ROOF GARDENS AND THEATERS BOARD’s design for a 5ha large urban development in Freiberg has been chosen for the 2nd phase and was ranked 8th by the jury in the final phase of an international competition. Image: The Citizens’ Building in the center

UNFINISHEDNESS IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM Bernd Upmeyer will speak about “Unfinishedness in Architecture and Urbanism” at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences on November 28. Image: Martin Margiela´s unfinished trousers and tops, 1989, photo by Jean-Claude Coutausse

A ‘COMMON DAY’ This research project by BOARD and STAR – strategies + architecture on communal living created “A ‘Common’ Day” in the life of Pierre Grenouille, 35, publicist, living in Paris, married to Myriam, and father of 2 children: Karim and Marie.

MONU #36 ON NEW SOCIAL URBANISM RELEASED On October 16 we released MONU’s new issue #36 on “New Social Urbanism”. 1. Cover of MONU #36 2. Social by Definition – Interview with Sharon Zukin 3. New Rights, New Needs, New Rules by Nuria Ribas Costa 4. New I Am by Bharat Sikka

TEMPORARY ELEMENTS ON IVRY SQUARE Currently the last elements are being constructed on the “Ivry Square” in Paris. Since the square could not contain any permanent three-dimensional elements, we designed them with a temporary character.

URBANISM IS SOCIAL BY DEFINITION Bernd Upmeyer spoke with Sharon Zukin, an American professor emerita of sociology... … the complete interview was published in MONU #36 - New Social Urbanism. Image: Old social urbanism: Elizabeth Street, Manhattan, Photo by Richard Rosen

CONFLICT-DRIVEN URBANISM Bernd Upmeyer defined a new topic for MONU‘s coming issue on “Conflict-driven Urbanism”. Read the text at b-o-a-r-d.nl/?p=9339. Image: Study of Perspective, Tiananmen Square, 1998, Ai Weiwei

BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FAMILY Bernd Upmeyer interviewed Izaskun Chinchilla. BU: ... do you perceive a change in the way people use their spaces socially in Spain? IC: ... what has been lost is the sense of neighbourhood… Image: Cycle to School ©Izaskun Chinchilla Architects

NEW URBAN DESIGN PROJECT BOARD continues working on large scale urban design projects. Images: 1. Landscape Elements 2. Centre of the Site 3. Creation of the Urban Lots based on the Agricultural Fields 4. Western End of the Site

THE CABANON: THE “BIGGEST” SMALLEST APARTMENT IN THE WORLD Together with STAR – strategies + architecture, BOARD has realized most likely the smallest apartment in the world: The Cabanon. The Cabanon was featured in de Volkskrant and on the Dutch TV channel RTL4.

MONU: 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDENT THINKING The Bucharest-based igloo architecture magazine featured MONU in their issue #220 as an experimental architecture magazine that inspired them by proposing a different discourse having become a graphic and editorial manifesto.

THE CABANON IS FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES The Cabanon is featured as ‘A Box of Surprises’ in The New York Times (nytimes.com/.../netherland…). Photos by Ossip van Duivenbode

ANOTHER INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT COMPLETED IN ROTTERDAM Parallel to “The Cabanon” project BOARD and STAR have been working on another interior design project in Rotterdam that has been completed recently too. Some of these drawings provide already a preview of this new project.

MONU #37 ON CONFLICT-DRIVEN URBANISM RELEASED “To Eradicate Urban Conflict, Eradicate Urban Interaction”… continue reading on MONU´s website (monu-magazine.com/issues.htm). Image: Cover MONU #37 Video: Flipping the pages, Music: CCR – Fortunate Son, Video editing: Danae Zachariaki

THE CABANON IS AWARDED AS THE “INTERIOR OF THE YEAR 2024” The Cabanon has been awarded as the “Interior of the Year 2024” by the Architectenweb. The platform’s anual “Architectenweb Awards” select the best projects from all over the country.

A “SUPER ZEBRA” IN THE CENTRE OF THE SQUARE Recently new photos were taken of the BOARD-designed “Ivry Square” in Paris. Images: 1. Crossing of the north alley and the “heavy road” 2. “Super Zebra” in the central oval area 3. “Mini-3H” in the centre of the square

BEAUTY CAN STILL BE FOUND – INTERVIEW WITH AI WEIWEI Bernd Upmeyer interviewed Ai Weiwei, who is a Chinese conceptual artist, documentarian, activist... b-o-a-r-d.nl/?p=9765 Image: S.A.C.R.E.D. installation “Supper”, Image is courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio, ©Ai Weiwei Studio

THE CABANON IS SHOWCASED AMONG THE BEST IN DUTCH DESIGN The Cabanon is featured in the “Dutch Designers Yearbook 2024-2025”, a showcase of the best in Dutch design. Images: 1. Cover of the Yearbook 2. Pages 124-125 featuring the Cabanon

MONU MAGAZINE TO BE EXHIBITED IN JAPAN From May 1 – 11, 2025, MONU Magazine will be exhibited at the Centre for Co-Architecture (CoAK) in Kyoto, Japan. Images: 1. Events during the fair 2. The exhibition space, photo by Hirotsugu Horii 3. CoAK, photo by Hirotsugu Horii

BOARD IS SHORTLISTED TO DESIGN A CENTRE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION BOARD has been selected, together with STAR and LOOP, to be shortlisted for an international architectural competition for a centre for special education.