How can we build habitats that respond dynamically to shifts in lifestyles? What is the relationship between people and the form of space? How can we design the behaviors and circulation of people in constructed contexts?
These are some of the questions we tried to answer in our Arper Lab observatory.
The relationship between people and form of space
The “space syntax” of Bill Hillier, to study and design the relationship between architecture, the movement of people and the quality of contexts. A theory that is still timely today.
When nature enters the home
An interview with the Spanish architect Susanna Cots, the Los Angeles-based studio Fleetwood Fernandez, and the Australian designers McMahon & Nerlich, on the design of “mid-door” spaces, between indoor and outdoor areas of the home.
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Adaptable housing
A case of coliving in Seoul and models for highly flexible and technological houses offer design responses to the problematic issues of the housing sector, especially in big cities.
How do we want to live?
Roberto Monti, CEO of Arper, and Simona Colombo, Chief Marketing Officer of the company, converse about The Project of Living, in a dialogue that covers changes in the world as a whole and in people, who continue to evolve in all the phases of their lives.
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Advancing the Adaptive Home
Dissecting key lessons from the think tank The Next Space, Frame magazine team explains the role of spatial design in building future-proof residential habitats that are resilient to change – responding dynamically to shifts in lifestyles, life stages and life transitions.
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Together apart: habitation as project
A conversation with the sociologist Egeria Di Nallo, to examine social phenomena connected with the transformation of lifespaces and workspaces.