Author: Yagmur Baydir
London based studio Wedge has unveiled Recurrence, a pioneering modular façade system at The Black Shop in King’s Cross. Installed during the London Design Festival 2025, the project transcends traditional fabrication by utilizing digital data as the core generative input for a mass-customized exterior. The resulting structure, fabricated from 3D-printed quartz silica sand, functions not as a static object but as the physical manifestation of a data-driven rule set, positioning the work at the intersection of generative design and circular material ecology. Parameterizing Imperfection: Capturing Reality and Algorithmic Grammar The design process is defined by the sophisticated use of digital…
Manuel Jiménez García’s path runs from a decade of academic research at The Bartlett, where he explored computational design and large-scale 3D printing, to founding Nagami, now one of the world’s leading robotic manufacturing studios. As CEO and co-founder of Nagami, García has pushed the limits of additive manufacturing, scaling from experimental furniture to architectural components, interiors, and urban strategies, all while embedding sustainability at the core. In this interview, he speaks about the transition from academia to entrepreneurship, the realities of running a design-tech company, and what it means to print not just objects, but the future of printing…
As part of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Canada presents Picoplanktonics: a 3D-printed living artwork incorporating cyanobacteria, a global first at the intersection of architecture, biotechnology, and art. The installation transforms the Canada Pavilion into an aquatic micro-ecosystem, where architectural structures grow, evolve, and naturally degrade. Designed according to regenerative architecture principles, Picoplanktonics is not simply a built object; it is a breathing organism interacting with its environment, prompting deep reflection on potential futures of the built environment. Led by interdisciplinary designer Andrea Shin Ling, Picoplanktonics is the product of four years of experimental research developed in collaboration with scientists,…
At Expo 2025 in Osaka, Uzbekistan invites the world into a living symbol of transformation. The “Garden of Knowledge” pavilion, designed by Stuttgart-based ATELIER BRÜCKNER and commissioned by the Art and Culture Development Foundation of Uzbekistan (ACDF), opened its doors to the public with a bold vision: to serve as a laboratory for a future society rooted in tradition yet driven by innovation. With a footprint of 1,272 square meters, the pavilion is both architecture and metaphor. It speaks of fertile ground, culturally, environmentally, and intellectually, on which the future of Uzbekistan is growing. Its two-story design embraces natural materials…
OZRUH, the London-based studio founded by Levent Ozruh, introduces a radical rethinking of material and form at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale with Anti-Ruin, a 3D-printed stone installation that invites architecture to embrace entropy, adaptation, and reuse as central principles. Presented in a rare dual format, Anti-Ruin appears both as a monumental structure at the Pavilion of Türkiye and as a featured documentary film within the main exhibition Intelligens CANON, curated by Carlo Ratti. The project stands as a poetic and technological response to the Biennale’s core theme Intelligens: Natural. Artificial. Collective. Anti-Ruin asks a compelling question: what if architecture…
In a country where earthquakes are a constant part of life, Japan has long been at the forefront of seismic innovation. Now, a Japanese company is taking a revolutionary, and literally uplifting, approach to earthquake safety. Air Danshin Systems Inc., founded by inventor Shoichi Sakamoto, has created a seismic isolation technology that levitates houses during earthquakes, allowing them to hover briefly above the chaos until the tremors subside. At first glance, it sounds like something out of science fiction: a house that rises into the air to escape the shaking ground. But the concept is remarkably simple. The house is…
La Biennale di Venezia and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London have opened a special project for the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2025, titled On Storage. Curated by Brendan Cormier, Chief Curator of V&A East, in collaboration with architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), the exhibition delves into the global architecture of storage, the often-invisible infrastructure that shapes how we move, organize, and live with objects. Staged in the Sale d’Armi A at the Arsenale and running from May 10 to November 23, 2025, On Storage is anchored by a newly commissioned six-channel film…
The UK Government has unveiled five shortlisted designs for the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, inviting the public to provide feedback on these proposals. The memorial is planned for St James’s Park in London, near Buckingham Palace, and aims to honor the Queen’s extraordinary life and service. The final design is expected to be announced in summer 2025, with the memorial’s unveiling anticipated in 2026, coinciding with what would have been Her Majesty’s 100th birthday. Foster + Partners: A Journey Through Royal Gardens Foster + Partners, collaborating with artist Yinka Shonibare and landscape architect Michel Desvigne, propose a serene…
Australian designer Dan Baldwin, a creative force at the intersection of extreme sports and engineering, has introduced his boldest hybrid yet: the Ungoverned Vendetta. An all-terrain electric powerboard that blurs the lines between skateboard, snowboard, and tank. A follow-up to Baldwin’s earlier creation, the Scarpar powerboard, the Vendetta takes that concept even further. This electric board trades wheels for a twin-tracked, articulated design reminiscent of a miniature tank. The result? A powerboard capable of tearing across sand, snow, rocks, and any rugged terrain you throw at it, all while hitting speeds of up to 50 kilometers per hour (about 31…
What happens when ancient ritual, modern technology, and a new generation of designers meet in one of the world’s oldest cities? At the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, the China Pavilion offers an answer that feels both timeless and radically forward-looking. China has officially opened its pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Titled CO-EXIST, the exhibition is curated by renowned architect Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architect. The pavilion explores how traditional Chinese spiritual philosophies can engage with accelerating technologies in an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and environmental transformation. The exhibition gathers twelve…