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Uncharted: New Landscapes of Tourism

Edited by Actar, Uncharted: New Landscapes of Tourism has a two-fold objective: to explore new avenues of thought in design teaching, and to do so through research that deals with new architectural landscapes that are linked to tourism.


Publishing projects from IE University’s Undergraduate Architecture program responds to the desire to highlight the importance of design strategies in the process of reformulating the tourist offering within the framework of an open debate about new models for development.

22 Jun, 2022
Planning and Designing to expand the possibilities for a New York Co-op Apartment Renovation
01 Oct, 2021
Renovating Space: Getting Beyond the Cookie-Cutter New York Apartment. When looking to buy a home in New York City that is truly your own, it's common to run into challenges and be frustrated by the existing options – or lack of options – that stay within a budget. There are apartments in new developments that are often non-descript, cookie-cutter spaces. Do you settle for these layouts that determine the way you live, or can you choose a different opportunity that offers the potential to design and shape your style of living? In our latest Brooklyn residential renovation project, we reviewed many existing, ready-to-move-in options, as well as several options that required renovation to create a home that really suited the owners.
By Andrew Varela 20 Sep, 2021
An architect’s solution to creating your home in NYC. It’s no secret that buying property in New York presents serious challenges. For a budget of $1.0 - 1.3 million, one encounters apartments that, in their layouts and limited square footage, offer challenges to meet contemporary living conditions. There is an alternative to new development, cookie-cutter apartments that leave little room for customization: Transforming an existing, more affordable, apartment into a more personalized living space.
By Andrew Varela 03 May, 2014
POLY-FUNCTIONAL-FOLLY explores the relationship between material, geometry and methods of aggregation for timber construction. The folly ‘functions’ as an investigation into the possibilities of the aggregation propositions of a single module of timber, to specify the spatial and tectonic condition of a constructed object. The project focuses on how the manipulation of the stacking methodology […]
By Andrew Varela 03 May, 2014
OOAA Inc., Receives Award from The Society of American Registered Architects, New York Council, for Casa DV, Borriol, Spain We´re thrilled to share with you that The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), New York Council has honored our project for a private residence in Borriol, Spain with a 2016 Award of Honor. The OOAA design […]
By Andrew Varela 03 May, 2014
Student Lounge Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY As part of the first phase of rethinking the Vassar College Center, the new student lounge serves as a casual living room for students to work, play, perform and hang out. You can see the project here
By Andrew Varela 03 May, 2014
OOAA, Inc., oneofficearchitects, Receives Award from The Society of American Registered Architects, New York Council, for Casa Trasanquelos, Galicia, Spain We´re thrilled to share with you that The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), New York Council has honored our project for a private residence in Galicia, Spain with a 2015 Bronze Award of Merit. […]
By Andrew Varela 03 May, 2014
OOAA collaborates with Interboro Partners on the design of the Harvard University Science Center Plaza.
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