Selection of articles in english

Introducing a standard means making the criteria, priorities and responsibilities of the project explicit. Starting with the Swiss Sustainable Building Standard (SNBS), the editorial reflects on the role of standards as tools for guiding design

Architecture seen from the sidelines, through irony and satire. In this video interview, Gabriele Neri discusses Archisatire, an exhibition that rereads the history of the discipline through cartoons, images, and films, bringing to light

The Residence of the Deputy Chief of Mission in Abidjan

An interview with Laura Cristea and Raphael Zuber recounts how, on the shores of the Black Sea, building one's own home becomes an existential gesture: a refuge open to the landscape, where intimacy and the world meet in a space in constant

Set into the hillside of San Nazzaro, the house by Wespi de Meuron Romeo rises like an “archaic boulder”. A polygonal concrete volume on three levels, it alternates opaque walls and transparent surfaces to shape light, privacy, and its relationship

The essay traces the recent evolution of the single-family home, amid critical reinterpretations, social changes and new experiments. An updated picture that shows how, despite the contemporary debate favouring collective living, the single-family

There is something surprisingly reassuring in deciding that a first issue should not coincide with a point of arrival, but with a trajectory: Trial and Error is exactly this gesture, DISTIGMO as a magazine that chooses to show itself in the making.

With Gebäude X in Zurich, the firm Gigon Guyer reinterprets sustainable construction: a commercial building made from disused railway tracks that drastically reduces grey emissions and stands as a symbol of urban transformation toward a circular

By 2025, the city of Copenhagen should have achieved its ‘net zero emissions’ target, set almost 15 years ago. This ambition, initially envisaged on a strictly technical level, has spread to all areas, including mobility, energy, urban planning and

The Coldrerio intergenerational neighborhood transforms Parco San Rocco into an urban common. With a care home, community center, and residences, the central square and shared spaces foster proximity, inclusion, and reciprocity across generations.

Einfaches Wohnen redefines refugee housing as dignified living. Wooden modules, shared and flexible spaces, a central courtyard and external walkways turn the temporary into a home, affirming care, justice and integration as architectural principles.

The House for Almost Everything blends private dwelling and communal life. Its adaptable hall, pivoting roof, and flexible spaces transform the home into a responsive hub, hosting workshops, meals, and events, embodying an architecture of care

The Caslano retirement home redefines care architecture, blending domestic scale with civic presence. Spatial continuity, flexible layouts, and visual connections to gardens create a home-like environment where autonomy, social interaction, and

Situated between Novazzano and Balerna, the Federal Asylum Centre by Lopes Brenna acts as a territorial mediator: a linear structure balancing road and railway, order and waiting, institutional rigour and human dignity, transforming a threshold into

In Cery-Prilly, the new psychiatric hospital redefines care: open to light, gardens, and community, it transcends the institutional model to create a healing environment where patients are welcomed as inhabitants, with dignity and a sense of

Stepping up means imagining tomorrow with care: a practice rooted in memory yet open to change, weaving voices, media and histories into a living archive that turns fragility into strength and builds a culture of responsibility.