As public space is turned into lockable enclaves of mainstream taste, complacent boredom replaces innovation...
Instead of "bridges" that connect and leave room for the unexpected and spontaneous, the preferred building typology today is the controllable "island" which can be sealed off at any time, space of conditioned homogeneity...
Florian Busch Architects is an office practicing architecture and urbanism. Headquartered in Tokyo, FBA draws on a worldwide network of experts accumulating several decades of experience in the field of building.