ARCHITECTURE
01 KHORSHID NADERI-AZAD Harvard Graduate School of Design, US
The Jiggly, Chewable, Hardly Reducible San Giuseppe Ball Hall is an imagined counterpoint to its ‘perfectly symmetrical’ neighbour, Foster + Partners’ Apple Park in Silicon Valley. It proposes a new rigour for the ‘bulbous’ and the ‘anexact’, says Naderi-azad, who currently works at KPF New York. Dream collaborators: Zaha Hadid,
Ian Schrager. khokhonut.com
02 VALERIA LAURA SZEGAL Royal College of Art, UK
Inspired by a theatrical event on Moscow’s historic Garden Ring, Szegal shows how a one-off happening could be the catalyst for long-term urban transformation with the help of a stop-frame animation film. Russian-born Szegal, who grew up in Hungary, is currently working as a 3D-designer in London.
Dream collaborator: Peter Märkli. valeriaszegal@gmail.com
03 MEG ANDERSON University of California, Berkeley, US
Anderson’s project investigates the potential of a maze as the starting point for a communal social housing model. The design acknowledges the psychological impact of collective living, and promotes the act of wandering, getting lost and chance meetings. Anderson currently works for SO-IL. Dream collaborator: Someone pushing the boundaries. andersme822@yahoo.com
04 YI KWAN JENNIFER YIP University of Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong native Yip has long been caught up in the rapid development of her home city. Her project offers an alternative expansion plan in the New Territories and Kowloon peninsula, which leaves Lantau Island to be preserved as an ecological haven. Dream collaborators: Activists who look beyond the realm of architecture and explore social issues. jyip0203@gmail.com
05 MATHILDE BERNER & LÉA GAUCHOUX EPFL, Switzerland
A ‘sublime and monstrous’ pleasure machine, Berner and Gauchoux’s sex and love palace, Eropolis, explores the role of architecture in the ‘rebirth of eroticism’ and the obsession with the body in today’s society.
Dream collaborators: Practices that believe architecture can have a real impact on our daily lives. lea.gauchoux@gmail.com, mathilde.berner@gmail.com
06 IRIS XIAOXUE MA & CHRISTOPHER YI Cornell University, US
Celebrated Encounters envisions a new set of spaces embedded into the walls of Sanskar Kendra, the museum designed by Le Corbusier in Ahmedabad. Water towers respond to the local climate, while markets and festivals enliven the public areas. Dream collaborators: Caroline O’donnell Architecture, Thom Mayne. xm84@ cornell.edu, christopheryi90@gmail.com
07 YITING ZHOU & COURTNAY IVES Manchester School of Architecture, UK
Responding to a local council brief, the Rochdale Bath House Project is a wellness complex connecting two heritage buildings. Zhou and Ives found common interest in architectural history and placemaking. Dream collaborators: Practices with a passion for beautiful things and a creative approach to building re-use. yiting.y.zhou@gmail.com; courtnayives@gmail.com
08 MARCOS GARCÍA MOURONTE Columbia GSAPP, US
Examining the national and corporate players competing for access to the South China Sea, Flickering Sovereignties examines how an ‘architecture of artificial islands’ could help solve territorial disputes. NYC and Madridbased Mouronte is currently part of the Independent Projects team at Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Dream collaborator: Claude-nicolas Ledoux. issuu.com/marcosgarciamouronte
09 SIONG YU HSIANG WANG Architectural Association, UK
Exploring post-colonial debates, Wang’s thesis project focuses on the ‘static and centralised’ practice of museology in the West through an often irreverent reclassification of cultural artefacts. Before his studies, Wang worked as an architectural designer in Taiwan; he now works with Meiri Shinohara in Tokyo. Dream collaborator: Charles-édouard Jeanneret. w54291@gmail.com
10 JEROME XIN HAO NG Bartlett School of Architecture, UK
Ng’s project offers an alternative vision for Singapore’s 1970s Metabolist-style Golden Mile complex, currently facing demolition. A fan of visual communication as well as architecture, Ng now works as a storyteller of the built environment, producing drawings and films. Dream collaborator: A multidisciplinary studio that will allow me to continue my visual explorations. jerome.xinhao@hotmail.com
11 ANNA ÖSTBERG KTH, Sweden
Östberg‘s Otium public bathhouse project is designed to combat decreased attention spans by engaging the body and mind through sensory awareness. A specialist in wood construction, Östberg is currently working at Urban Couture Architects in Stockholm. Dream collaborators: Practices passionate about the craftsmanship of architecture. annaostberg.se
12 CHENG ZHU TU Delft, The Netherlands
Inspired by a photo of Paris’ Jardin du Palais Royal, Zhu’s Archi-nature focuses on the renovation of the 1982 AMC hospital in the Netherlands. The design imagines a natural healing community and the development of ‘in-between space’ that seeks to improve patients’ recovery and staff performance. Dream collaborator: Santiago Calatrava, Foster + Partners. ch.zhu@outlook.com