Ordos Villa, Interview with Alejandro Aravena
If during modernism, architectural experimentation was practiced through large housing projects, we now find it in curated projects such as this, on countries with a raising -or at least before the crisis- economy. A social housing visionary, who engaged residents in designing their own homes, urges architects to address issues of poverty, pollution and segregation. leading a new generation of architects that has a holistic understanding of the built environment and has clearly demonstrated the ability to connect social responsibility, economic demands, design of human habitat and the city.