........The Naples project is awaiting of interpretation on different levels   if its Goethe’s  description of Paradise , or depressive  observation of a Walter Benjamin, the harsh reality of the economical situation of  a community of 3 mil people living on the foot of the volcano . I can see John  Heyduk mind wandering of and understanding the site as a relation to the Greek myth . I can see Kenzo Tange and Le Corbusier thoughts reinventing mass housing or the lyrical zumthor  walking down the narrow a streets with his head touching the clean and fresh smelling bed sheets  and as Aldo van Eyck would remind me it is about the home coming of these people with all their habits  and desire and in the quality of the anonymous of the city wall sheltering ...........................

 


,, The artist  is a receptacle of emotions that come from all over the place :from the sky , from the earth , from a scrap of paper , from a passing shape , from a spider web , that why we must not discriminate between things . where things are concerned there are no class distinction . ( Christian Zervos conversation with Picasso )

Napoli

12/13




                 Reinterpretation of Emptiness

The Poetics of Reciprocity

Over the years, Unit 7 has engaged in architectural discourse within highly charged urban contexts—settings often marked by social, political, or historical complexity. Within these environments, our projects consistently pursue a sense of appropriateness, seeking responses that are not only contextually sensitive but also conceptually rigorous.

We encourage students to navigate their design territory with vigilance and a critical eye. Their work should demonstrate an evolving understanding of spatial, cultural, and material nuance, alongside a commitment to architectural precision.

This precision is not limited to technical resolution, but extends to the care with which ideas are articulated and translated into built form.

We value architectural intuition—a cultivated instinct rooted in experience, observation, and reflection—developed in tandem with a poetic response to site and circumstance. These dimensions should not be seen as separate from strategic thinking, but as essential counterparts to it.

​ Clarity of intention, at all scales and stages of design, is fundamental. From conceptual strategy to spatial organisation and material articulation, students are expected to continuously refine their work, allowing reciprocity to emerge—between site and structure, between user and space, between past and future.

相互性の詩学（The Poetics of Reciprocity）

​ これまでユニット7は、社会的、政治的、あるいは歴史的に複雑な背景を持つ、緊張感の高い都市環境において建築的議論を重ねてきました。こうした状況において、私たちのプロジェクトは常に、文脈に対して適切であることを追求してきました。それは、単なる調和ではなく、概念的に厳密で意味のある応答を目指すものです。 私たちは学生たちに、自らの設計領域を慎重に、かつ批判的に歩むことを求めています。その成果には、空間的・文化的・物質的な微細な差異を読み取り、それに応じる能力が表れていなければなりません。同時に、建築における精度への強い意志も示される必要があります。この「精度」とは、単なる技術的完成度にとどまらず、アイデアがどのように言語化され、かたちへと転換されるかに対する丁寧な姿勢をも意味します。 私たちは「建築的直感」を重視しています。それは経験や観察、熟考から育まれる感覚であり、「詩的な応答」とともに発展させていくべきものです。こうした側面は、設計戦略と切り離されるものではなく、むしろそれを支える不可欠な要素です。 設計のすべての段階とスケールにおいて、「意図の明確さ」は極めて重要です。概念の構築から空間構成、素材の選定に至るまで、学生たちは常に自らの提案を洗練させ、「相互性」が自然に立ち現れるような設計を目指さなければなりません――場所と建築、使い手と空間、過去と未来とのあいだに。

SITE 1











Farhat Hussain 
Christopher Kalavashoti 
Lucia Martinez Arias 
Calista Oppon 
Michelle Price 
Maud Tisserant 
Natalia Dutton Kostandoglou 
Zuo Bin Goh 
Esther Layla Peyrovi 
Doris Shu Han 
Quek Low Soon Tan 
Kathryn Ledley 
Mitesh Patel 
Muzz 
Elizabeth Mitchell
Wei Shi

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SITE 2












Simona Grimaldi 
Tania Pascoal 
Ohshi Satoshi 
Gassim Abdeldaim 
Vanisha Varsani 
Robert Beckles 
Gulizar Sevin 
Panagiota Maragkoudaki

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SITE 3












Ewelina Boguz
Yotova 

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