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Architectural Acts of Repair: Critical Themes from the 2025 ECC "Time Space Existence" Exhibition

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:30:00 +0000

The 2025 edition of the European Cultural Centre's (ECC) Time Space Existence exhibition in Venice is guided by the mandate to "Repair, Regenerate, and Reuse." Aiming to move beyond surface-level solutions and overused terminology, the exhibition showcases a cohort of practitioners who interpret architecture as an active agent of repair. The most compelling works presented in Venice demonstrate that "repair" is a multifaceted practice, operating across material, social, and historical registers. The varied approaches showcase a shift in the role of the architect, from a master builder and designer of physical objects, to that of a mender, able to combine technology, community, and material intelligence to restore narratives and build stronger cultural systems.

Coburg and Moreland Stations / Wood Marsh

Hana Abdel — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Resulting from a collaborative effort, Coburg and Moreland Stations form part of the Bell to Moreland Level Crossing Removal Project as spaces for the community. The civic architectural response celebrates the history of railways while upgrading infrastructure and improving amenities to serve the local neighborhood better.

Edgars Creek House / Breathe Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:00:00 +0000

This home is respectful of the country. Perched on the banks of Edgar’s Creek, overlooking sandstone cliffs and iron bar trees, Edgars Creek House is designed to connect to nature. Instead of presiding over the landscape, it offers an opportunity to live simply as part of a system. Rather than fitting the site to the house, we fit the house to the site. Edgar’s Creek House is made up of a series of undulating volumes that step into the landscape, responding to the slope of the site. It is a continuum of indoor and outdoor, light and dark environments, winding and stepping through a series of spaces, clad in raw, natural materials. It is simple and honest in its approach to siting and planning, precisely framing views of surrounding trees.

Circular Tiny House CTH*1 / Faculty Design / Coburg University Germany

Andreas Luco — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000

How to build sustainability? A very current question - that moves a lot of people, as well as Master students of the course „DESIGN and MAKE sustainably“ guided by Prof. Dr. Rainer Hirth at Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The project started with a number of seminars about problems coming from the building sector. According to a UN report from 2020, the construction sector is responsible for 38 % of all CO2 emissions globally; for an immense and constantly growing consumption of resources, and, for example, in Germany for around 55 % of all waste. The constantly increasing demand for living space per capita - the average is currently 48 sqm in Germany - eliminates all progress in sustainability through the rebound effect. And is everything correct what we calculate in terms of energy consumption etc.?

Coburg Freeboard House / WALA

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:00:00 +0000

The homeowners purchased this old weatherboard bungalow in a quiet neighborhood with the idea of completely renovating it as a family home to settle down with their young children. The extensive brief included partial restoration and repair to the front of the house and a new double-story extension to the rear. A generously sized site allowed for the creation of different zones within the main footprint of the house, punctuated by pockets of greenery in the form of courtyards to “bring the outdoors in”.