Architecture
Spring 2026
13 HOUSES, 1 GARDEN – MAIA GRADUATE SHOW
‘13 Houses, 1 Garden’ is a Masters diploma studio investigating alternative approaches to densification in the context of Geneva. Taking place on a site in the vicinity of the HEAD – Genève Campus where mid-century houses are slated for demolition in favor of a large housing complex, interior architecture is...
Studio
Spring 2026
WELCOME CASINO
The WELCOME CASINO studio explored the adaptive reuse of the former Casino Campione d’Italia, designed by Mario Botta, into a refugee social integration center. Once the economic engine of the enclave town of Campione d’Italia, the monumental structure had become, after its first bankruptcy, a symbol of mono-economic dependency and...
Course
Spring 2026
CIRCULARITY AND MATERIALS
How to understand and encourage the practice of reuse? This question was the main topic of the course Circularity and...
Course
Spring 2026
CIRCULARITY AND MATERIALS
How to understand and encourage the practice of reuse? This question was the main topic of the course Circularity and...
Exhibition
April 20-26, 2026
NO ONE SEES THEM LIKE WE DO, MILANO DESIGN WEEK 2026
As part of Milano Design Week 2026, HEAD – Genève presented No One Sees Them Like We Do: Notes on...
Exhibition
April 20-26, 2026
NO ONE SEES THEM LIKE WE DO, MILANO DESIGN WEEK 2026
As part of Milano Design Week 2026, HEAD – Genève presented No One Sees Them Like We Do: Notes on...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2026
NO ONE SEES THEM LIKE WE DO
This project is part of an ongoing research focused on the material and spatial conditions of interspecies cohabitation. It builds...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2026
NO ONE SEES THEM LIKE WE DO
This project is part of an ongoing research focused on the material and spatial conditions of interspecies cohabitation. It builds...
Studio
Fall 2025
THERMAL RENOVATION
Building H on the HEAD campus, originally constructed in 1910 and renovated in 1944 by architect Jean Erb, is an...
Studio
Fall 2025
THERMAL RENOVATION
Building H on the HEAD campus, originally constructed in 1910 and renovated in 1944 by architect Jean Erb, is an...
Workshop
Fall 2025
BODIES WITHIN INTERIOR SPACES, TROUBLING DOMESTICITIES
Bodies Within Spaces, Troubling Domesticities is a design-research course based on the observation that space plays an active role in...
Workshop
Fall 2025
BODIES WITHIN INTERIOR SPACES, TROUBLING DOMESTICITIES
Bodies Within Spaces, Troubling Domesticities is a design-research course based on the observation that space plays an active role in...
Workshop
Fall 2025
ANIMALS WITHIN INTERIOR SPACES
This workshop demonstrated how interior architecture actively shapes modes of cohabitation between humans and animals, revealing domestication as a spatial,...
Workshop
Fall 2025
ANIMALS WITHIN INTERIOR SPACES
This workshop demonstrated how interior architecture actively shapes modes of cohabitation between humans and animals, revealing domestication as a spatial,...
Workshop
Fall 2025
PLANTS WITHIN INTERIOR SPACES
A commodity, a marker of colonial power, a sign of wealth or status, a soft counterpoint to the germophobic modernist...
Workshop
Fall 2025
PLANTS WITHIN INTERIOR SPACES
A commodity, a marker of colonial power, a sign of wealth or status, a soft counterpoint to the germophobic modernist...
Workshop
Geneva, September 2025
CARE FOR YOUR HEAD !
The workshop Care for your HEAD! invited participants to closely observe the campus and ask a simple question: How can design...
Workshop
Geneva, September 2025
CARE FOR YOUR HEAD !
The workshop Care for your HEAD! invited participants to closely observe the campus and ask a simple question: How can design...
Architecture
Spring 2025
ARCHITECTURE & MEDIA – MAIA GRADUATE SHOW
The split between physical and digital spaces is obsolete, as they are now intricately intertwined, influencing and impacting each other...
Architecture
Spring 2025
ARCHITECTURE & MEDIA – MAIA GRADUATE SHOW
The split between physical and digital spaces is obsolete, as they are now intricately intertwined, influencing and impacting each other...
Course
Spring 2025
DE / CONSTRUCTION – STORIES OF APPLIED REUSE
How can we push the reuse of architectural structures and their materials? This question lies at the heart of an...
Course
Spring 2025
DE / CONSTRUCTION – STORIES OF APPLIED REUSE
How can we push the reuse of architectural structures and their materials? This question lies at the heart of an...
Studio
Spring 2025
TEMPORARY TECTURE
The TEMPORARY TECTURE studio explored the design of temporary modular buildings, emphasizing the concept of “design for disassembly” in architecture....
Studio
Spring 2025
TEMPORARY TECTURE
The TEMPORARY TECTURE studio explored the design of temporary modular buildings, emphasizing the concept of “design for disassembly” in architecture....
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2024
LIVING IN GENEVA IN 2100
Global warming in Europe, with its effects in terms of heatwaves, droughts, floods, and their damaging consequences for life, is...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2024
LIVING IN GENEVA IN 2100
Global warming in Europe, with its effects in terms of heatwaves, droughts, floods, and their damaging consequences for life, is...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2024
PERMEABLE SPECIES (NOUS AVONS FAILLI COMMENCER SANS VOUS)
Permeable Species is part of a larger research series that BUREAU (Daniel Zamarbide, Carine Pimenta, Galliane Zamarbide) will develop over...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2024
PERMEABLE SPECIES (NOUS AVONS FAILLI COMMENCER SANS VOUS)
Permeable Species is part of a larger research series that BUREAU (Daniel Zamarbide, Carine Pimenta, Galliane Zamarbide) will develop over...
Thesis
Geneva, Spring 2025
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES THESIS
Developed as part of the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) program at HEAD – Genève, this series of...
Thesis
Geneva, Spring 2025
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES THESIS
Developed as part of the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) program at HEAD – Genève, this series of...
Future
Geneva, Spring 2025
ARCHITECTURAL LATENT SPACE
With the rise of generative artificial intelligence, parametric design, and immersive digital environments, architecture is no longer limited to the...
Future
Geneva, Spring 2025
ARCHITECTURAL LATENT SPACE
With the rise of generative artificial intelligence, parametric design, and immersive digital environments, architecture is no longer limited to the...
Workshop
Geneva, Fall 2024
PLANTS WITHIN INTERIOR SPACES
A commodity, a marker of colonial power, a sign of wealth or status, a soft counterpoint to the germophobic modernist...
Workshop
Geneva, Fall 2024
PLANTS WITHIN INTERIOR SPACES
A commodity, a marker of colonial power, a sign of wealth or status, a soft counterpoint to the germophobic modernist...
Workshop
Villa Romaine, Hyères, France, September 2024
CLIMATIC VILLA
Climatic Villa is a workshop that explores the complexities and contradictions between architectural heritage and the new challenges posed by...
Workshop
Villa Romaine, Hyères, France, September 2024
CLIMATIC VILLA
Climatic Villa is a workshop that explores the complexities and contradictions between architectural heritage and the new challenges posed by...
Exhibition
Alcova / Milan Design Week, April 2024
2084: A DIORAMA OF THE FUTURE
2084: A Diorama of the Future is an architectural speculation on the challenges of the post-Anthropocene era. The scenario deals...
Exhibition
Alcova / Milan Design Week, April 2024
2084: A DIORAMA OF THE FUTURE
2084: A Diorama of the Future is an architectural speculation on the challenges of the post-Anthropocene era. The scenario deals...
Project
Geneva, September 2024
EPIC PICNIC
EPIC PICNIC was a project for the European Heritage Days, held in Geneva in September 2024. Celebrating the built heritage...
Project
Geneva, September 2024
EPIC PICNIC
EPIC PICNIC was a project for the European Heritage Days, held in Geneva in September 2024. Celebrating the built heritage...
Course
Geneva, Spring 2024
CARING ARCHITECTURES
Caring Architectures questions how the structural invisibility of both reproductive labor activities and their related spaces perpetuates power relations in...
Course
Geneva, Spring 2024
CARING ARCHITECTURES
Caring Architectures questions how the structural invisibility of both reproductive labor activities and their related spaces perpetuates power relations in...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2024
EPIC PICNIC
EPIC PICNIC is a project for the European Heritage Days, to be held in Geneva in September 2024. Celebrating the...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2024
EPIC PICNIC
EPIC PICNIC is a project for the European Heritage Days, to be held in Geneva in September 2024. Celebrating the...
Future
Geneva, Spring 2024
ARCHITECTURAL HACK: AI-generated architecture offices
With the advancement of digital technologies, especially generative AI, big data analysis, and deep fakes, interior architecture has shifted from...
Future
Geneva, Spring 2024
ARCHITECTURAL HACK: AI-generated architecture offices
With the advancement of digital technologies, especially generative AI, big data analysis, and deep fakes, interior architecture has shifted from...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2023
EDELWEISS HOUSE
Edelweiss House explores the construction of a new greenhouse solution in Geneva, not in the style of the 19th-century building...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2023
EDELWEISS HOUSE
Edelweiss House explores the construction of a new greenhouse solution in Geneva, not in the style of the 19th-century building...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2023
CINEMA IS A VERB : A Wall, a Tower and a Tent
Cinema is a Verb is a Master’s studio that explores the intersection between a mode of construction (the temporary) and...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2023
CINEMA IS A VERB : A Wall, a Tower and a Tent
Cinema is a Verb is a Master’s studio that explores the intersection between a mode of construction (the temporary) and...
Workshop
Geneva, November 2023
CIRCULARITY AND MATERIALS
How can we see value and potential in resources that are destined to be thrown away? How can they be...
Workshop
Geneva, November 2023
CIRCULARITY AND MATERIALS
How can we see value and potential in resources that are destined to be thrown away? How can they be...
Exhibition
29.09.2023 - 07.04.2024, Barragán Gallery, Vitra Schaudepot, Weil-am-Rhein
APPROPRIATE BARRAGÁN
As part of a partnership formed in 2022 between the Vitra Design Museum and the Barragan Foundation, the archive of...
Exhibition
29.09.2023 - 07.04.2024, Barragán Gallery, Vitra Schaudepot, Weil-am-Rhein
APPROPRIATE BARRAGÁN
As part of a partnership formed in 2022 between the Vitra Design Museum and the Barragan Foundation, the archive of...
Workshop
Geneva, November 2023
DOMESTICITY / DOMESTICATION: THE ANIMAL AT HOME
Instead of situating interior architecture as an all-encompassing field that designs the domestic cohabitation of animals and humans, this workshop...
Workshop
Geneva, November 2023
DOMESTICITY / DOMESTICATION: THE ANIMAL AT HOME
Instead of situating interior architecture as an all-encompassing field that designs the domestic cohabitation of animals and humans, this workshop...
Workshop
Geneva, September 2023
UFO (Unidentified Floating Objects)
The Unidentified Floating Objects (UFOs) project unfolded as a captivating exploration into the intricacies of Lake Léman’s inhabited waters and...
Workshop
Geneva, September 2023
UFO (Unidentified Floating Objects)
The Unidentified Floating Objects (UFOs) project unfolded as a captivating exploration into the intricacies of Lake Léman’s inhabited waters and...
Exhibition
Geneva, Spring 2023
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES – MAIA GRADUATE SHOW
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES is an ongoing project by MAIA, the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture at HEAD – Genève. It...
Exhibition
Geneva, Spring 2023
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES – MAIA GRADUATE SHOW
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES is an ongoing project by MAIA, the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture at HEAD – Genève. It...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2023
HOW TO ENVISION THE FUTURE OF LIVING AND WORKING IN TIMES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISIS?
During the spring semester of 2023, seven students of the Master in Interior Architecture (MAIA) at HEAD – Genève developed...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2023
HOW TO ENVISION THE FUTURE OF LIVING AND WORKING IN TIMES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISIS?
During the spring semester of 2023, seven students of the Master in Interior Architecture (MAIA) at HEAD – Genève developed...
Thesis
Geneva, Spring 2023
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES THESIS
Developed as part of the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) program at HEAD – Genève, this series of...
Thesis
Geneva, Spring 2023
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES THESIS
Developed as part of the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) program at HEAD – Genève, this series of...
Workshop
Geneva, December 2022
CIRCULARITY
Nowadays, construction stands out as one of the most polluting sectors. What was once perceived as a source of value...
Workshop
Geneva, December 2022
CIRCULARITY
Nowadays, construction stands out as one of the most polluting sectors. What was once perceived as a source of value...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2022-23
SHOULD THE PENCIL BE CREDITED AS THE AUTHOR TOO? HOW THE NON-HUMAN IS DRIVING INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
The abundance of energy provided by coal and oil for more than a century has gradually led us to lose...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2022-23
SHOULD THE PENCIL BE CREDITED AS THE AUTHOR TOO? HOW THE NON-HUMAN IS DRIVING INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
The abundance of energy provided by coal and oil for more than a century has gradually led us to lose...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2022-2023
HOW DO WE BUILD TOGETHER?
The city of Geneva has a high office vacancy rate. This is due as much to the obsolescence of the...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2022-2023
HOW DO WE BUILD TOGETHER?
The city of Geneva has a high office vacancy rate. This is due as much to the obsolescence of the...
Symposium
Geneva, December 2022
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES
The conference aimed to bring together a series of transversal personalities who addressed the subject of non-human architecture. From simple...
Symposium
Geneva, December 2022
INTERIOR ECOLOGIES
The conference aimed to bring together a series of transversal personalities who addressed the subject of non-human architecture. From simple...
Workshop
Hyères, September 2022
HORS D’OEUVRES. A joint workshop with Ecole Camondo.
Together, students from HEAD-Genève and the Ecole Camondo were invited to interact with the garden and rooms of the Villa Romaine...
Workshop
Hyères, September 2022
HORS D’OEUVRES. A joint workshop with Ecole Camondo.
Together, students from HEAD-Genève and the Ecole Camondo were invited to interact with the garden and rooms of the Villa Romaine...
Workshop
Mexico, July 2022
APPROPRIATE BARRAGAN. Photography workshop with Bas Princen.
Luis Barragán’s architecture is familiar thanks to a small number of carefully selected photographs. A certain idea of his work...
Workshop
Mexico, July 2022
APPROPRIATE BARRAGAN. Photography workshop with Bas Princen.
Luis Barragán’s architecture is familiar thanks to a small number of carefully selected photographs. A certain idea of his work...
Project
Milan, June 2022
THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOWROOM X MILAN DESIGN WEEK
The Impossible Showroom unveils a new typology of virtual reality environments specifically created to exhibit design objects. Developed by students...
Project
Milan, June 2022
THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOWROOM X MILAN DESIGN WEEK
The Impossible Showroom unveils a new typology of virtual reality environments specifically created to exhibit design objects. Developed by students...
Project
Milan, June 2022
THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOWROOM X VOLUME MAGAZINE
A research platform for exploring the digital as a medium. A collaboration between MAIA + Volume magazine  In 1970, the...
Project
Milan, June 2022
THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOWROOM X VOLUME MAGAZINE
A research platform for exploring the digital as a medium. A collaboration between MAIA + Volume magazine  In 1970, the...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2022
THE ANTHROPOCENE STYLE: HOW INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE CAN BEAT GLOBAL WARMING
The fight against global warming has now become a global priority that is legislated by international conferences and regulated in...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2022
THE ANTHROPOCENE STYLE: HOW INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE CAN BEAT GLOBAL WARMING
The fight against global warming has now become a global priority that is legislated by international conferences and regulated in...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2021
HIGH PLACES
High places looks for uncelebrated buildings in new territories. The ultimate aim is to reflect on the potential and ‘publicness’...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2021
HIGH PLACES
High places looks for uncelebrated buildings in new territories. The ultimate aim is to reflect on the potential and ‘publicness’...
Project
HEAD Store, Geneva
DIEGO LAMP
Designed as part of the Herbarium of Interiors project carried out by the MA in Interior Architecture at HEAD –...
Project
HEAD Store, Geneva
DIEGO LAMP
Designed as part of the Herbarium of Interiors project carried out by the MA in Interior Architecture at HEAD –...
Project
Seoul, September 2021
CIRCA DIEM: Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
The CIRCA DIEM project is developed by EPFL and HEAD – Genève for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism...
Project
Seoul, September 2021
CIRCA DIEM: Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
The CIRCA DIEM project is developed by EPFL and HEAD – Genève for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism...
Workshop
Geneva, September 2021
NOCTURNAL STILL LIFE
For the SCENES DE NUIT research programme, MA students of MAIA at HEAD – Genève are invited to explore the...
Workshop
Geneva, September 2021
NOCTURNAL STILL LIFE
For the SCENES DE NUIT research programme, MA students of MAIA at HEAD – Genève are invited to explore the...
Project
Milan, September 04-09, 2021
HERBARIUM OF INTERIORS: A Milk Bar, Curated by India Mahdavi
longlisted, DEZEEN AWARD installation design, August 2022 commended, FRAME AWARD interior of the month, November 2021 A herbarium is a...
Project
Milan, September 04-09, 2021
HERBARIUM OF INTERIORS: A Milk Bar, Curated by India Mahdavi
longlisted, DEZEEN AWARD installation design, August 2022 commended, FRAME AWARD interior of the month, November 2021 A herbarium is a...
Project
Toulon, June 2021
HERBARIUM OF INTERIORS: Learning from Kronenhalle
A herbarium is a specimen that becomes its own image. Being multiform, it fluctuates between the image, the 1:1 model,...
Project
Toulon, June 2021
HERBARIUM OF INTERIORS: Learning from Kronenhalle
A herbarium is a specimen that becomes its own image. Being multiform, it fluctuates between the image, the 1:1 model,...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2021
RE: WORK!
Rehabilitating existing resources owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) into new unemployment centers and places of self-reconstruction. Facing a...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2021
RE: WORK!
Rehabilitating existing resources owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) into new unemployment centers and places of self-reconstruction. Facing a...
Project
Geneva, May 6–8, 2021
Archipelago: Architectures for the Multiverse
The Archipelago: Architectures for the Multiverse broadcast concluded on May 8th, after three days of conversation centered on urgent disciplinary...
Project
Geneva, May 6–8, 2021
Archipelago: Architectures for the Multiverse
The Archipelago: Architectures for the Multiverse broadcast concluded on May 8th, after three days of conversation centered on urgent disciplinary...
Workshop
Geneva, February 2021
CIRCA DIEM
The CIRCA DIEM project is developed by HEAD – Genève and EPFL for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism...
Workshop
Geneva, February 2021
CIRCA DIEM
The CIRCA DIEM project is developed by HEAD – Genève and EPFL for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2020
Heritage : Floating Points
The aim of the semester is to reflect on the public and the domestic, on interior spaces and their potential...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2020
Heritage : Floating Points
The aim of the semester is to reflect on the public and the domestic, on interior spaces and their potential...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2020
Herbarium of Interiors – 2020 Edition
Herbarium of Interiors is a special collaboration between India Mahdavi and MAIA for Milan’s 2021 Salone del Mobile. Few formats define more...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2020
Herbarium of Interiors – 2020 Edition
Herbarium of Interiors is a special collaboration between India Mahdavi and MAIA for Milan’s 2021 Salone del Mobile. Few formats define more...
Project
Geneva, December 2020
Space Duality: winner of the Red Dot Award 2020 and FRAME Award 2020
Space Duality received the  Red Dot Award 2020, Brands & Communication Design category, as well as the  Frame Innovation Award People Choice...
Project
Geneva, December 2020
Space Duality: winner of the Red Dot Award 2020 and FRAME Award 2020
Space Duality received the  Red Dot Award 2020, Brands & Communication Design category, as well as the  Frame Innovation Award People Choice...
Project
Geneva, October 2020
Art Humanity Prize 2020 – CarEvents
The Art and Humanity prize rewards students or graduates who have achieved the best artistic creation in Visual Arts, Design...
Project
Geneva, October 2020
Art Humanity Prize 2020 – CarEvents
The Art and Humanity prize rewards students or graduates who have achieved the best artistic creation in Visual Arts, Design...
Workshop
Geneva, September 2020
Inaugural Week – Self-theatricalization
Workshop HEAD – Genève / École Camondo The space granted to video conferences is paradoxical; while we are brought to exchange...
Workshop
Geneva, September 2020
Inaugural Week – Self-theatricalization
Workshop HEAD – Genève / École Camondo The space granted to video conferences is paradoxical; while we are brought to exchange...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2020
Production Line
The question of transparency is central to contemporary societies. Phenomena of ecological and social impacts only reach arenas of public...
Studio
Geneva, Spring 2020
Production Line
The question of transparency is central to contemporary societies. Phenomena of ecological and social impacts only reach arenas of public...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2019
Herbarium of Interiors – 2019 Edition
Reflecting on the concept of « herbarium » as understood within interior architecture – spaces whose image oscillates between content and representation,...
Studio
Geneva, Fall 2019
Herbarium of Interiors – 2019 Edition
Reflecting on the concept of « herbarium » as understood within interior architecture – spaces whose image oscillates between content and representation,...
Workshop
Toulon, September 2019
Inaugural Week – Villa Romaine
Workshop HEAD-Geneva and Camondo School, Toulon. Students were ask to build temporary structures within the Roman Villa in Hyères, a former...
Workshop
Toulon, September 2019
Inaugural Week – Villa Romaine
Workshop HEAD-Geneva and Camondo School, Toulon. Students were ask to build temporary structures within the Roman Villa in Hyères, a former...