Ecological concern and urban well-being are the driving forces behind AGi architects' proposal for the new headquarters of KFAS, the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science. In mid-2018, an international restricted competition was launched to design a new facility, along with a convention centre and a master plan for the area. International firms such as AZPML or Coop … [Read more...]
Vivero Ilustrado. A proposal for the Square of the Duchess of Osuna
During the 18th century, the Dukes of Osuna owned up as much as 180 hectares of land in the northwest of the city of Madrid. In that area they built the Palacio del Capricho, an aristocratic country property surrounded by a large garden, the sole Romantic park in Madrid, as well as other buildings such as stables and the service house. Today, next to the Palacio del Capricho … [Read more...]
AGi architects featured on UAE and The Gulf: Architecture and Urbanism Now by Architectural Design
AGi architects have been selected by guest-editors George Katodrytis and Kevin Mitchell to be part of the new issue of Architectural Design (AD) entitled UAE and the Gulf: Architecture and Urbanism Now. Projects such as Wafra Living, GDIS, Mop House and Tamdeen Square Residences are featured in an article entitled The Struggle for integrity. Emerging Local Practices in … [Read more...]
The integration of renewable energies in public spaces
In the last few years, out of necessity, urbanism is evolving towards a more sustainable and more resilient model. Cities are becoming hybrid spaces in which new technologies play an essential role, but they are also designed for citizens to make an open use of them. Undoubtedly, the integration of renewable energies in public spaces is linked to active citizen participation … [Read more...]
Urban acupuncture: healing cities in times of crisis
In laying the foundation of urban acupuncture, architect and social theorist Marco Casagrande described the city as "a multi-dimensional, energetic and sensory organism, a living ecosystem", on which we can propose almost surgical operations that correspond to what we know as urban acupuncture interventions, which consist of correcting only the urban deficiencies detected in … [Read more...]