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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 THE WORLD. A QUIET AND DISCREET LANGUAGE WHICH DOES NOT SHY AWAY FROM 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—CAN THERE BE A RETURN TO SIMPLICITY? A RETURN TO ARCHITECTURE WITH FEELING? ARCHAISM AND PROTECTION, IDEAL PROPORTIONS AND UNEXPECTED RELATIONS.
Yusef Audeh was born in 1989 in Sarasota, FL. He attended a high school designed by Paul Rudolph. He later studied in the MIT Program in Art Culture and Technology and received 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.
He has published System-Images and The Architect Under Occupation. He is based in Miami, FL, where he is pursuing the construction of high-performance subtropical buildings and atmospheres.