A recycling centre as public architecture
Can a recycling centre become a civic landmark? The Green Venture Zone in Pokhara, Nepal, reimagines waste management as public architecture, combining recycling, education, entrepreneurship, and community into a space that makes the circular economy visible and accessible.
The next failed Smart City: Saudi Arabia’s “The Line”
Saudi Arabia just presented it’s new megaproject: “THE LINE”, a linear development of smart cities connected
Porto-Novo-Novo, the new Mars city
The architecture of Porto-Novo, West Africa.
Green Washing Architects
I hope my class will raise up the intellectual responsibility we owe to the society we are building.
Buildings must be designed to have multiple lifes
The reuse of packages is important, but less urgent, far less, than the reuse of old buildings, in so many cities where we have so many
This Frank Lloyd Wright’s house isn’t a House!
I was taken today to visit the #Yodoko guest house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Ayasha, Japan, on the same week some works of him got the title of Unesco World Heritage.
Lloyd Wright wrote a lot, including that houses needed to be more fluid, open and livable. As important as his work was, I find it was timely stamped, meaning, it was great on his epoch for breaking away from some stereotypes in architecture but irrelevant if not depressing today. Why?
History of Science Center in Oman
Today the 23rd April 2019, is the opening of the “History of Science Center” of #Oman, which I, Pedro Aibéo, was one of the leadin
Contract signed with the City of Lohja for Cohousing in Finland
The buyer (Aibéo) commits to pay the final sum when the cancellation of the complaint is decided by the administrative court. We are
“Gamified Cohousing” meets “Mehr als Wohnen”
Much has been happening with our Gamified Cohousing Startup. For example, we have just been nominated for Best Newcomer by the
Gamified Cohousing being incubated
We have been invited to take part in a startup incubator of the Helsinki Think Company, entitled Mutiny. The Gamified Cohousing is linked to the project of Hyrsylän Koulu Cohousing and it is now on the process of team building and proof of concept.