Diy

“Alpendre” from galician or portuguese alpendre, and these from the latin appendix, ‘something added, accesory”.  Bruno Giliberto The faculty of architecture of CESUGA completed a wood design and build workshop (during the IV Xornadas Internacionais da Madeira 2024), whose main goal was to promote the use of wood as a building material in the forestry region of Galicia, Spain, through education in design and construction techniques.  Bruno Giliberto The workshop started from the opportunity to intervene in the environment near CESUGA: Feáns, A Coruña, a place in transformation that retains a strong identity and great social interaction, as well as environmental and ethnographic value. ... More

House on the way is a renovation of a 4 storeys building in Setagaya, Tokyo. As the name might suggest, this project is unique on his own and has gone through a rather unconventional path. Akira Nakamura In fact, the construction has been designed in order to be built entirely by the owners and not by professional workers, following the DIY philosophy as much as possible. This was the starting point of the design, since the clients (a married couple in their early twenties) explained already in the first meeting: for them, what matters the most is to build their dream house with their own hands and not just receive the final product. This gives to the atmosphere a sense of satisfaction and memories that are hardly achievable otherwise... More

Casa de Cultura las Jarillas is a community center in Iztacalco, Mexico City that promotes cultural proliferation through, workshops, theater, arts, and urban farming.  To create a more visible presence within the neighborhood a sign was needed to help steer people towards the community center.  This signage had to be easy to install, preferably integrated with local plants, and be seen from across the street where a bus station is located.  After some studies and research a material was found that could be easily modified and required little maintenance.  Coroplast is a white plastic material that is lightweight and can be combined into large pieces to create a visual impact for those who are walking by and driving in v... More

Renovation and extension project, which turned a small, dark 70 square meter flat, enclosed in the center of an old apartment block, into a bright and airy 120 square meter rooftop apartment. The project included extension of the existing floor and construction of a new, light-weight 40 square meter unit on the roof. The extended first floor, which is also the entrance floor, includes all the bedrooms, a central family area, and a small patio, open to the sky, which functions as a shaft of light and ventilation. The new upper floor includes the living room, kitchen, dining area and two terraces - south and north, for winter and summer, respectively. Due to the limited budget, many elements were carried out as a do-it-yourself project. Th... More

Two-level apartment in a townhouse is located in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. The apartment has two functional levels. The first floor is occupied by a kitchen / living room, there is also a small laundry / guest bathroom. On the second floor there is a master bathroom and a spacious bedroom, with the possibility of separating a guest sleeping area or a nursery (in the future).   DIY: People's desire to create, design, repair or improve something in their home after the collapse of the USSR and with the appearance in Russia of broad market of services for home repairs and finished furniture has significantly decreased. In the last few years there has been a boom of foreign DIY blogs, magazines and video instructions that tell you... More