Architecture: Research Guide

"The regional character is a property of any authentic architecture." — Christian Norberg-Schulz

Impossible to describe Aerotim in one sentence. It is a team of unique athletes and creatives led by Timur Fatkullin. This collective is exceptionally skilled in aerobatics, freestyle motocross, and skydiving. Their true spirit of exploration has brought numerous awards and achievements, including Champions of the $1 Million GoPro Challenge (2020 and 2023), GoPro Awards recipients, and World Intermediate Aerobatics Champions (2019). Versatile in his projects, Timur Fatkullin navigates an intense schedule between launching a men's jewellery collaboration with designer Valeriia Guzema and producing Aerotim's first full-length film "Full Force", telling the story of the Ukrainian Army Aviation...

Designed on a landlocked plot interwoven within an urban fabric composed of small houses, distinguished residences, and a few collective buildings, this single-family home proposes an approach to site occupation that departs from the usual concepts of either a mineral monolith set at the centre of the parcel or a frontage aligned directly with the street.

First phase of Norway's New Government Quarter in Oslo completes on the site of the 22 July terrorist attacks. The masterplan by Nordic Office of Architecture includes new routes and public spaces that reconnect the New Government Quarter with Oslo's historic center. The scheme brings government ministries together in an open yet secure civic landscape. Local materials and crafts are used across the new and refurbished buildings. On the site of the 22 July 2011 terrorist attack, which traumatized Norway, the first phase of the New Government Quarter (Regjeringskvartalet) in central Oslo is now complete. Nordic Office of Architecture led the architecture team, with Haptic Architects, Scenario..

Today, people are constantly exposed to strong stimuli in their daily lives, which has led our brains to become 'popcorn brains', seeking stronger and more immediate experiences. Pavilion TEUM explores how changes in the living room space within residential typology can address this dulling of our sense of reality.

The Marcia Leal Hair Studio was conceived as a spatial experience that extends beyond its commercial function, translating the project through use, perception, and the relationship established with those who experience it. Located in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, the beauty salon occupies a fully renovated commercial unit designed to reflect the client’s authentic personality and to create an environment where time slows down and care is expressed not only through service, but also through space.

The new extension to the De Nova secondary school illustrates how architecture can embody innovative approaches to learning. The existing educational campus—comprising a kindergarten, primary school, and secondary school, alongside facilities for music and arts education—had evolved over decades. What began as a cluster of pavilions from the 1950s and 1960s, with further additions in the 1970s and 1980s, had become a fragmented ensemble lacking overall cohesion.

Rather Two, an intimate 80-square-meter apartment in Bucharest, is a home shaped as much by emotion and memory as by design. Realized by architects Anca and Kelvin, the project emerges from a reflection on two distinct yet equally influential cultures: Anca's Romanian heritage, rooted in symbolism and lush landscapes, and Kelvin's Angolan origins, shaped by rituals and earthy terrains. These cultural narratives became the guiding path for the apartment's color palette, materiality, and spatial choreography.

The Simone Veil School Group in Vertou is a new educational facility bringing together two schools within a single, unified structure: an eight-class kindergarten at ground level and a twelve-class elementary school above. The project emerges from a strong dialogue with the site and from a clear ambition to create a reassuring, generous learning environment.

Completed in 2024 as a strategic addition to the Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit, the Pertamina MotoGP Experience Gallery introduces a pavilion typology that blends a speed-inspired design and modular construction, creating a structure that connects with the spirit of the circuit.

Located at the heart of the commercial business district (CBD) in Lixia District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China, this 62-story, 360-meter-tall skyscraper with a total floor area of 226,000 square meters was conceived as a landmark symbolizing Shandong's economic dynamism. The CBD features five super high-rise buildings symbolizing "mountains, springs, lakes, rivers, and cities." This projectーdeveloped by Ping An Real Estateーembodys the "river" theme. The site lies east of Ribbon Park, the CBD's primary public space, and is adjacent to the major district thoroughfare, offering a prime location that combines lush green scenery with excellent transportation connectivity. Nikken Sekke..

At first glance, the residential villa presents itself in continuity with the familiar typology of pitched-roof villas, aligning its overall silhouette with a well-known and recognizable architectural language. This deliberate choice allows the building to remain visually and conceptually connected to its surrounding context and to the conventional expectations associated with this type of dwelling. However, the project does not settle for mere repetition of an established model; instead, it seeks to extract new spatial possibilities from within this familiar framework. The approach is not based on rejecting the typology, but rather on reinterpreting and transforming it to generate a renewed..