Unconstrained by the dogmas of established offices, new architectural practices can often challenge building norms and redefine living standards. The Young European Architecture Festival (YEAH!) is an event dedicated to highlighting these new and emerging practices and bringing their contributions to the built environment into focus. Many of these practices are challenging and redefining typologies of residential architecture. They are building upon ideas such as cooperative housing schemes, community-initiated developments, and circular economy. Others are exploring local identities and resources as a way to reinvigorate the profession while creating respectful and regionally relevant works of architecture.
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Redefining Domestic Spaces of the Future: 14 Projects in Europe
https://www.archdaily.com/982960/redefining-domestic-spaces-of-the-future-14-projects-in-europeMaria-Cristina Florian
SO? Celebrates the Opening of 'Sky Spotting Stop' in Istanbul
Though temporarily postponed due to the Gezi Park protests, SO? Architecture and Ideas has celebrated the opening of their winning entry - Sky Spotting Stop - for the 2013 Young Architects Program (YAP) at Istanbul Modern in Turkey. Offering refuge from the historic city’s busy streets, the fragmented canopy of reflective circular discs invites visitors to “sit, rest, gather, play, or skyspot” while overlooking the mouth of the Bosphorus.
https://www.archdaily.com/397691/so-celebrates-the-opening-of-sky-spotting-stop-in-istanbulKarissa Rosenfield
Cankaya Art Center, Concert Hall and Municipality Building / SO?
SO?, an Istanbul-based architecture office shared with us their mention winning competition proposal for a Concert Hall, Art Center, and Municipality Building for Ankara, Turkey. See more images and architect’s description after the break.
https://www.archdaily.com/88980/cankaya-art-center-concert-hall-and-municipality-building-soSebastian Jordana