Professor Jenchieh Hung on the Spatial Intelligence of the Asian City
The street vendors, awnings and improvised structures of Bangkok are not a look to be borrowed, says Professor Jenchieh Hung, co-founder and principal architect of HAS design and research. They are a way of organizing space. In his own words, here is what that produces when it becomes a building, a drawing set and a conversation with a client.
9 Sept · 15 min readWhen a Cafe Becomes a Manifesto
J.J.P. Oud's 1925 Cafe de Unie in Rotterdam turned a modest storefront into a public declaration of De Stijl principles, proving that architectural ideology could fit on a street corner as powerfully as in a villa.
1 Sept · 5 min read