship, they will deepen and expand this material and cultural research. Stay tuned and find out more on our websites or on Social Media. Portrait © Le Lai Bauhaus Earth Chrissie Muhr Rosa Hanhausen Philipp Misselwitz Eda Özdemir #ExperimentalFellowship #Architecture #RegenerativePractice #Eartharchitecture #arbvietnam #bauhausearth
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Architecture Student at Middle East Technical University, Interested in Ecological & Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design
Excited to share my new booklet: “How to Entangle Architecture with Haraway’s SF(s) and the Chthulucene.” This work is an exploration of how architectural thinking can intersect with Donna Haraway’s speculative frameworks—String Figures, Speculative Fabulation, Science Fiction, and Sympoiesis—while reimagining design within the context of the Chthulucene. The booklet speculates on architecture as a playground for ecological and more-than-human narratives, moving beyond anthropocentric approaches toward entangled, relational, and symbiotic futures. I’d love to hear your thoughts on how theory, ecology, and design can weave together new ways of imagining architecture. 🌱 https://lnkd.in/deE6FzSX
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🌍✨ Launch of HARBE Research Group at SADA, NUST ✨🌍 We are pleased to announce the formation of the Heritage Adaptive Reuse & Built Environment (HARBE) Research Group at the School of Art, Design & Architecture (SADA), NUST. HARBE is envisioned as an interdisciplinary platform for advancing research and practice in: 🏛 Heritage conservation ♻ Adaptive reuse 🌿 Sustainable built environment Led by Dr. Naveed Iqbal (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Waqas Ahmed Mahar (Co-Principal Investigator), HARBE seeks to address pressing challenges of urban regeneration, climate adaptation, and cultural continuity through academic inquiry, dialogue, and practice-based projects. 🚀 We are open for collaboration! HARBE welcomes partnerships with scholars, professionals, institutions, and students who share an interest in heritage, sustainability, and innovative design approaches. Together, we aim to shape resilient and culturally rooted futures for our built environment. #HARBE #Heritage #AdaptiveReuse #Sustainability #Collaboration #BuiltEnvironment #ArchitectureResearch
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Built Form invites original research articles, review articles, practice articles, viewpoints, critical views, reports, field notes/observations, and other types of manuscripts for its upcoming issue. Topics include (but are not limited to): built form, urban morphology, urban design, architecture, the structure and evolution of cities, preservation and conservation, urban regeneration, local identity, urban aesthetics and landscape, heritage protection and management, spatial continuity and integrity, urban growth management, space syntax, Conzenian urban morphology, spatial analysis, typology, characterising and managing the urban landscape, artificial intelligence and built form. www.builtformjournal.org
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Built Form invites original research articles, review articles, practice articles, viewpoints, critical views, reports, field notes/observations, and other types of manuscripts for its upcoming issue. Topics include (but are not limited to): built form, urban morphology, urban design, architecture, the structure and evolution of cities, preservation and conservation, urban regeneration, local identity, urban aesthetics and landscape, heritage protection and management, spatial continuity and integrity, urban growth management, space syntax, Conzenian urban morphology, spatial analysis, typology, characterising and managing the urban landscape, artificial intelligence and built form. www.builtformjournal.org
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