spatial
The studio’s aim
is to cross the boundaries of the traditional architecture practice
AFARAI is an Amsterdam-based studio that specializes in spatial design, led by architect Afaina de Jong.
The studio’s aim is to cross the boundaries of the traditional architecture practice by dealing with the existing city with an interdisciplinary approach, integrating theory and research with design. As a studio AFARAI considers itself a feminist practice that encourages change on social and spatial issues and that accommodate differences.
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In deze aflevering van onze podcast NDSM X gaan we in gesprek met Afaina de Jong, architect, onderzoeker en oprichter van studio AFARAI. We duiken in Kinship Library, haar nieuwste werk op de NDSM-werf: een architectonische installatie waarin vergeten stemmen en verhalen samenkomen in een levend archief.
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A SPACE OF FREEDOM
A SPACE OF FREEDOM
Afarai spacial practice imaginning architecture
as a feminist intersectional cultural practice
Publication June 2024
A new design paradigm
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A new design paradigm 〰️
The multiplicity of other
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The multiplicity of other 〰️
For the people by the people
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For the people by the people 〰️
A publication by Afaina de Jong
FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE
For The People By The People
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For the People, By the People: A visual story on the DIY City is a publication by Afaina de Jong is a visual story about how people influence change in the city. The collapse of faith in top-down planning has been followed by a renewed interest in the self-generating wisdom of bottom-up urban initiatives. What does it mean when people act as the urban change agents that direct the life and death of the world's cities? Fusing her photography with a manifesto-like text, architect Afaina de Jong marks the people in the streets as the starting point of all urban trends and cultural innovation. And calls upon us all to become architects of our environment.
Music by Richard Spaven from Spaven's 5ive album
( Jazz Re:freshed Records )
A new design paradigm.
Spacial Design
Practise
languages, colors, patterns and narratives in the public realm are part of the collective imaginary.
AFARAI studio discourse is international and intersectional, connecting counterculture with architecture.
AFARAI studio works on the boundary of architecture and art. The work is deeply connected to represent people and cultural movements that are not traditionally represented in architectural form.
Spatial Design Practice
A new design paradigm
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A new design paradigm 〰️
