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Mexico

Amend walls with recycled wine bottles and homemade bio-cement, cultivate community garden and terraces, clean and decorate domestic spaces… This project is rooted in an anonymous building in Mexico City, and seeks an alternative to redefine the beginning and the end of architectural design. It is an attempt to learn from people, from the quotidian, and to provide an alternative literacy for architectural authorship that lives in the acts of otherwise unnoticed, 'everyday' care. This design agency is then captured and transcribed with a series of tools such as photogrammetry, data processing, 3d printing and plotting, etc.

USA

The Benchmark School is a private elementary school in Media, Pennsylvania noted for tailoring its curriculum to the learning styles of its students. SHoP was asked to create an innovation laboratory as a small, freestanding addition to an existing campus building. Recognizing that the new structure itself could operate as a teaching tool, SHoP designed it to embody and exhibit many of the processes and techniques that the students themselves discover in their own experimentation with various 3D modeling and printing tools and platforms.

Croatia

In this short video I explored the topic of inclusion through my personal experience by learning Shqip language and local food names. Through many contacts with local people, I have found out that strangers become more cordial and friendly when I approach them in their own language and show a keen interest in learning it. I got — included. Language can be a barrier between strangers, and it can also be what unites them. Food brings people together and at the same time, it operates as an expression of cultural identity. Learning the language and getting to know the names of the local dishes of the country I’m visiting is my way of showing to the strangers that I care about their traditions and their culture. Often, only because of showing that interest, I get included in strangers’ lives or even invited to unexpected events. Strangers become acquaintances, acquaintances become friends. Filmed on a rainy day in Tirana, Albania, as seen by a foreign observer.

Vietnam

Getting a satisfactory haircut can be a simple pleasure that brightens up your day, leaving you feeling confident and comfortable. For 20 years, a skilled barber has been providing this little happiness to people through his small, inexpensive, wall-based barbershop. This is more than just a place to get a haircut. It's a hub where people from all walks of life can come. At this peaceful place, people can feel comfortable and accepted, regardless of their background or appearance. It's a reminder that happiness can be found in the simplest of things, and that sometimes all it takes is a friendly smile or a listening ear to brighten someone's day. In the midst of a bustling and rapidly changing city, there are still pockets of peace and warmth.

Tunisia

Albania

Reinventing inclusive design through the use of cardboard. A material usually employed as container, now it can be a doormat or a table. Through examples of re-use, cardboard becomes a symbol and gives a new understanding of inclusive design: creativity, accessibility and recycling may be pillars for a new (social) inclusion within modern design and architecture.