Commentator and contributor to the book “Epistemic Artefacts: A Dialogical Reflection on Design Research in Architecture” edited by Matthias Ballestrem and Lidia Gasperoni published by AADR – Art Architecture Design Research on January 2023. The book discusses the epistemic value of the architectural artifact, the role of research practices in making this knowledge explicit and accessible, and the criteria for qualifying as design-based research. Get the book here.
Author of the paper “HOME, THINGS & BODIES. A Thing- Based Exploration into Personal Space. Reflections on DDDr” on the book “CA²RE+ 3: Frameworks of Design-Driven Research” published by Berlin Universities Publishing in 2023. The book includes a reflection on the design-driven research aspects of my doctoral dissertation project “ROOMS, THINGS & BODIES.” Read the book here.
Author of the paper “HOME: THINGS & BODIES. An object-based exploration into new forms of living. DDDr Method” on the book “CA²RE+ 2: Evaluation of Design-Driven Research” published by Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, COFAC, ARENA, EAAE and ELIA in 2023. The book includes a reflection on the design-driven research method I employed for my doctoral dissertation project, “HOMES, THINGS & BODIES.” Read the book here.
Author of the feature “Domestic Affairs” on the book “From Body to Space – An Architectural Relation” edited by Matthias Ballestrem and Tim Simon-Meyer at the Department of Architecture and Experimental Design at HafenCity University Hamburg and published by HafenCity University Hamburg on October 2022. The book approaches architecture as a sensual discipline to which we, as living beings, gain access through our bodies—through perception, experience, and use. In my contribution, I offer an insight into my architectural practice and my design-based doctorate, “ROOMS, THINGS & BODIES”, to deal with the question of what role the things that surround us play in the construction of our home. Read the book here.
Author of the feature “DomestiCity” on the book “Construction and Design Manual: Experimental Diagrams in Architecture”, edited by Lidia Gasperoni and published by DOM Publishers in March 2022. The book presents experimental diagrams for sensing, analysing, and transforming space. The article unfolds practices concerning the contemporary production of personal space for a shared city, including my work. Get the book here.
Co-author of three articles and co-editor of the book “REFLECTION: Conference for Artistic and Architectural Research, Book of Proceedings” published in November 2021. The book of proceedings of the CA²RE HafenCity Hamburg on 24.-28. March 2021 includes the design-driven research works presented at the conference and partner institutions' and organisers' articles. Read the book here.
Author of the paper “HOMES, THINGS & BODIES” on the book “COMPARISON: Conference for Artistic and Architectural Research, Book of Proceedings” published in March 2021. The book of proceedings of the CA²RE Ghent Conference on 28.-30. October 2020 includes the intermediate stage of my design-driven research: an exploration into the liminal state of objects between the space of the body and the space of the room. Read the book here.
Co-author of the article on the project Sant’ Erasmo 2038 for the Parallel Research Program of The Netherlands' Contribution to the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture published in the book “Values for Survival, The Venice Exploratorium: Cahier 2” in December 2020. Over 50 artists, scientists, designers, and activists worked together online during the lockdown in the spring and summer of this year. We had never met before and could not meet, yet we collaborated, focusing on the social and ecological challenges of different sites on the island. Read the book here.
Author of the paper “HOMES, THINGS & BODIES” on the book “CA²RE Ghent Proceedings: Conference for Artistic and Architectural Research” published in September 2020. The book of proceedings of the CA²RE Ghent Conference on 2.-7. October 2019 includes the early stage of my design-driven research: an exploration into the liminal state of objects between the space of the body and the space of the room. Read the book here.
Author of the paper “HOMES, THINGS & BODIES” on the book “CA²RE Berlin Proceedings: Conference for Artistic and Architectural (Doctoral) Research” published in May 2019. The book of proceedings of the CA²RE Berlin Conference on 28. September - 1. October 2018 includes the preliminary work for my design-driven research: an exploration into the liminal state of objects between the space of the body and the space of the room. Read the book here.
Collaborator on the book “Architecture: Rites and Rhythms” published in April 2014. The book compiles four decades of teaching practice by Prof. Joaquín Arnau Amo, centred on inhabitation rites and material and formal rhythms that tune with life: Through its rhythm, architecture stages the ritual of inhabitation. Read the book here.