"Finding the Balance" with USCArchitecture faculty Alex Robinson on sustainable architecture.

Building a Woman: An Alternative Rite of Passage Through Vernacular Architecture | Masters Design Project ‘Building a Woman’ is a Masters Design Project by Sarina Patel from the ‘Bartlett School of Architecture - UCL.’ The aim of this project is to provide an alternative to the Maasai Emuratare ritual by creating a rite of passage centered on learning, preserving, and innovating vernacular architecture through the construction of Manyattas. By combining ancestral wisdom with architectural education, the project empowers girls to participate in cultural continuity while fostering sustainable building practices. To submit your academic project for publication at ArchiDiaries login to ArchiDiaries Page. #Architecture #ResearchCentre #InstitutionalArchitecture #CulturalArchitecture #AridArchitecture #Sustainability #BartlettSchoolofArchitectureUCL #London #UnitedKingdom https://lnkd.in/gJeHiCir

San Cristóbal Community Ring: Urban Infrastructure For The Integration Of Hillside Neighborhoods | Architecture Thesis On Urban Regeneration ‘San Cristóbal Community Ring’ is an architecture thesis by Karina Nicolle Astucuri Saenz from the ‘Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo - PUCP.’ The project seeks to tackle unplanned urban growth on San Cristóbal Hill through integrated planning. By creating a mid-slope ring that improves accessibility, adding community hubs, and converting risk zones into recreational and ecological spaces, it seeks to enhance safety, social cohesion, and sustainability while preserving the hill’s cultural and symbolic value. To submit your academic project for publication at ArchiDiaries login to ArchiDiaries Page. #Architecture #ArchitectureThesis #UrbanRegeneration #TemperateArchitecture #FacultaddeArquitecturayUrbanismoPUCP #Lima #Peru https://lnkd.in/gKrKPcYM

Roots for Renewal: Rewilding Ladywell Baths through Adaptive Reuse | Masters Design Project ‘Roots for Renewal’ is a Masters Design Project by Catriona Ng from the ‘Bartlett School of Architecture - UCL.’ The project seeks to transform the abandoned Ladywell Baths and its surroundings into a shared sanctuary of slowness, where ecological renewal, heritage preservation, and community well-being intersect. It explores adaptive reuse, aiming to repurpose a site of decay into a place of mindfulness, connection, and sustainable living, while extending these values into the wider neighbourhood through thoughtful interventions. To submit your academic project for publication at ArchiDiaries login to ArchiDiaries Page. #Architecture #AdaptiveReuse #PublicArchitecture #TemperateArchitecture #BartlettSchoolofArchitectureUCL #London #UnitedKingdom https://lnkd.in/gXVsmjYM

🏛️ What does it take to transform history into the future? In this highlight from Building Toronto’s Skyline, Nick Ainis speaks with Eric Rodrigues, Founding Principal & Creative Director of Boldera Architects, about adaptive reuse and heritage conservation. From preserving cultural essence to meeting modern needs, Eric shares how his vision is reshaping Toronto’s skyline—one historic conversion at a time. 🎧 Watch the highlight and hear how heritage can fuel innovation. 🔗 Full episode: https://ow.ly/8zMy50WWNBh #BuildingTorontosSkyline #Architecture #HeritageConservation #AdaptiveReuse #TorontoDevelopment #Boldera

EXTENTS, a design collaborative led by two Taubman College faculty, will present its work at the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial this fall. Founded in 2017 by Cyrus Peñarroyo, assistant professor of architecture, and McLain Clutter, associate professor of architecture, EXTENTS is one of nearly 100 firms, collaborations, and individuals participating in this year’s international exhibit. Founded in 2014 and first held in 2015, the Chicago Biennial elevates the city’s historical legacy at the forefront of architecture and design. This year’s event, titled Shift: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, will bring together projects from 30 countries to address questions of housing, ecology, and material innovation. The Biennial opens on September 19, 2025, and runs through February 2026. Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/eZ6ZMT3m

From the Studio series presents "PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT" with USC School of Architecture faculty Alison Hirsch. Hirsch discusses her dual role as a historian and a designer, which provides valuable insights into community design history. These insights, she believes, contribute to the design of future spaces. The Master's of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism program at the School of Architecture focuses on public environment and multi-benefit infrastructure. These infrastructures and designs serve holistic community needs, while addressing sustainability goals like water conservation, urban cooling and habitat creation. #USCArch #USCArchitecture #LandscapeArchitecture #PublicSpaces #SustainableDesign

CODEPENDENCE ~Aiming Harmony Rural is backward? No. Urban is exploitative? No. The lack of harmony within the two creates disparity? Yes. The idea of "empowering rural" & "developing urban" is not stating one realm is superior to other but to facilitate a bridge, an exchange of cultural wisdom & technological advancement. Drawing in collaboration with: Aishwarya Balsekar Guided by: Michael Salka at Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia #architecture #drawing #rural #urban

Urban Layers and Living Spaces: The Evolution of Housing in Kayseri Nihan Muş Özmen, Burak Asiliskender DRArch Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture & Planning This study analyzes how housing in Kayseri, Turkey, has changed through urbanization and modernization across four eras. It explores the interplay of national policies, global trends, and local adaptations, revealing a complex process of tradition meeting modernity. Discover how Kayseri's evolving domestic architecture reflects shifting urban realities. https://lnkd.in/dECyq_f5

Can a Victorian Town Hall still serve today’s communities? For my M.Arch dissertation at the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA), I explored this question through Rochdale Town Hall, a landmark of civic pride and heritage.Using Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language as an analytical framework, I examined how historic spaces can adapt to modern civic and social needs while respecting their heritage significance. Key takeaways from my research: 1. Heritage buildings must be understood through their spatial affordances : the possibilities for civic life they enable, not just their physical form. 2. Community participation is as vital today as it was when Rochdale Town Hall was first built through public subscription. Adaptive reuse should favour flexibility and inclusivity over rigid preservation, aligning heritage with contemporary urban life. This research sits at the intersection of heritage, architecture, and community well-being, highlighting how historic civic spaces can be more than monuments they can be living frameworks for the future. I’ve shared the full dissertation here! I’d love to hear your thoughts: "How should historic civic buildings be reimagined for today’s communities?" Special thanks to Louis England for his valuable feedback and encouragement during this process! Full dissertation available on Research gate: https://lnkd.in/gfCMeSJi #Architecture #HeritageConservation #AdaptiveReuse #UrbanDesign #PatternLanguage

I disagree with this premise or at least couch it in the caveat that cities, particularly US cities have foundational problems with their ground plane which they must correct first. The ground plane is shared space, fundamental to city functionality. This can easily become whimsy without foundation, Mumford's 'glib ephemeralities done with technical precision.'