At the newly started Centre for Urban Studies in a stigmatized suburb of Gothenburg, the academic fields of teaching, social work and architecture are collaborating with the local community.
MAD Architects is collaborating with Studio Gang Architecture to coordinate the layout of the surrounding greenery with the structure of the building.
Their firm, Hariri & Hariri Architecture, collaborated on the cafe with RIR Architectos in Bogotá, combining an industrial aesthetic with traditional Colombian materials to create an architectural abstraction of coffee.
Last week the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America, a nonprofit group based in New York City, and Habitat for Humanity completed the first of several low-cost houses they are collaborating on to "bring better architecture to the realm of affordable housing," said Paul Gunther, the institute's president.
So here, for his first exhibition return to the gallery, Alsop collaborates with architecture students to present a large-scale 3D painting.
(The new rim may look delicate, but it is built to withstand "a 350-pound man doing a conga right around the outside," said Andrew Anderson of Beyer Blinder Belle, the architecture firm that is collaborating on the project).
"Having stayed there I know it as a very cosy, playful place, full of great little architectural games put in by Charles," says Perry, referring to Charles Holland of FAT Architecture, the firm hired by Living Architecture to collaborate with Perry on the design of the house.
IPN Orsay is strongly involved within the EURISOL and EUROTRANS projects, especially collaborating to the overall design of their linac architecture.
And despite not having a background in architecture, Chavez oversaw the project herself, closely collaborating with a contractor to achieve her vision.
These results outline a nanotechnology strategy for "collaborating" with self-assembly processes in real time to build SS architecture.
