The 16th Gwangju Biennale, directed by Ho Tzu Nyen, explores change through five galleries spanning volcanic matter, bodily routines, collective memory and air.
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Haogang Ji brings six temporary exhibitions into Dongguan’s village life, using scaffolding and polycarbonate to share residents’ memories and ideas.
torresbagó suspends a 20-metre mesh canopy among poplar trees, shaping a light-filled backstage space for Festival Rizomes in Girona.
Balzar Architects shape Riyadh’s Museum of Contemporary Art around a circular court, using thick pale-stone walls, water and shaded thresholds to temper daylight.
YET. Design Studio expands its Strut Chair into a furniture collection, carrying one structural idea across an aluminum chair, table and pouf.
Jumping House Lab renovates a tea village home in Hangzhou through open rooftops, translucent timber trusses and flexible spaces that shift between private and shared use.
At The Altar in New York, Marsollier Villacorta turns a subterranean interior into a communal health club centred on a granite-clad sauna and cold-plunge atrium.
KOGAA adapts a long-unused industrial hall on Brno’s Svitava River into ŠMERAL ART FACTORY, a gallery that connects industrial heritage, street art and contemporary culture.
In Marseille, MUR.MUR Architectes pairs Holymelt’s smashburger counter with a softly lit coffee shop, uniting both through handmade tile and a 20-metre bench.
Atelier Deshaus turns a former coal wharf on Shanghai’s Huangpu River into a public route beside a retained concrete wall.
