ARCHITECTURE | URBAN DESIGN

Revelation precedes ideologies. "The creator stands on his own judgment. The parasite follows the opinions of others. The creator thinks, the parasite copies. The creator produces, the parasite loots. The creator's concern is the conquest of nature - the parasite's concern is the conquest of men. The creator requires independence, he neither serves nor rules. He deals with men by free exchange and voluntary choice. The parasite seeks power, he wants to bind all men together in common action and common slavery."

The Re-design of Barbican Estate, London

By YFA
We approached this project by looking at the different programs that can stimulate dialogs between the different age groups. We imagine adding housing that suits the different age groups and designing communal projects that act as a bridge to bring together the neighborhood. Through programming and designing, we use technology, food and public space as catalysts for interaction...

The Cube Block Housings

White GEM

The "White Gem"

A dialogue between the Lake (Lake Ontario) and the City (Toronto), the people and the space.

In between the land and the water is where the most prolific growth of new life forms happens, new life, new waterfront, and a new novelty to enjoy, new for the people of Toronto. Welcome to new Toronto, connecting the city to the Lake, the Lake with the City. “White Gem” boulevard.

The "Moses Bridge"

Bridging between the Lake (Lake Ontario) and the City (Toronto), the people and the space.

“As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.” Design has to be like a mirror reflecting everything that the people are, their identity and their history.

The Pearly Gate

The Pearly Gates is the metaphoric gesture of the great riches of the earth is found deep down the earth. Deep calls unto deep, the deepest of the earth are high quality of gold, bdellium (pearl) and onyx stones