a+t 61 Frugality Series : Resources and Finesse

Description

This issue explores the intersection of available resources and creative finesse in architecture as a critical response to environmental demands. Ten international architecture firms, including Lütjens Padmanabhan, Raamwerk, and Vivas Arquitectos, demonstrate how stripping away unnecessary layers yields powerful results and imparts identity to the final outcome. Their projects showcase simple constructions that transform industrialized assembly into personalized architectural patterns.
CONTENTS

• Frugality. Javier Mozas.
• The Touristic Minga / Chaki Wasi. Zumbahua, Pujilí, Cotopaxi (Ecuador.) 2023-2024.
• Intentional Vegetation / Unterfeld Energy Centre. Unterfeld, Zug (Switzerland) 2021-2024.
• The Resources of the Section / Zwhatt. Regensdorf (Switzerland) 2020-2024.
• Urban Agriculture / Westhof. Dübendorf, Zurich (Switzerland) 2017-2023.
• Factory-Built Housing / Industrialised Social Housing in Poblenou. Barcelona (Spain) 2021-2024.
• The Crowned Folie / Eernegem Kindergarten. Eernegem, West Flanders (Belgium) 2018-2023.
• Care Hemicycle / Duinhelm. Stene, Ostend (Belgium) 2017-2023.
• Pure Nostalgia / Jongensschoolpleintje. Zomergem (Belgium) 2016-2023.
• The Problem Of The Oblique / Siamese Houses in Babendiekstraße . Hamburg (Germany) 2023.
• The Sophistication Of The Countryside / Haus Im Garten. Zurich (Switzerland) 2018-2023.
• The Veracity Of Matter / Social Housing in Masnou. El Masnou, Barcelona (Spain) 2019-2024.