Articles by Valeria Silva

The village of Sistelo, in the mountainous Peneda-Gerês National Park in northern Portugal, is known for its terraced landscape, where corn fields and grazing land once shaped the local economy. Its collection of granite houses — traditional or reinterpreted — helps preserve the atmosphere that makes the village a sought-after weekend destination.

Today, people are constantly exposed to strong stimuli in their daily lives, which has led our brains to become ‘popcorn brains’, seeking stronger and more immediate experiences. Pavilion TEUM explores how changes in the living room space within residential typology can address this dulling of our sense of reality.

Live Kitchen fosters encounters between humans and non-humans, creating an ecosystem of harmony that questions contemporary urban ways of living through art and food.

In Collingwood, the IF Architecture Studio acts as an incubator for design ideas, a multifunctional space that expresses its experimental process and philosophies. The practical requirements of the studio are embraced as opportunities to refine existing ideas, realise previously unrealised concepts, and explore a bold point of view through vibrant colour, dynamic forms, and inventive spatial divisions.

La Villa de Santiago is a colonial town located 37 kilometers from the city of Monterrey. Every week a large number of visitors come to enjoy the different natural scenarios held in this part of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Rivers, waterfalls and forests are a perfect place to practice canyoning, climbing and trekking. Traditionally many weekend residences and cottages are located here. That is the case of this house, placed in a terrain with view to the nearby mountains on the outskirts of the town.