VAV DRA&U
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VAV

PROJECT SUMMARY The authorization process for the second project of our REthinkING REbuildING Urban Regeneration Program has begun. The project involves the demolition of a building built in the late 1970s and now abandoned for several years. As planned, we will carry out a project consisting of three zero-emission dwellings independent of each other, and…
ROYAL PARK RE-THINKING
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ROYAL PARK RE-THINKING

PROJECT SUMMARY Our research on public open spaces within a radius of ten kilometers of Melbourne’s centre led us to study the historical area of Royal Park. Located at the northern edge of the city centre, two kilometers north of the Central Business District and among important urban development districts (Parkville national employment and innovation…
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REFUGEES CAMP

PROJECT SUMMARY Proposal for a project of modular housing structures to be built in Somalia, to improve the living conditions of refugees who find themselves in temporary camps. The project proposes neighborhoods for 10,000 inhabitants capable of also providing spaces for social development: schools, sports, work and socialization. The difficult conditions in which refugees live…
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Baku Urban Regeneration

PROJECT SUMMARY "... the ability to allow a revision of one's past is characteristic of a modern city (they are the old cities that make their past ugly).  ... But saving the past does not mean not planning the future ... " Umberto Eco . This Urban Regeneration project is based on a reading of…
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ISTAT Headquarter

PROJECT SUMMARY The third prize-winner of the competition, this project represents a proposal for an office building for the ISTAT (The Italian National Institute of Statistics) headquarter based in Rome. The shape of the building respects the indications of the development plan of the Municipality of Rome with defined "basement" element, containing common areas developed…
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Kenya Social Housing

PROJECT SUMMARY This social housing development model is designed to change a common view on social housing blocks, mostly associated with dull and grey shades. The bright and cheerful colours of the buildings make it quite a vibrant development. Aimed to be realized in order to ease a shortage of housing in Kenya, this urban…
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TURKISTAN MEDIA CENTER

PROJECT SUMMARY The winner of "Turkistan Architect Awards" in Media Center category, this project seeks to create a high-tech building complex for media, tracing the evolution of Islamic architecture elements to their modern interpretation; its intention is to establish a dynamic center designed for editing and transmitting accurate information simultaneously contributing to the cultural development…
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KENYA AFFORDABLE HOUSING

PROJECT SUMMARY The proposed project comprise an urban development model which is aimed at being realized in Kenya in order to provide affordable housing solutions to the population of the country. The outcome of an in-depth study on housing production, materials and construction methods in Kenya is that residential masterplan developed on a site of…
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Moscow Residential Design

PROJECT SUMMARY The logic of this low-growth project follows the objectives to create an organically complete cell rich of stimuli and emotions through colours, shapes, volumes, capable of creating a continuous dialogue with the surrounding environment. Two different rectangular blocks have been designed, one measuring 3.3 ha with a central public space and the other…