LAVA is a laboratory network that explores and innovates through architecture. We approach every building as an opportunity to recast architecture as a culture and a living organism, to inspire the evolution of a built world that is both progressive and enduring.

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Key themes

LAVA examines eight universal themes that serve as a lens into thought-provoking inquiries that reveal architecture’s potential to respond to spatial and societal complexities.

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Touching Grass

What if architecture in the Symbiocene could redefine progress? Citypilot co-founder Leonie Woidt-Wallisser’s permaculture gaze on design that heals.

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Architecture in the Age of Automation

What if automation could solve the housing crisis? The co-founder of housing start-up AUAR reimagines architecture to address global challenges in urban living.

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