Regenerative Design for Territorial Transition 

The current production of space is linked to fuelbased paradigms. The design studio questions that in favor of a carbon-neutral regenerative spatial and systemic design that focuses on the value of resources. 

In the studio we will explore water bodies, infrastructures, ecosystems, but also their protocols, processes and gestalt in order to balance the needs of different agents. They will guide us to design using the fundamental tools of the architect, such as model, section, or axonometry to not only improve but regenerate a system on site. 

We invite students to tackle wicked problems in the building sector by investigating the existing systems and developing a critical position. We will physically commit to water and soil with an explorativeperception of a specific sitealong a water body. After an initial ‘territorial atlas’, we will collectively conceptualize a site ‘journey’ – as investigative walk with open senses. We will follow the traces of eco-systemic dynamics, which we will then translate into architecture, addressing the critical territorial transition. The aim is to design an architectural project as strategic new identity for  the site which will not only bring added value for the neighborhood but will be able to profoundly redefine the territory.