Articles by Valeria Silva

Our journey began in the quaint Hakka village of Duling, nestled in the verdant countryside of Guangxi, China. Duling is a place where time seems to slow down and the air thrums with the rhythms of rural life. This village, home to a community of around 3,000 Hakka people, is a place where the values of hard work and education are deeply ingrained in the fabric of everyday life. Nestled amidst a land blessed with ample rainfall, but suffering from a scarcity of fresh water, the village faced a paradoxical challenge. The villagers, who witnessed rain showers on a regular basis, found themselves reliant on a meager supply of well water due to the absence of a water infrastructure. This deficiency gave rise to hygiene concerns that threatened to endanger the health and well-being of the community, particularly the vulnerable younger generation.

The land where the house is located has a regular, longitudinal shape and is perpendicular to Campo da Bola Street, in the parish of Mundão, located northeast of Viseu. The solar orientation (from the street to the interior) is West – East. Regarding the topography, the plot has a steep slope, ascending from the entrance. This morphological condition of the land influenced the programmatic and volumetric shape of the building.

Kanna is a fishermen’s retreat, a cabin nestled on the shores of Marlens’ water body, offering tranquility and privacy away from prying eyes. Its triangular shape unfolds to reveal the panorama, safeguarding the majesty of the mountains. Standing at a height of 4.50 meters, it enables precise lure casting and effortless fishing. Poetic and practical, Kanna entices both fishing enthusiasts and wanderers seeking escape.

1. Where the idea starts. The project is located at Shapotou, Zhongwei, Ningxia, a national nature reserve as well as a national AAAAA-rated scenic area on the southeast brink of Tengger Desert. This is the place to discover the desert, the Yellow River, high mountains and oases, the scenery full of the grand northwestern miracles and the delicate southern elegance. Here you can traverse Tengger Desert on camels or surf the sand dunes in an all-terrain, and immerse in the poetic sight of “a lonely column of smoke rising upright in the vast desert, and the sun setting round towards where the long river flows”. 

TNOP House, the vacation home of a famous graphic designer. The owner has a project to build a vacation home. to find new inspiration and rest from the busyness of the metropolis.The owner chose the northern Thai mountain cities; that province is Chiang Rai Province in Thailand. a place that is a dream for those who wish to visit for tourism. and rest from working in the hustle and bustle of the capitalist economy. The land is located in the local agricultural residential area. and next to the highway connecting the districts.The land area is hilly, sloping from highest contour to lowest contour. Extending shape as axis from east to west.percept a view of green rice fields in the rainy season. and turn the rice grains golden in color that are ready to be harvested in the winter. comparable to framed paintings of living nature art. Even though this place is an impressive location. However, there are still obstacles waiting to implement architectural space design. To reduce obstacles to being a well-used building.

Charles-Foix Hospital is located south of the town of Ivry-sur-Seine, within the former “hospice for the incurable” designed by Théodore Labrouste in 1873. Owner of the university hospital center, the Public Assistance of Paris Hospitals (AP-HP) has implemented to Sorbonne University the two upper levels of the Pasteur building, to install the Autonomy center there. This is the first research and experimentation center on the autonomy of people in a hospital environment, bringing together users, researchers and clinicians. Built in 1964, the Pasteur building is built on three levels, including a low, semi-buried garden level that houses the hospital pharmacy, a ground floor with main access to the street and a floor also accessible by two exterior staircases. The structure of the building consists of a post-beam frame with brick masonry infills. This constructive device allows flexible reconfiguration and ease of interior spaces and facades.