PEDRO AIBÉO’S PORTFOLIO IN ARCHITECTURE
Pedro Aibéo’s architectural portfolio brings together 78 projects developed between 2003 and 2026 across approximately 20 countries. The work spans residential, commercial, educational, cultural, healthcare, urban planning, governmental, and transportation projects, heritage renovations, cohousing transformations, university campuses, hospitals, cultural buildings, public-space interventions, governmental facilities, bridges, and infrastructure proposals. A strong part of the work focuses on adaptive reuse, educational architecture, healthcare, and socially engaged housing models, including the development of Gamified Cohousing projects.
The projects range from independent commissions and competition-winning proposals to under-construction works and collaborations with international architectural offices in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.
Residential
2024: Design of a large high-end family house in Kathmandu, Nepal
2023: Design of a high-end house in Kathmandu, Nepal
2023: Renovation of a fomer public school, heritage building in Kajaani, into a Gamified Cohousing, Finland
2023: Renovation of a Train Station, heritage building in Kannus, into a Gamified Cohousing, Finland
2023: Renovation of a public school, heritage building in Lappeenranta into a Gamified Cohousing, Finland
2022: Renovation of an heritage building in Oulu into a Gamified Cohousing, Finland
2017 : Renovation of an old school into Gamified Cohousing, in Hyrsylän Koulu, Hyrsylä, Finland
2016 : Renovation of an old School into Cohousing, in Porvoo, Finland
2015: Sleep Work Party (apartment renovation), in Helsinki, Finland, Residential, Renovation, Head Designer
2014 : Summer House Renovation, in Viseu, Portugal, Residential, Renovation, Head Designer
2013 : Historical Building Renovation : Porto, Portugal : with J. Botelho
2013 : Residential (Cappucino) : Stettbach, Switzerland : with RD2B
2012 : Residential (Piano) : Zelgli, Switzerland : with RD2B
2012 : Residential (Latte) : Stettbach, Switzerland : with RD2B
2012 : Residential Buildings (Domino) : Switzerland : with RD2B
2012 : Residential Buildings (Chaemeleon) : Switzerland : with RD2B
2012 : Residential Buildings : Cham, Switzerland : with RD2B
2011 : Housing Extension : Köln : with H+P
2011 : Interior design of a 17th floor penthouse : Bengaluru, India : with 3FoldDesign
2011 : Abdhullah Salim Residential : Muscat : with H+P
2011 : Residential Block : Germany : with H+P
2010 : Private Luxury Residence : Masirah, Oman : with H+P
2010 : City Apartments : Oman : with H+P
2010 : Student Housing for GUtech : Oman : with H+P
2009 : Affordable Housing : Luanda : with S. Claassen
Military
2026 : Construction supervision of two Engineering projects for the Lombrum Naval Base, Harbour facilities, in the island of Manus: expected completion in 2027.
Commercial
2026 : Resort Kusumbun Forest Villa, in Nagarkot, Nepal
2023 : Design of a commercial and residential building in Thapatali, Kathmandu : Nepal
2015 : Boffixe : Office Interior Design : Finland
2014 : Voxel : Office Modular Furniture Design : Finland
2012 : Shopping Center : Escher Park, Switzerland : with RD2B
2012 : Industrial Warehouse : Switzerland : with RD2B
2010 : ASRC residential commercial : Baushar, Oman : with H+P
2010 : Guard House : Muscat, Oman : with H+P
2007 : Meeting Room redesign : Bonn : Germany : with S&A
2007 : Main Tower Skyscraper refurbishment : Frankfurt, Germany : with S&A
2003 : Anaerobic Biogas Plant : with TBW/GTZ : Brasil, Chon Buri, Haiti, Syria, Iran
Educational
2026: Design of a Japanese language Center at the Kathmandu University, for Fordays Ltd
2025: Design of a Polytechnical school in Pokhara, Nepal, for Koica, 1st prize
2023: Design of a Recycling Startup Center for Pokhara, Nepal (under construction, ready in 2027)
2014: QUT: The Cube content proposal, in Brisbane, Australia, Educational, Renovation, Head Designer
2014 : Music Conservatory : Tampere, Finland : with M. Fonseca
2011 : University Campus : Moscow, Russia : with R&W
2011 : GuTECH University Campus : Muscat, Oman : with H+P
2011 : Buraimi University Campus : Muscat, Oman : with H+P
2011 : Golf University Campus : Oman : with H+P
2010 : Digital Media University Campus : Oman : with H+P
2010 : Public School extension : Muscat, Oman : with H+P
2008 : Renovation of a Professional School : Germany : with KKS
2008 : Renovation of the Bessungen School : Darmstadt, Germany : with KKS
2006 : Green Modular School : Competition : Germany
Cultural
2017 : Temporary Pavilion for Suvilahti : Helsinki
2014 : Guggenheim Museum ANTI-Proposal : Helsinki
2013 : Concert Hall + Hotel : Zurich, Switzerland : with RD2B
2011 : Museum of the History of the Islamic Science : Muscat, Oman : with H+P
2011 : Al Beruni Library : Tashkent, Uzbekistan : with H+P
2008 : Creative City : Study for D. Bascunan : Darmstadt
Healthcare
2026 : Dhulikhel Hospital expansion, Nepal, construction
2023: General Hospital expansion for the South Korean Government (Koica) in Nepal, 1st prize
2015 : All accessible house: Finland
2013 : Senior Residence : Berikon, Switzerland : with RD2B
2009 : General Hospital : Germany : with Woerner & Partner
2009 : Clinic in Jena : Germany : with Woerner und Partner
2009 : German General Hospital : Abu Dhabi : with Woerner & Partner
2009 : Children’s hospice : Germany : with W&P
Urban Planning
2015 : Kiasma public square intervention : Finland
2012 : Public Thermal Baths : Nakhl, Oman : with H+P
2009 : Oil Refinery Urban Plan Conversion : Portugal
2009 : City Square and World War Monument : Montendre, France
2008 : Stadtakupunktur, Urban Planning Strategy for Darmstadt : Germany
2007 : Darmstadt City Modell Live Show : Germany
Governmental
2024: Design of the new US ambassador’s residency for Nepal
2011: Governmental Headquarters : Oman : with H+P
2009 : Frankfurt’s New City Hall : Germany : with Woerner & Partner
2007 : Employement’s Office extension : Germany : with Schulze & Ass.
Transportation
2012 : Airport Hangar : Dang Nang, Vietnam : with RD2B
2009 : Pedestrian Bridge on the Beach : California, USA : with R. Symmes
2006 : Bridge over the Elbe : Hamburg : with D. Bascunan
2003 : Mobile Support System for Train Passengers : Design proposal for the Russian Railway System : Jekaterinburg, Russia
GREEN VENTURE ZONE
2023 - 2027
- Type: Invitation / competition
- Location: Nepal
- Time: 2023
- Status: 1st Prize - on construction till 2027
- Architect: Pedro Aibéo
- Client: JK Associates / KOICA, Korean Development Aid Agency
- Field of work: Preliminary Architectural Design
- Press on local TV
- Drone view
The Recycling and Upcycling Centre for Job Creation and Innovation is a major step toward sustainability and green job creation in Nepal, in March 2025, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Green Venture Zone (GVZ) was held at Pokhara Exhibition Center, Pokhara-9.
This ambitious project is a collaboration between KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency), UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), and Pokhara Metropolitan City.
JK Associates contracted Pedro Aibéo in 2023, to make the design. This project will feature advanced waste management systems, eco-friendly production units, and business incubation support for green enterprises. This initiative will boost local economic resilience and establish Pokhara as a leader in sustainable business.
The project aims to empower 136 community groups by providing skill development and technical training, leading to both direct and indirect employment.
Mayor Acharya highlighted its role in turning waste into valuable resources, supporting economic growth and environmental sustainability. The first phase is expected to create over 3,000 jobs.
PRIVATE RESIDENCY
2024
Location: Nepal
Time: 2024
Status: on HOLD
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Client: JK Associates
Field of work: Preliminary Architectural Design
PASCOAL SUMMER HOUSE RENOVATION
Location: Portugal
Time: 2014 – 2018
Status: CONCLUDED
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Construction company: viskott
Field of work: Design
The renovation of this summer house involved, as usual, compromises, what to keep and what to discard. I tend to upcycle most of the existing, leaving the character and stories on site. It adds value and continuity.
You can see in these sets of photos what it used to look like and how it is now.
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSE FOR
KATHMANDU
2024
Type: Invitation/competition
Location: Nepal
Time: 2023
Status: 1st Prize
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Client: JK Associates / KOICA, Korean Development Aid Agency
Field of work: Preliminary Architectural Design
2023
Type: Invitation
Location: Nepal
Time: 2023
Status: CONCLUDED
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Client: JK Associates
Field of work: Design
HOSPITAL EXPANSION 2023
Type: Invitation / competition
Location: Nepal
Time: 2023
Status: 1st Prize
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Client: JK Associates / KOICA, Korean Development Aid Agency
Field of work: Preliminary Architectural Design
Type: Invitation / competition
Location: LATVIA
Time: 2019
Status: on HOLD
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Client: not disclosable
Field of work: Preliminary Architectural Design
BENGALORE PENTHOUSE
INTERIOR DESIGN
Type: Invitation
Location: Bengaluru, India
Time: 2011 – 2013
Status: BUILT
Architect: 3FoldDesign + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept Model + Visualizations
Photos © 3FoldDesign + Pedro Aibéo
SHOPPING +
CULTURAL CENTER
SWITZERLAND
Location: Switzerland, Escher Park
Time: 2013
Status: On going
Architects: RD2B + Pedro Aibéo
Copyright: RD2B
Field of work: visualizations + architectural drawings
FRANKFURT’S
NEW CITY HALL
Type: Invited competition
Location: Frankfurt
Time: 2009
Status: Completed (2nd Place)
Architect: Woener und Partner + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept Model + Visualizations
image © Woerner und Partner
BRIDGE OVER
THE ELBE
Type: study
Location: Germany
Time: 2006
Status: concluded
Architect: Pedro Aibéo + D. Bascunan
Field of work: Design + Structural calculation
Copyright: Pedro Aibéo
I used clay to model this project. I did so as we had plenty of it in the workshop downstairs at TU Darmstadt. The “lab” of Prof Auslender.
Little did I know that after some years I would be working just beside this same spot of Hamburg. Not for a bridge but for a concert hall.
The Professor of this University Project was a Civil Engineer. He was inspiring. I got better insights of Engineering with him than during my Civil Engineering Master Degree in Porto.
EMPLOYEMENT’S
OFFICE EXTENSION
City of Darmstadt
Type: Invitation
Client: Bauverein AG
Location: Germany, Darmstadt
Time: 2007 – 2008
Status: Built
Architect: Schulze und Assozzierte
Architects involved in the planning: Ingolf Schulze + Pedro Aibéo + Wolfgang Ritter
Field of work of Pedro Aibéo: Architectural Design + Visualizations + Executional Plans
GFA: 2460 sqm
image © Schulze und Ass.
MAIN TOWER FRANKFURT
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Type: Invitation
Location: Frankfurt
Time: 2007
Status: Built
Architect: Schulze & Azz. & Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept Design & Modelling
image © Schulze und Ass.
MEETING ROOM
INTERIOR
ARCHITECTURE
Type: Invitation
Location: Köln, Theodor Heuss Ring 1
Time: 2007
Status: Built
Architect: Schulze & Azz. & Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept Design & Modelling
image © Schulze & Azz.
CREATIVE
CITY
Type: invitation
Location: Germany
Time: 2008
Status: Concluded
Architect: Pedro Aibéo + D. Bascunan
Field of work: Sketches
STADTAKUPUNKTUR
Type: Urban Planning Study
Location: Germany
Time: 2008
Status: Concluded
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Design + Sketches
BESSUNGEN
SCHOOL
RENOVATION
Type: invited competition
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Time: 2008
Status: Built
Architects: KKS Architekten + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Interior Design + Construction drawings
image © KKS Architekten
POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL
RENOVATION
Type: Competition / Renovation
Location: Germany, Neckarsteinach
Time: 2008
Status: Built
Architect: KKS Architekten + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Executional Drawings
image © KKS Architekten
WWII Memorial and
city square
Type: Invitation
Location: Montendre
Time: 2009
Status: Built
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept & Planning
CHILDREN’S HOSPICE
Type: Competition
Location: Germany, Bethel
Time: 2009
Status: Completed (2n Place)
Architect: Woener und Partner + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept Model + Visualizations
image © Woerner und Partner
GERMAN GENERAL
HOSPITAL
Type: Invitation
Location: Abu Dhabi
Time: 2009
Status: Built
Architect: Woener und Partner + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept Model + Visualizations
image © Woerner und Partner
Clinic in
Jena
Type invitated competition
Location GERMANY
Time 2009
Status Lost
Architect W+P + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work Architectural drawings + visualizations
image © Woerner und Partner
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Type: Invited competition
Location: Germany
Time: 2009
Status: Completed
Architect: Woener und Partner + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept Model + Visualizations
image © Woerner und Partner
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
ON THE BEACH
Type: Open Competition
Location:California, USA
Time: 2009
Status: Concluded
Architect: Pedro Aibéo + R. Symmes
Field of work: Architectural Design
Total Built Area:
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR LUANDA
Type: Competition
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Time: 2009
Status: Concluded
Architect: Pedro Aibéo + S. Claassen
Field of work:Architectural Design
Conversion Design Study of
Porto‘s oil Refinery
Type: Final Graduation Thesis
TU Darmstadt
Location: Porto
Time: 2009
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Conversion of the oil refinery plant of Perafita in Porto, Portugal, into a city block, with a micro economy structure based on the management of the local energetical resources.
A self-sufficient small city containing unplanned spaces as buffers for adaptation (population growth, food, energy production ratios, etc.). An achieved purpose has to be flexible enough in its budget and functionality, to be able to morph according to the several unexpected variables which time always brings. The total certainties which architects so nicely sell to a layperson are never to be trusted.
GU TECH
OMAN
UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS
Type: Competition: 1st prize 2008
Design Period 2009 – 2010
Construction Period 2011 – 2012
Location: Muscat, Oman
Status Built
Gross Floor Area 13,465 sqm
Site Area 500,000 sqm
Client: Oman Educational Center LLC
Awards Special Mention Award by the German Design Awards 2016
Best Commercial Building (Construction week award 2013)
Best Consultant for Commercial Building (Dossier Award 2013)
Best Project Manager for Richard Lisker for GUTech (Construction week award 2013)
Architect Höhler + Partner
Aibéos scope of work Architectural Design, Interior Design
Images Copyright All pictures by Pedro Aibeo, 2019
AZAIBA TOWER
OMAN
Design Period 2009
Construction Period Built
Location Muscat, Oman
Architecture H&P + Pedro Aibéo
Aibéo’s field of work Architectural Design
Copyright H+P
Photos Pedro Aibéo, 2019
Architecture based on the minimum requirements for the maximum profit. Who is then responsible for the social problems created by such designs? For several years I did hade to design such buildings and this was one of the reasons why I stepped out of such process and started Architectural Democracy.
German University of
Technology in Oman
(GUtech) Housing
Design Period 2009 – 2010
Construction Period 2011 – 2012
Client Oman Educational Center LLC
Location Muscat, Oman
Gross Floor Area 10,512 sqm
Aibéo’s field of work Architectural Design
Photos Copyright All photos by Pedro Aibeo 2019
History of Islamic Science
Center
Design Period 2011 – 2012
Construction Period 2014 – 2016
Client Oman Educational Center LLC
Location Muscat, Oman
Gross Floor Area 3,559 sqm
Site Area 500,000 sqm
Architecture H&P + Pedro Aibéo
Aibéo’s field of work Architectural Design, Interior Design, 3DModelling, Physical Model, Mashrabiyas design, Parametric Facade design
Photos copyrights All photos by Pedro Aibeo 2019
AL BERUNI LIBRARY
IN UZBEKISTAN
Type Competition entry
Design Period 03/2011 – 10/2011
Client Government of Oman
Location Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Gross Floor Area 10,450 sqm
Status On hold
Architecture H&P
Sketches Christoph Fischer
Aibéos field of work Concept, Architectural Design and visualizations
Images copyright by H+P
UNIVERSITY OF
BURAIMI
Type Competition entry
Design Period 03/2011 – 10/2011
Client Government of Oman
Location Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Gross Floor Area 10,450 sqm
Status On hold
Architecture
Type Invitation
Design Period 2011 – 2012
Construction Period 2013 – 2014
Client UOB Steering Comittee
Location Buraimi, Oman
Gross Floor Area 2,126 sqm
Site Area 1,000,000 sqm
Awards Project manager of the year 2015
Engineer of the Year 2015
Commercial Project of the Year 2015
Consultancy Project of the Year 2015
Architect H+P
AIBEO´s scope of work Architectural Design (2011)
PRIVATE HOUSE
AACHEN
GERMANY
Type invitation
Location AACHEN
Time 2012-2013
Status built
Architect H+P + Pedro Aibéo
Copyright H+P
Tourist Development Facilities in
Nakhal
OMAN
Type Competition Entry
Design Period 2011
Client Ministry of Tourism
Location Batinah, Oman
Architecture H&P + Pedro Aibéo
Aibéo’s field of work Conceptual design, Visualizations
Pictures copyright: Hoehler und Partner
Guard House GuTech
Type: Competition 1st place
Location Oman, Muscat
Time: 2013
Status Built
Architect H+P with Pedro Aibeo
Field of work Architectural Design
Photos: Aibeo, 2019
MODULAR SCHOOL
LOW BUDGET NEW
BUILT
Type: study
Location: Germany
Time: 2006
Status: CONCLUDED
Architect: Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Design + Structural calculation
Copyright: Free to use, please mention Pedro Aibéo as the maker
After having worked as a Civil Engineer for 1 year, in Frankfurt, in environmental energy for developing countries, I applied to study Architecture at the TU Darmstadt in 2003. I studied German I passed the demanding DSH test. I did my second Master, now in Architecture, supporting it financially by working part time as a musician, on tours and in office jobs as a civil engineer / architect. During this time, I had the fortune of being a student of Prof Manfred Hegger of the department of Entwerfen und Energieeffizientes Bauen (Project and energy efficient construction). This department got notorious when it won in 2007, the Solar Decathlon in Washington DC, with its modular furniture, low energy consumption, solar panels on the window shades, etc. This modular school was part of that department’s work. The goal was to make a school, energy efficient, which could be built fast and cheaply. Although the Decathlon house was a hit, it also costed an absurd amount of money, speculated to be around 1 million euros. Luckily for our German team, the costs were not considered back then as an evaluation item to win the competition, but only th operational factors of efficiency in energy consumption.
With the modular school, and later on in all of my proposed projects, I regard a building within its life-cycle, from acquisition, design, construction, operation and dismantling, or reintegration in another economy. Energy efficiency must be the accumulated energy from this whole cycle, not only during its operation.
CAMPUS
RUSSIA
Type: Invitation
Location: Moscow
Time: 2011
Status: On going
Architect: Pedro Aibéo + R&W
Field of work: Architectural design
RESIDENTIAL
CHAM
SWITZERLAND
Type: invitation
Location: CHAM, Switzerland
Time: 2012
Status: On Going
Architect: RD2B + Pedro Aibéo
Copyright: RD2B
Field of work: concept & planning
CONCERT HALL + HOTEL
ZURICH
SWITZERLAND
Type: Invitation
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Time: 2013 – 2015
Status: On Going
Architect: RD2B + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept & Planning
HOUSING DOMINO
SWITZERLAND
Type: Invitation
Location: Switzerland
Time:2012
Status: On Going
Architect: RD2B + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Architectural Design
Total Built Area
Photos & sketches © Pedro Aibéo
HOUSING
SWITZERLAND
Type: Invitation
Location: Zelgli CH
Time: 2012-2014
Status: Built
Architect: RD2B + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Executional drawings
WAREHOUSE
SWITZERLAND
Type: invitation
Location: Switzerland
Time: 2012
Status: Concluded
Architects: RD2B + Pedro Aibéo
Copyright: RD2B
Field of work: architectural design
SENIOR RESIDENCE
SWITZERLAND
Type: invited competition
Location: Berikon, Switzerland
Time: 2012
Status: Concluded
Team: RD2B + P. Aibéo
Field of work: Conceptual design
Pictures © RD2B
GAMIFIED COHOUSING PILOT PROJECT
Type: bid
Location: Finland, Hyrsyla, Finland
Time: 2017- ongoing
Status: Ongoing
Architect: Aibéo
Field of work: Proposal, Concept & Planning + Construction
Photos: all photos by Aibeo, 2019
COMMUNAL HOUSING
RENOVATION
Type: bid
Location: Finland, Porvoo, Svartås Skola
Time: 2016 – ongoing
Status: Ongoing
Architect: Visiomo + Aibéo
Field of work: Proposal, Concept & Planning
Residential
Chameleon
Type own development proposal
Location SWITZERLAND
Time 2013
Status On going
Architect RD2B + Pedro Aibéo
Copyright RD2B
Field of work Architectural Design
MODULAR OFFICE FURNITURE
FINLAND
Type: Modular office furniture deisgn spiced with Mechanical Engineering
Location: Helsinki, FI
Time: 2014 – ongoing
Status: CONCLUDED
Project Manager: Sofia Fagerlund
Architects: P. Aibéo + X. Huang
Engineers : M. Järvinen
Designers: P. Salokannel + S. Jauhanen + C. Nguyen + T. Taipale
Field of work: planning and realization
in cooperation with:
MUSIC CONSERVATORY EXTENSION
Tampere
Type: public competition
Location: Tampere, Finland
Time: 2014
Status: Concluded
Architect: M. Fonseca + Pedro Aibéo
Field of work: Concept & Planning
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM FOR HELSINKI
Type: Competition
Design Period 2014
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Status Concluded
Client: Guggenheim Foundation
Architect Pedro Aibéo
To protest against the competition process, which exploits designers all around the world, I too sent an entry proposing collaboration and no competition. Later one, while in Helsinki, I actively engaged in protesting against the plans of building such musuem in Suomi. Read more here
From all the enounters and discussions along the process, one email I found worht mentioning, from an Arizonan Architect who travelled all the way to see the exhibition opening: “Pedro, that was great fun. Glad to hear your perspective. will be the last competition I work on for sure, but well worth the
HOUSING RENOVATION
PORTO
Type: Proposal
Location: Porto, Portugal
Time: Started 2013
Status: On hold
Architect: Pedro Aibéo, Jeronimo Botelho
Field of work:Renovation Planning
Total Built Area:
HOUSING RENOVATION PORTO
FortRest
URBAN ART PROPOSAL
Type competition
Location Finland
Time 2015
Status lost
Architects Pedro Aibéo + Sofia Fagerlund
Field of work Architectural Design
OTANIEMI CAMPUS
anti-proposal
Type: Competition
Design Period 2012
Location: Espoo, Finland
Status Lost
Client: Aalto Foundation
Architect Pedro Aibéo
To avoid that another competition involving a campus, excludes their own resources, such as students and architect teachers, and to avoid that such a complex and dynamic space be planned in one go, instead of being phased, allowing better usage of it according to users’ responses, I sent a proposal.
This proposal has no floor plans nor sections, but schemes on how to organize such flexible planning.
ACTIVISM
Stegreif I
“Weißt Du eigentlich, in welchem
Organismus Du lebst?”
+
Stegreif II Architekthetik
+
Stegreif III “Auf die Plätze Darmstadt –
LOS!”
+
Stegreif IV “Wie frei ist Sicherheit?”
+
Stegreif V Flashmob – “Lass Darmstadt
=
STADTAKUPUNKTUR : LASS DARMSTADT BLÜHEN “
A theatrical flash mob within the “stadtakupunktur” research project at the
TU Darmstadt : Urban Planning
BAUHAUS INTERVENTIO
at
UNAM
The urban education infrastructures of post-war modernism : research and intervention
Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the emergence of the modern welfare state, the rise of the consumer society and growing mobility, all improved access to education.
The shift in social realities after WWII also forced a revision of the role and tenor of the state’s educational institutions. In many parts of the world, the competition for participation in the cities’ resources of education and knowledge centred on universities and schools. The foundation of new university campuses at that time gave voice to the thirst for education, and the spirit of reformation. The campus was built in a rural environment outside the city limits, to allow access to knowledge and education in concentrated form in quasi-monastic solitude, undisturbed by the city’s diversions. At the same time, educational reform movements tailored to local needs originated in the cities, and these sought to redefine relations between local area, school and city.
2009 final exhibition
2009 UNAM intervention
