Journal

An Editorial Platform for Architecture, Landscape and Future Living

The journal dimension of ARCH CHALLENGE documents ideas, places, landscapes and architectural questions connected to Cape Verde and the competition itself.

Editorial Themes

More than a competition, a growing architectural conversation

Site stories, climate logic, AI and architecture, territorial futures and competition updates all belong to the same cultural frame.

Site Stories

Why Cape Verde Matters Now for Contemporary Architecture

Cape Verde matters because it concentrates a set of architectural questions that are increasingly global: climate adaptation, island urbanism, coastal pressure and the search for new forms of living.

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AI & Architecture

AI Is a Tool, Not a Shortcut

AI can accelerate iteration and representation, but it does not replace site reading, judgement, construction intelligence or responsibility.

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Climate & Landscape

Reimagining Parking as Architecture

Parking should be treated as part of the arrival experience, the landscape strategy and the broader spatial intelligence of the project.

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Cape Verde Futures

Designing Legacy Instead of Spectacle

Long-term architectural value depends on restraint, buildability and relevance to place rather than image-first excess.

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Site Stories

Cidade Velha: Building Near History Without Repeating It

The challenge is not imitation, but the creation of a contemporary dialogue between history, terrain, sea and habitation.

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Climate & Landscape

Architecture, Wind and Shade in Atlantic Conditions

Microclimate is not an afterthought. It is one of the first materials of design in Cape Verde.

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