We’d like to take the opportunity to introduce you to one of our Honorable mention winners for our "Legendary Bird Home / Edition 2"competition – Daniele Pepe and Barbara Wielebska from Netherlands!
Daniele Pepe and Barbara Wielebska from Netherlands
aitects is a Dutch design studio founded in 2021 in Haarlem by Daniele Pepe. Collaborating with my architect wife Barbara Wielebska, we decided to record our love for each other and architecture in our name - ai (爱) is love in Chinese - since we met and spent many beautiful years living in Shanghai.
As aitects we have designed single family houses and large scale commercial renovations. Before founding aitects Daniele has designed mainly large scale mixed-use, renovations and commercial buildings, while Barbara has been involved in hospitality, mixed-use and public architecture at all scales and had leading roles in sustainable design.
Architecture today should be tackling climate change issues and not focusing only on appearance: we can have beautiful buildings that are extremely energy efficient without having to greenwash them. Architects need to guide industry and clients towards a more sustainable and holistic vision of construction to build together tomorrow’s future.
We like to feel challenged by a competition to think creatively and with less constraints than in everyday practice.
Give it a try! It will push you to do something different and – even if you don’t win – you’ll be rewarded by having acquired some new skills!
Design a sustainable food court structure for the heart of a classical music festival
Design a yoga guest house located within rich bog wildlife
Design a home with no artificial lighting
Design a comfortable and accessible home for the elderly in Portugal
Design a guest house and olive oil tasting room located in Portugal
Design a new concept of small-scale home
Use architecture to create different emotional states
Present your best work and submit your favorite architectural visualization
Design a safe and supportive space for children struggling with a terminal illness
Design a portable reading room that encourages reading in any location
Reimagine the workplace of the future, and design the new way of working
Design an iconic new skyscraper constructed from timber
How would you represent the best that humanity has to offer through architecture?
Design a concept for affordable housing in Milan
Design THE architect's t-shirt!
Submit your online portfolio!
