Architects for Urbanity
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Architects for Urbanity (AfU) is a Rotterdam-based collaborative design and research office founded in 2015 by Irgen Salianji, Karolina Szóstkiewicz and Marina Kounavi.
AfU's work focuses on the analysis and design of cultural and mix-use buildings, as well as the research of the urban qualities that drive our contemporary cities.
Architects for Urbanity
2y ago
Team: Irgen Salianji, Jonian Silaj, Liana Sofiadi, Orestis Kaklamanis
Masterplan: Studio JUAJ
Model: Mike Moritz
Status: Competition project
Location: Chania, Crete, Greece
Program: Daycare, kindergarten, elderly home and neighbourhood park Area: 1.322m2
Landscaping: 2.520m2
The ‘’framework of coexistence’’ refers to the urbanity and synergy that is created when two or more different programmatic entities are called to socially and spatially synchronize. This is exactly the purpose of our proposal for a modern public building that respects the context on ..read more
Architects for Urbanity
2y ago
Team: Irgen Salianji, Liana Sofiadi
Visualizations: Pavlos Ventouris
Status: Competition project
Location: Tampere, Finland
Program: Museum, public functions and landscaping
Area: 4.965m2
Upon careful study of the city of Tampere, it became obvious the central role that the industrial heritage plays for the identity of the city. As a result the new museum is perceived as an extension of the Finlayson Factory, with its geometry and materiality pre-defined. However, there was a need to add up more qualities and excitement to the project, and relate it more profo ..read more
Architects for Urbanity
3y ago
Zbraslav square is too big and undefined in its current condition. It needs the introduction of a human scale and a better definition of its main square, while a set of activities and green pockets may unfold and wrap around it. The new condition offers a strong identity and functional solution that can engage the local residents and provide them with a feeling of belonging. The square fulfils the expectation for an urban and metropolitan layout that can accommodate large events, while at the same time it responds to the local character of Zbraslav and adds to its historic and austere charact ..read more
Architects for Urbanity
3y ago
''The Rack of the Future'' is our contribution to The Untouchables exhibition that is part of the Change. Architecture Cities Life festival in Rome, and suggests a radical future perspective for intervention in the city's Piazza del Quirinale, more information HERE
As a historic city, Rome enjoys an incredible body of well-preserved monuments, buildings and plazas that once taught innovation and responded radically to the political and architectural preoccupations of their era, with many of them still being relevant today. However, the blessing of heritage has gradually turn ..read more
Architects for Urbanity
4y ago
Read our interview and studio profile featured at New Generations HERE ..read more
Architects for Urbanity
4y ago
Team: Architects for Urbanity with TARI-Architects, Local, Bianco Architects, Sara Simoska Arhitektura & Grupo H
Client: Penda Real Estate
Status:Competition project
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Program: Housing, commercial & public space
Area: 24.000m2
EGO + SYNERGY
We propose a distinct main idea in response to the competition guidelines, one that consists of a strategic approach , aimed at changing the paradigm of self-referential projects and that embraces a more collective and synergic dimension of architecture: -ego + synergy!
We selected 5 young architectu ..read more
Architects for Urbanity
5y ago
Team: Irgen Salianji, Karolina Szóstkiewicz, Katarzyna Duliba, Adrianna DrohomireckaStatus: Competition project Location: Krakow, Poland The Center of Literature and Language ‘Planet Lem’is located on the historic 13th-century salt road from Wieliczka Salt Mineand the important site of the Salt Depot, which have always formed a communication and language exchange route. The sensible and compact extension of the existing building and the creation of green open public spaces around it aspire to regenerate the whole site and turn it into an important cultural laboratory for the city of Krakow ..read more