Architecture 'Out of Context'
As part of the 2025 World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Miami, curator Vladimir Belogolovsky, of Curatorial Project, has mounted Out of Context, an exhibition presenting seven buildings by seven architects, ranging from a villa in Armenia to zoo pavilions in China.
This exhibition within a festival is reminiscent of No Doubt About It, an exhibition from Curatorial Project that took place in Venice this year, overlapping with the Venice Architecture Biennale, featuring six projects by six Asian and European architects. The one-project-per-architect format allows Belogolovsky to go into depth on the projects—through both images and text in the context of the exhibition and video interviews that can also be watched online. The latter are what we present here: the seven interviews, each one between 17 and 20 minutes, embedded below. For reference, here is the list of the seven architects/firms that exhibited in Out of Context at WAF, November 12–14:
- Garegin Yeghoyan, ARCHcoop, Yerevan, Armenia
- Mohammad Foyez Ullah, VOLUMEZERO Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Roger Riewe, Riegler Riewe Architects, Graz, Austria & Berlin, Germany
- Fawad Kazi, Fawad Kazi Architect, Zurich, Switzerland
- Nguyễn Hữu Sơn Dương, SILAA Architects, Hue City, Vietnam
- Yuval Baer, BAER – Architecture & Urban Design, Jerusalem, Israel
- Ping Jiang, Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Arch, Shanghai, China
"I WANT TO GET THE BEST OUT OF LIGHT AND SHADOW"
Garegin Yeghoyan of ARCHcoop (Yerevan, Armenia) speaks about Villa Yeraz in Rind Village, Vayots Dzor Region, Armenia:
"I DON'T BELIEVE REGIONAL IDENTITY SHOULD CLAIM OUR AUTHENTICITY"
Mohammad Foyez Ullah of VOLUMEZERO Limited (Dhaka, Bangladesh) speaks about Railway Station in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh:
"WE HATE BORING ARCHITECTURE!"
Roger Riewe of Riegler Riewe Architects (Graz, Austria / Berlin, Germany) speaks about Silesian Museum in Katowice, Poland:
"ARCHITECTURE CAN SUPPORT THE PROCESS OF HEALING"
Fawad Kazi Architect (Zurich, Switzerland) speaks about Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Switzerland:
“WE ADMIRE MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE, BUT WE DON’T COPY IT BLINDLY”
Nguyễn Hữu Sơn Dương of SILAA Architects (Hue City, Vietnam) speaks about Sahi Homestay Retreat in Hue City, Vietnam:
"IF YOU SUCCUMB TO REALITY, YOU LOSE THE ARCHITECTURE"
Yuval Baer of BAER - Architecture & urban Design (Jerusalem, Israel) speaks about his competition entry for the Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki, Finland:
"OUR ARCHITECTURE IS A JUXTAPOSITION OF RATIONALITY AND SENSIBILITY."
Ping Jiang of Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Arch (Shanghai, China) speaks about Panda Pavilions in Chengdu, Sichuan, China: