Part 1/2 of interview with Yung Ho Chang [1956-] arguably China’s first independent architect and principal of Atelier Feichang Jianzhu [or FCJZ, meaning unusual architecture or very architectural], co-founded with his wife Lijia Lu in 1993. [MORE...]

First part of interview to Juhani Pallasmaa [1936-],  arguably the most important finnish architect alive.
His silent -yet strong- influence has supported careers like the ones of Peter Zumthor, Glenn Murcutt, Rick Joy and -more recently- Pezo von Ellrichshausen.  He also won -together with Steven Holl-  1992 Kiasma Museum competition in Helsinki. Man has some good friends. [MORE...]

Interview with the french architect François Roche [1961-], principal of R&Sie(n) since 1989, along with Stephanie Lavaux. With R&Sie(n), Roche has been exhibited his work at  Tate Modern, the Pompidou Center and MIT’s medialab to name a few. They also were invited to participate in Ordos100 project curated by Ai Wei Wei.

Based in Paris,  R&Sie(n) – a studio with a shop facade on street- is developing a work -and discourse- that is a possibility of resistance to the conventions, cowardness and naive moralism around a lot of architecture today . Supported in his crazy-genius approach, Roche has guts to do and tell what he wants. [MORE...]

Interview with Alejandro Zaera Polo [1963- ] founding partner of FOA [Foreign Office Architects]  along with Farshid Moussavi [1969-] based in London. He has a strong relation with the discipline since he worked at El Croquis magazine -where he wrote articles and made interviews-. Master in Harvard GSD with distinction [1989], Zaera Polo worked in OMA between 1991 and 1992. He has been teaching at Architectural Association, Columbia, Princeton and Harvard to name a few. [MORE...]

Building Bureau Alexander Brodsky
Architect Bureau Alexander Brodsky
Program Office & Studio
Client Bureau Alexander Brodsky
Location 119019 Moscow, Vozdvizhenka 5, Russia [MORE...]

Interview to Belgian architects Kersten Geers [Ghent, 1975] and David Van Severen [Ghent, 1978] principals of OFFICE KGDVS, founded in 2002. They have worked at Neutelings Riedijk Architects [Geers] and with Stéphane Beel and Xaveer De Geyter [Van Severen]. Currently, they’re both teaching at the TU Delft, the Berlage Institute and Ghent University.

In 2008, this practice was invited to participate in Ordos100 project, curated by Ai Wei Wei. They also represented Belgium at the eleventh international architecture biennale in Venice that same year. [MORE...]

First part of the interview to Jean Philippe Vassal [1954-], principal of Lacaton & Vassal with Anne Lacaton [1955], founded  in 1987.

Vassal is French, but was born in Casablanca [Morocco]. He lived and worked from 1980 to 1985 in Africa as architect and urban planner. Since then, Africa has strongly influenced the work of Lacaton & Vassal. [MORE...]

Second and last chapter with Yung Ho Chang of Atelier Feichang Jianzhu. In this episode, Chang presents his views on how necessary is to have a proper business mindset in order to succeed in China as both scholar and practitioner -just like Turenscape’s Kongjian Yu actually does. [MORE...]