FOUNDED IN ROTTERDAM IN 2018, STUDIO JUAJ NAVIGATES BETWEEN THE DISCIPLINE & WORKING METHOD FROM ARCHITECTURE AND THE INTENTIONS & WORKING PRINCIPLES FROM URBANISM. THE PROJECTS HAVE THE INTEGRITY OF BEING DIRECT, YET FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE URBAN CONTEXT THAT IS CREATED BY A FRAMEWORK OF COMPLEXITY & POSITIVISM ...
JUAJ ORIGINS FROM THE NAME OF THE INITIATOR, JONIAN SILAJ AND THE TWO DISCIPLINES : ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM. IN THE ALBANIAN LANGUAGE, JUAJ MEANS YOUR OR YOURS IN ITS PLURAL FORM. HAVING AN EXPERIENCE OF AROUND 10 YEARS IN A VARIETY OF PROJECTS FROM ARCHITECTURAL TRANSFORMATION TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND FROM DETAILED DESIGN TO URBAN PLANNING, THIS PLATFORM WAS CREATED WHILE COLLABORATING WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS TO RE-DIRECT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CONTINUOUS SPATIAL RESEARCH, FROM THE "MY" OF THE DESIGNER TO THE "YOUR" OF THE CITY.
FOR EVERY PROJECT, THERE ARE 3 PRINCIPLES THAT ARE ALWAYS FOLLOWED DURING THE CREATIVE PROCESS ...
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1. ON DESIGN We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. Will Durant |
2. ON ARCHITECTURE I don't have regrets of being an architect. You are looking continuously - to the leaves of the trees, the shapes of the cars,to the structures of the city, to the patterns of textiles - to find the reasons behind the forms. That is very rewarding. If you extend a profession like that to the entire history, it allows you to travel through time. Rafael Moneo |
3. ON URBANISM We do not need to wait for someone else to make it. We build it when we choose how and where to live. We build it when we move a little bit closer. We build it when we choose to move a little slower. We build it by choosing to put aside our fear of the city and other people. We build it by pursuing it in our lives, and in so doing, pushing the city to change with us. We build the happy city by living it. Charles Montgomery |