Textile Architecture: 7 Buildings That Interweave Sustainability and Innovation
Textile architecture revolutionizes the architectural landscape with hybrid and fluid solutions that interweave functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability. Thanks to the synergy between advanced textiles, innovative technologies and BIM software, a new design frontier emerges that can meet the needs of temporary and permanent projects, challenging the traditional indoor-outdoor dichotomy.
Creating Inclusive Security: Designing Airports for All Passengers
With more people than ever flying, the needs of travelers and the demands of airport security are evolving in tandem. Passengers today represent a wider spectrum of abilities and backgrounds, requiring security measures that are both comprehensive and inclusive.
Transforming Urban Landscapes: Unlocking the Potential of Parking Facilities
“Whoever said life was about the journey and not the destination never had to look for a place to park,” writes journalist Henry Grabar, in his book Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World. “Every trip must begin and end with a parking space, and in no uncertain terms. We expect parking to be immediately available, […]
OCEANIX: The World’s First Prototype of a Smart Floating City
Water is life — and throughout history, human settlements have always gravitated towards living near bodies of water. An estimated half of the world’s population live within 100 kilometers of a coast, which is a population density of around twice the global average. Likewise, 14 ouf of 17 largest cities are located on coasts, with 11 in […]
Designing Subway Stations for the Future: Safety and Aesthetics
“An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars, rather it’s where even the rich use public transportation,” said Enrique Peñalosa, the former mayor of Bogotá.
But how can we ensure safety while fostering aesthetics that attract and engage users?
Why Flex Living Is Changing the Rules of the Real Estate Market
There is a new profile of citizen that needs to access housing in a different way: giving priority to services, time flexibility and more.
The rise of flex living is tied to significant demographic shifts and changes in the workforce, impacting the real estate market as profoundly as the shortage of available space in large population centers and the continuous increase in prices.
