... I Asked Them to Design a Home Beyond the Architectural House.

Reflections and Exercises on Domestic Life.

A book on architecture through the lens of lived use.

Let's pause... and consider home as more than just architecture.‬‭

This‬‭ collaborative‬‭ exploration‬‭ invites‬‭ us‬‭ to‬‭ pause‬‭ and‬‭ reconsider‬‭ what‬‭ truly‬‭ shapes‬‭ the‬ ‭ spaces‬‭ we‬‭ inhabit.‬‭ Rooted‬‭ in‬‭ the‬‭ belief‬‭ that‬‭ domesticity‬‭ is‬‭ not‬‭ a‬‭ static‬‭ setting‬‭ for‬‭ everyday‬‭ life‬‭ but‬‭ a‬‭ living‬‭ and‬‭ evolving‬‭ experience,‬‭ the‬‭ book‬‭ expands‬‭ from‬‭ the‬‭ scope‬‭ of‬‭ the‬‭ architectural‬ lens.‬‭ By‬‭ reintroducing‬‭ home‬‭ as‬‭ something‬‭ felt,‬‭ remembered,‬‭ imagined,‬‭ and‬‭ continuously‬‭ made,‬‭ this‬‭ publication‬‭ tackles‬‭ the‬‭ issues‬‭ of‬‭ dwelling,‬‭ belonging‬‭ and‬‭ shared‬‭ living‬‭ with‬‭ architects,‬‭ interior‬‭ architects,‬‭ educators,‬‭ designers,‬‭ and‬‭ practitioners‬‭ whose‬‭ work‬‭ touches‬‭ on‬‭ care, intimacy, and everyday rituals.‬

‭ Divided‬‭ into‬‭ two‬‭ correlated‬‭ parts‬‭-Reflections‬‭ and‬‭ Exercises‭-the‬‭ book‬‭ brings‬‭ together‬ twenty-one‬‭ contributes‬‭ including‬‭ essays,‬‭ conversations,‬‭ and‬‭ interactive‬‭ exercises.‬‭ While‬ Reflections‬‭ invites‬‭ you‬‭ on‬‭ a‬‭ journey‬‭ through‬‭ alternating‬‭ perceptions‬‭ and‬‭ experiences‬‭ of‬‭ domestic‬‭ life,‬‭ Exercises‬‭ opens‬‭ a‬‭ space‬‭ to‬‭ explore‬‭ home‬‭ yourself:‬‭ not‬‭ just‬‭ as‬‭ a‬‭ concept,‬‭ but‬‭ as a personal, unfolding experience.‬

‭ Inherently‬‭ tied‬‭ to‬‭ space.‬‭ Closely‬‭ connected‬‭ to‬‭ the‬‭ decorative.‬‭ A‬‭ reminder‬‭ of‬‭ the‬‭ presence‬‭ of‬‭ hospitality. A shared exercise in practicing domesticity.‬

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Compiled and introduced by Ilaria Palmieri and Georgina Pantazopoulou (Common Ground) with contributing authors Noemi Biasetton, Ramón Jiménez Cárdenas, Cecilia Casabona, Panos Dragonas, Edit Collective, Davide Tommaso Ferrando, Ines Glowania, Platon Issaias, Nicholas Korody, La-Di-Da, Kevin S.F. Lai, Rising Lai, Setareh Noorani, Ilaria Palmieri, Georgina Pantazopoulou, Sophia Pekowsky, Michele Rinaldi, Valentina Rizzi, Vida Rucli, Lara Schrijver, Susanna Tomassini, Feven Gebeyehu Zeru.
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