We do not conceive of buildings as finished, static objects, but rather as open-ended processes that evolve, change, and adapt over time. Architectural projects are never truly “finished”—they remains open to transformations, appropriations, and further developments. The design process should therefore be understood not only in spatial terms but also in temporal ones, it should not aim for fixed, final forms, but instead deliberately
develop transformative strategies, allowing architecture to be understood as ever incomplete.
A central aspect of our teaching is the ability to understand the existing built environment as a resource. Buildings are not merely historical artifacts but reservoirs of materials and ideas that can be developed, transformed, and reinterpreted. Working with the existing requires analytical and strategic design approaches: What spatial, material, and
constructive potentials can be activated? How can architecture be designed to remain adaptable through specific interventions? And how does this change our concept of
architecture itself?