The Casa De Música in Porto by OMA sits next to a large rotanda commemorating a colonial war victory. this project proposes duplicating the form of the music hall throughout the rotunda challenging both the iconic structure and site’s history with a new urbanism for Porto’s future.

This article covers initial excavations in the Contrada Agnese neighborhood at Morgantina and a deep excavation in the Agora looking at the local lithography and soil dynamics. The location of these excavations were partly based on a geophysical survey completed the year prior.

James Huemoeller will provide support for investigation of area south of the bath complex. Previously thought to be a gymnasium, a recent GPR survey revealed a denser urban fabric that may represent a non-elite neighborhood.

This un-submitted competition entry questions THE “urban” redevelopment of the site for the Pruitt Igoe housing complex. Here, rather than adding to the existing oversupply of building stock or increasing the demand on the city’s infrastructure this project proposes to leave the wilderness that currently exists untouched and install an elevated pathway that would connect to adjacent urban farms that will infill the area as the city continues to transition from its industrial age glory.