Irena Miljevic Djosovic
When there is noise all around you, you must find peace within yourself. Architecture must be freed from everything that is excessive. It should reflect calmness and simplicity. We are not talking about isolating
Tamara Stefanoska
Architecture finds its purpose not in what it adds to the world, but in what it makes possible within it: shelter, stillness, a sense of arrival. That moment when a space needs nothing more
Noman Khan
In that case, "just enough" might mean designing spaces that balance simplicity with functionality, using strategies like: - Minimalist aesthetics to reduce visual noise - Green spaces for calm and sustainability - Adaptive reuse
Tomaž Ebenšpanger
Tomaž Ebenšpanger is an architect at SKUPAJ Arhitekti and an Assistant Professor at the University of Maribor’s Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture. As a BIG SEE Nominator, he actively supports emerging
Luciano Zucchero
Two thresholds may be identified as constituting “excess.” The first concerns the predominance of images over words: Arthur Brisbane’s assertion that “a picture is worth a thousand words” must be reconsidered, for language generates
Dušan Kočlík
Dušan Kočlík is a furniture and interior designer, educator, curator, publicist, activist and BIG SEE Nominator. He is Head of the Institute of Interior and Exhibition Design at the Faculty of Architecture and Design,
Martin Kožnar
It is necessary to do projects from the heart. It is our world and we have maximum responsibility "for every wall" and for every "empty" and so-called "full" space. So it is enough if
Diego Hernández Escribens
When does a bird stop building its nest? The common tailorbird stops folding and sewing not when it is perfect, but when it is enough to hold life — a humble beauty shaped by
John Jennifer Marx
The world is in a state of imbalance, the public has largely lost faith in our institutions and in our design qualities. If the First Century of Modernism focused on architectures of abstraction and
Kliment Patchev
Throughout history, architecture has consistently engaged with the challenge of addressing humanity’s needs in relation to living space, public space, cultural expression, and religious practice. Excess has been a persistent condition in both life
Jozsef Fulop
For me, It’s a boundary. Designing homes today means having access to infinite possibilities: materials, technologies, references, ideas. The real challenge is not creativity anymore, it’s knowing when to stop. In the past decade,
Athanasios Babalis
Athanasios Babalis is an industrial and product designer based in Thessaloniki, Greece, with international experience in London and New York. He leads his own design studio and teaches at AKTO College and the International