MVRDV-led consortium to refurbish historic Serp & Molot factory site in Moscow
Preserving the rich history of an iconic site while modernizing any aspect of its design is always a tricky feat. For MVRDV, one of their latest competition wins is redeveloping the urban plan of the historic Serp & Molo...
windCatcher | Specht Harpman --- Modular home designed as part of the Global Design NYU Symposium in 2011. --- The windCatcher faces the reality of encroaching desertification that has come along with global warming. The modular, expandable system incorporates a number of intermeshed passive systems, such as airflow direction, evaporative cooling, thermal massing, and selective vegetation that allows for habitation in increasingly harsh environments.