We recently participated in an architectural competition for a new public secondary school in Djilakh, a rural community in Senegal. The contest aimed to explore how architecture can respond to educational needs in resource-constrained environments while remaining culturally grounded, climatically responsive, and socially transformative. The brief challenged designers to rethink the conventional model of rural school buildings, proposing solutions that were modular, replicabl

The 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture, themed “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.,” explores how architecture stands at the crossroads of planetary crisis and the allure of computational innovation. his 19th edition highlights sustainability, inviting visitors to discover how architects are blending natural systems and artificial intelligence to create resilient, collective solutions for a changing world.