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DROO - Da Costa Mahindroo, London, London (2026)

23/10/2021

Not all ideas make it to construction our research carries on. On the rare occasion demolition is necessary we work continuously to give a second life to the demolished building materials, for Castle Lane we studied the fabrication of aggregate panels made of the crushed brick from the demolition site itself.

Creating a novel material, we proposed to turn the crushed brick of the demolished building formerly occupying the site into the new cladding for the project to be. The new aggregate serves as finishing surface of prefabricated façade panels. This material, tested through several prototypes, offers an array of design options in addition to its reminiscent recycling. Accepting and reinforcing the change in shade, the façade panels would respond to the urban context, which is made of multiple shades of brick. Facades would gently varied from red to purple, from brown to red in a subtle gradient generated by the ashes of the former building deposited into the new: physical continuum and intrinsically novel.

22/10/2021

Born of our investigations into material reuse, the Castle Lane was at his inception a opportunity to study of a special brick aggregate. Giving a second life to the demolished building, we studied the solution composed wit aggregate panels made of the crushed brick from the site itself.

One of expectations when working in an urban site is to uncover archeological findings. In advance of such possibility our approach to a tight Westminster site has been to physically embed its past.

Creating a novel material, we proposed to turn the crushed brick of the demolished building formerly occupying the site into the new cladding of the project to be. The new aggregate serves as finishing surface of self-loading prefabricated façade panels. This material, tested through several prototypes, offers an array of design option in addition to its reminiscent recycling. Accepting and reinforcing the change in shade, the façade panels would respond the urban context, which is made of multiple shades of brick. Facades would gently varied from red to purple, from brown to red in a subtle gradient generated by the ashes of the former building deposited into the new: physical continuum and intrinsically novel.

13/10/2021

Harikleia’s work on material research in concrete has extensively informed the facade systems we are working on at The Fulham townhall. The use of innovative Concrete burnishing techniques which are at the intersection of Digital craft, re interperate our understanding of traditional mineral materiality.

11/10/2021

In parallel to practice, Harikleia has been engaged in academia as a Design Tutor at the Architectural Association and in various international workshops, with a focus on urban and cultural projects. Agendas revolve around students’ design work being expressed through performative installations that take place in the city by measuring the interlaid forms of our urban fabric through our walking activity. Shifting scales, from the city plan to the material detail, there is a continuous research on our cities’ making and re-making.
AA Visiting School in Budapest.

08/10/2021

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Harikleia Karamali to associate. Harikleia has been an integral part of our team for the last 5 years. She brings immense creativity and energy to her work and has shown strong leadership of the London office. She has led a number of significant projects including Fulham Town Hall, Norfolk Square, the design of Dalston Lane and City road. Alongside these Harikliea has been teaching at the AA for several years alongside Michel da Costa Gonçalves and her research work informs many of our projects. We are very excited to be able to enter into this new chapter with Harikleia in her new leadership position.

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14/09/2021

Through contemporary re-writing of the primative ‘hut’ the house in its simplest and most recognizable expression becomes the founding element of our proposal. This first “form” allows us to modulate the project to its urban landscape and creates an innovative aggregation of ‘units’ into an architectural expression. The project comprises a total of 30 dwellings shared between two buildings: one anchored to the street and its corner and the other structuring the new garden in the core of the plot. In a coherent whole, the project proposes a distinct and contextual urban re-writing of the aggregate roofscapes of Baleniare Architecture in Normandy, open and spacious housing, unique family typologies and large landscaped spaces.

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A travers une écriture contemporaine, la maison dans sa plus simple et reconnaissable expression devient l’élément fondateur de notre proposition. Par évocation, cette “forme” première permet de moduler le projet à son paysage urbain et offre une voie d’appropriation vers un habitat innovant. Le projet comporte un total de 30 logements partagés entre deux corps de bâtiments : l’un formant la rue et l’autre structurant le nouveau jardin en cœur d’îlot. En un ensemble cohérent, le projet propose une écriture urbaine à la fois distincte et contextuelle, des logements ouverts et spacieux, des typologies familiales uniques et de larges espaces paysagers de partage.

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13/09/2021

Through contemporary re-writing of the primative ‘hut’ the house in its simplest and most recognizable expression becomes the founding element of our proposal. This first “form” allows us to modulate the project to its urban landscape and creates an innovative aggregation of ‘units’ into an architectural expression. The project comprises a total of 30 dwellings shared between two buildings: one anchored to the street and its corner and the other structuring the new garden in the core of the plot. In a coherent whole, the project proposes a distinct and contextual urban re-writing of the aggregate roofscapes of Baleniare Architecture in Normandy, open and spacious housing, unique family typologies and large landscaped spaces.

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A travers une écriture contemporaine, la maison dans sa plus simple et reconnaissable expression devient l’élément fondateur de notre proposition. Par évocation, cette “forme” première permet de moduler le projet à son paysage urbain et offre une voie d’appropriation vers un habitat innovant. Le projet comporte un total de 30 logements partagés entre deux corps de bâtiments : l’un formant la rue et l’autre structurant le nouveau jardin en cœur d’îlot. En un ensemble cohérent, le projet propose une écriture urbaine à la fois distincte et contextuelle, des logements ouverts et spacieux, des typologies familiales uniques et de larges espaces paysagers de partage.

08/09/2021

A travers une écriture contemporaine, la maison dans sa plus simple et reconnaissable expression devient l’élément fondateur de notre proposition. Par évocation, cette “forme” première permet de moduler le projet à son paysage urbain et offre une voie d’appropriation vers un habitat innovant. Le projet comporte un total de 30 logements partagés entre deux corps de bâtiments : l’un formant la rue et l’autre structurant le nouveau jardin en cœur d’îlot. En un ensemble cohérent, le projet propose une écriture urbaine à la fois distincte et contextuelle, des logements ouverts et spacieux, des typologies familiales uniques et de larges espaces paysagers de partage.

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Through contemporary re-writing of the primative ‘hut’ the house in its simplest and most recognizable expression becomes the founding element of our proposal. This first “form” allows us to modulate the project to its urban landscape and creates an innovative aggregation of ‘units’ into an architectural expression. The project comprises a total of 30 dwellings shared between two buildings: one anchored to the street and its corner and the other structuring the new garden in the core of the plot. In a coherent whole, the project proposes a distinct and contextual urban re-writing of the aggregate roofscapes of Baleniare Architecture in Normandy, open and spacious housing, unique family typologies and large landscaped spaces.

31/08/2021

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