AN ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE WHICH REJECTS THE STANDARDIZATION OF BUILDING AND INSTEAD, VIEWS EACH BUILDING AS AN OBJECT TO INHABIT. TAKING AS ITS DEPARTURE HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES, REGURGITATING THEM WITH NEW MATERIALS, AESTHETICS, ATMOSPHERES. THE GOAL OF SHELTER IS A BUNKER; INSULATED FROM HARSH CLIMATE, NOISE POLLUTION, THE WORLD. A QUIET AND DISCREET LANGUAGE WHICH EMBRACES SHADOWS AND DARKNESS. THERE IS TOO MUCH SUN, AS THE OZONE LAYER DISSIPATES. BUILDINGS WHICH CAN HARNESS, NOT BE DOMINATED BY, SOLAR HEAT AND LIGHT. SINGLE-STREAM MATERIALS—STONE, WOOD, LIME—A RETURN TO THE NATURAL AND ELEMENTAL. SEEKING ARCHITECTURE WITH FEELING AND METAPHYSICS. ARCHAISM AND PROTECTION, STUDIED PROPORTIONS AND UNEXPECTED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE INHABITER AND THE ENVELOPE.
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Yusef Audeh was born in 1989 in Sarasota, FL. He attended a high school designed by Paul Rudolph. He completed a Master of Science in the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology in 2017 and a Master of Architecture from the University of Miami in 2024. He has trained at AN+ in Tel Aviv and Studio Anne Holtrop in Muharraq, Bahrain.
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He has published System-Images (MIT Department of Architecture) and The Architect Under Occupation (Jerusalem Quarterly, Issue 105). He is based between Ramallah, Palestine and Miami, FL, where he is pursuing high-performance buildings and atmospheres.