The Meditative Design of PIANO
3 Questions for Serafini Q: PIANO transforms the idea of a washbasin into a sculptural statement. What was the initial inspiration, and how did your collaboration with BUDDE shape the
Inside Park’s Adaptive Reuse of Milan’s Agricultural Consortium for Contemporary Student Living
3 Questions for Michele Rossi In contemporary design, memory can serve as both anchor and catalyst. Q: How did you imagine the balance between preserving history and designing
Coney and the Joy of Everyday Design
BIG SEE Talks with Pedrali Q: Coney really looks “chairful”. How do you design something that feels so playful, while still being durable and functional? A: Paraphrasing our beloved
PPD Architetti on Ricupaglia – A Dialogue Between Past and Future in Tuscan Architecture
3 Questions for Valeria Presicci & Carlo Pantanella D'Ettorre Ricupaglia breaks with static interpretations of rural homes by respecting heritage and transforming it into an open, material-rich, and sustainable
Architecture as a Powerful Tool for Learning and Belonging – Liceo Montale Pontedera
3 Questions for Colucci & Partners Breaking away from traditional layouts required us to constantly balance innovation with functionality, ensuring that the spaces would support new pedagogical approaches while remaining
Clay, an artistic soul embodied in an armchair
3 Questions for Patrizia Moroso, Art Director of Moroso Q: Clay continues the material experimentation seen in earlier projects. What drew you to ceramics for this piece? A: Clay's project, the name
Landscape, Memory, and Motion at the NDSM Lusthof
About NDSM Lusthof Gardening is an earthly endeavour, where choices are made daily between keeping and removing, responding to the weather, soil conditions, the seasons, as well as one’s desires, and
NOA Architects on Balancing Sustainability and Heritage in Museumstraße 42 Project
3 Questions for Andreas Profanter We firmly believe that our role as architects is to regenerate abandoned urban plots, keeping in mind that is essential to increase density and
Designing the Future with Tradition – Mario Cucinella Architects’ Vision for the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025
3 Questions for Mario Cucinella Architects The Pavilion is a meeting point between two cultures, where the language of design becomes a shared space for memory, emotion, and future vision.
Ministudio Architetti on Minimalism and Architectural Elegance
3 Questions for Ilaria Cargiolli & Barbara Bacigalupo We’re used to think about minimal spaces as empty and cold shells but it doesn’t have to be that way.
We Might Not Need a Building: Alper Derinboğaz in Conversation with Jurij Ličen
BIG SEE Talks is a series of intimate, unfiltered conversations between architects - not just about buildings, but about how we think, live, and imagine our future environments. In this edition, architect Jurij
How to Build Cities for People? A Conversation Between Alper Derinboğaz and Alexis Şanal
In May 2025, the BIG Architecture event in Portorož brought together renowned architects and thinkers from across Europe and beyond. Among the distinguished speakers were two prominent Turkish architects: Alper Derinboğaz and Alexis