The past year saw a surge in projects focused on 're' – rethinking, restructuring, refitting, and reimagining the built environment. This trend, driven by global concerns and recent events, seeks to restore, rebalance, and renew our spaces. The article explores key projects that embody this shift towards wellbeing and restorative strategies, highlighting the importance of connecting with nature and the tension between urban living and the tranquility of the natural world.
It feels like the past year was one of reassessment. In fact, the prefix ‘re’ seems to be popping up in project descriptions and initiatives the world over, with architects rethinking, restructuring, refitting and reimagining, aiming to restore, rebalance and renew the built environment and the way we live. Perhaps this is nothing new and indeed the entire purpose of architecture – to transform lives.
This trend can also bring out the desire to escape; here holiday homes, from the archetypal, simple cabin to more luxurious, contemporary guest houses, have always had this allure, often used as shorthand for the desire to leave the world’s problems behind and go into cocoon mode to refocus and hopefully, reach inspired solutions.
The case of the Ontario Science Centre: a 20th-century architecture classic facing an uncertain future Helsinki's Finlandia Hall, an Alvar Aalto landmark design, has been reborn - highlighting sustainability and accessibility in a new chapter for the modernist classicYear in review: the top 12 houses of 2024, picked by architecture director Ellie Stathaki
ARCHITECTURE WELLBEING SUSTAINABILITY NATURE URBAN PLANNING RESTORATION DESIGN TRENDS NEW PROJECTS
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