ABOUT

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.

WE ARE A YOUNG OFFICE OPERATING FROM ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. 

FOR EVERY PROJECT THERE ARE 3 PRINCIPLES THAT ARE ALWAYS FOLLOWED DURING THE CREATIVE PROCESS:​

​1. ON DESIGN

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​We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but
a habit.




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Will Durant

2. ON ARCHITECTURE
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​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.
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Rafael Moneo

3. ​ON URBANISM

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​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.


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​Charles Montgomery

OUR PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS VARY FROM ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY & DIVERSITY, BUILDING & CITY ENVIRONMENT, SPATIAL SOCIOLOGY, REDEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, RESILIENCE & URBAN LANDSCAPES.

AWARDS
SHORTLISTED EUROPAN 15 COMPETITION, 2019 ROTTERDAM (NL) SHORTLISTED  BLAUGRÜNER RING COMPETITION, 2019 DUSSELDORF (DE) LONGLIST PRIX DE ROME, 2018 OLDAMBT (NL) 3RD PLACE EUROPAN 14 COMPETITION, 2017 AMSTERDAM (NL) 1ST MENTION TIRANA DESIGN WEEK, 2016 TIRANA (AL) MENTION 36 HOURS CHALLENGE 2016 JAKARTA (ID) DISTINCTION RESEACH URBAN DESIGN & PUBLIC SPACE 2012 ATHENS (GR)  

PEOPLE & COLLABORATORS 
​Jonian Silaj (NL) - Elton Hoxhallari (NL) - Iraklis Romanopoulos (NL) - Irini Xanthopoulou (NL) - ​Irgen Salianji (NL) - ​Rafail Gkaitatzis (NL) - Niko Novruzaj (NL) - Christianna ​Perntetzi (GR) - ​Giorgos Katsougkris (GR) - ​Nikolaos Orfanos (GR)​​