Over the past six weeks, the Arch 503 “Afghanistan Studio” has been developing design proposals for the Gohar Khaton Girls’ School located in Mazar-i-sharif, Afghanistan. The students have been asked to consider how to create an architecturally significant and beautiful school that...

Jugaad innovation has been hyped in the business world for a few years now. Jugaad comes from Hindi, and it refers to a type of innovation occurring mostly in rural areas of India, where people are improvising innovative solutions to pressing problems with minimal resources. This informal way...

Extreme Home Makeover: Berlin Edition A problem most cities don’t have: indestructible war infrastructure. What does one do when a hulking Nazi bunker is occupying valuable real estate? One solution is to just build right over the top of it, like Jürgen Sawade’s apartment building,...

Constructing High Performance Buildings With Renewable Materials Today I visited an unassuming project, which might at first glance not seem that unusual when observing it from the street, but it is constructed from materials that would make it a groundbreaking project in any city. Apartment...