Most Visited Projects of 2024
Monthly Editorial Edition 03 / December 2024
Throughout 2024, The Radical Project has shared more than 300 projects from all over the world. Each project, unique in its approach and execution, pushes the boundaries of design and challenges conventional thinking.
Take a Look at This Year’s Standouts:
1.Pitcombe’s Old School House Renovation
Architects: Bindloss Dawes
Bindloss Dawes extend historic listed Somerset schoolhouse for Farrow & Ball colour curator. Bindloss Dawes has unveiled a remarkable transformation of Pitcombe’s Old School House, a Grade-II listed property nestled within a picturesque valley in Somerset, combining original character with contemporary architecture. The new timber extension showcases the dedication to the craftsmanship of British architects Bindloss Dawes, known for their rigorous detailing and material compositions that balance city and country sensibilities, delivered in close collaboration with the client Farrow & Ball color curator Joa Studholme and her husband, Andrew.
2.Molitor Apartment
Architects: RREEL
The Molitor building was designed and built between 1931 and 1934 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Le Corbusier installed his apartment-studio on the top two floors, and he lived there until his death in 1965. The flats on the lower floors were sold with interior layouts freely chosen by the purchasers, thanks to the innovative free plan developed by Le Corbusier. Here, the flat had three main rooms: a bedroom and a living room on the street side, an office on the courtyard side, and a kitchen and bathroom. But this original layout was completely removed in the 1970s.
3.Maido Sushi Restaurant
Architects: Child Studio
British design duo Child Studio has transformed a disused London post office into a contemporary Japanese restaurant. Located in Saint John’s Wood district near the famed Abbey Road crossing, the late modernist building provided a rich source of inspiration for the designers. The interiors present a subtle blend of European and Japanese design influences. ‘Our aim was to rediscover and celebrate the unique history of this building and the neighbourhood’ - commented Alexy Kos and Che Huang, the founders of Child Studio. ‘The post office was built in the 1960s and our design pays tribute to London's modernist heritage of that era.
4.House of the Circular Terraces
Architects: Denis Joelsons
The House of the Circular Terraces is part of a garden designed for the enjoyment of the Atlantic Forest. Located in a valley, the property does not offer particularly striking views from the horizon. Instead, the focus point within this landscape is composed by the space defined by the canopies of the trees.
In order to work with the terrain´s natural slope and existing clearings, intermediate-level terraces were established. The house itself is organized on these plateaus, with communal spaces placed near the entrance, closer to the street, and private rooms located farther at the property line, as depicted in its longitudinal section.
5.Casa Dei Tigli
Architects: RigonSimonetti
“Casa dei tigli” is the result of a project that restores and reinterprets a 19th century rural building and its extension of the 50s located on the edge of a small historic centre near Vicenza.
The belief in the possibility of transforming this type of structures without losing the flavor of historical matters guided the general approach of the project from the beginning.
6.Burgatoi Renovation
Architects: Tenka Arkitektura
By naming the project Burgatoi we make our own a term from the nautical world that refers to a piece of curved wood used in the construction of a ship. The idea is to make a simile with the curved construction of the living space in this house.
The state of the space we found was a narrow and elongated L-shaped floor plan. In addition, it was interrupted by the vertical elements of the structure that kept order and by a series of "patiejos" (1m*1m) of disordered ventilation that seemed to distort future distributions. Before the approach of the final proposal, it was agreed with the adjoining neighbor, the adhesion of an area to the project with the aim of having a facade to the street and an outdoor terrace space. The starting floor plan is the result of this operation.
7.RM House
Architects: Pulso Estudio
Reinterpreting domestic architecture to highlight the value of new contemporary lifestyles and the conciliation between work spaces and liquid, multi-purpose domestic spaces that serve as reading or play areas, meeting or rest areas, taking into account their virtues and their conditioning factors.
In this project the intervention seeks to flee from a rigid distribution and generates multiple open-plan spaces that are transformed and combined with each other, integrating natural oak wood finishes and neutral materials such as polished concrete and exposed structure, with the spearhead being the polyvalent library space with views of a green courtyard in the city block with a south orientation and direct natural lighting.
8.Chamboirat
Architects: COVE Architectes
This project’s aim was to transform an ancient farmhouse into a family home in Chamboirat, a small hamlet in Auvergne’s countryside. This two-century-old barn was a common agricultural heritage in this part of France. Once inside, we discovered what made this place exceptional: 9-meter-high stone masonry walls, a complex wooden framework, and fantastic volumes. The whole place showcased remarkable materiality. When our client shared with us his wish to turn it into a home where he could gather his family for years to come, we agreed that this intervention should primarily respect the distinctive character of the place.
9.Basque Pelota Court
Architects: Verne Aqruitectura
The project consists in the design of a Basque Pelota court and a set of spaces for different uses in Aguilar de Codés, a small town in Navarre with medieval origins, located at the foot of the Sierra de Codés mountain.
In particular, the Town Council required that the court space could simultaneously serve as a space to hold local festivities or meals. It also demanded the creation of a small public square with a construction similar to the usual "kioskos", where the small bands of the area play or perform. And, in addition, it demanded that the previous spaces be complemented with a warehouse and changing rooms.
10.Unplanned Domestic Prototype
Architects: Ismael Medina Manzano
Unplanned Domestic Prototype emerges as a critical experimentation within an 80 m² apartment located in a building constructed in 1966, a product of Spain’s 1959 Stabilization Plan. This plan, aimed at the country's economic recovery, promoted the development of minimal, standardized, and compartmentalized housing to create more "efficient" living spaces. In this context, the apartment was designed under the rigid principles of the nuclear family model of the time, characterized by closed spaces, rigid structures, and limited rooms.
In response to this legacy, the Unplanned Domestic Prototype re-evaluates the need to adapt to new forms of cohabitation emerging in the 21st century. Instead of perpetuating the original standardization, the space becomes a platform for diverse activities and domestic agents. It proposes a home that multiplies and integrates the architectural possibilities into other ecosystems, celebrating the diversity of social relationships and local ways of life while advocating for flexible and plural coexistence for both present and future inhabitants.
