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What can architects do to improve the quality of housing projects? Share your thoughts in the comments! The ‘CORAL REEF’ by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, is Matrix and plug-in for the construction of 1000 passive houses, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Description provided by architect: Called «The Pearl of West Indies», Haiti was during a long time the most visited country of the Greater Antilles representing the occidental third of Hispaniola Island. Devastated in 2010 by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, the country has now to be rebuilt from new innovative architectural and town-planning concepts. The Coral Reef project plans a matrix to build a three dimensional and energy self-sufficient village from one and only standardised and prefabricated module in order to rehouse the refugees from such humanitarian catastrophes. This basic module is simply made of two passive houses (with metallic structure and tropical wood facades) interlocked in duplex around a transversal horizontal circulation linking every unit. #coralreef #coral #haiti #sustainable #reuse #recycle #reduce #renewableenergy #zerowaste #seismicdesign #landscape #sea #caraïbes #nature #housing #fabrication #digitalfabrication #fabricate #digitaldesign #computationaldesign #design #designer #parametric #grasshopper3d #rhinoceros3d #parametricarchitecture #parametricdesign #architecture #architect #architectureporn (at Haïti) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGj9U3WhrcC/?igshid=ttxwd3ifzxbq

There is a point in every structural design where the engineering stops fighting the architecture and starts becoming it. This study explores that threshold. A symmetrical shear core, an exoskeleton that braces as much as it expresses, and terraced massing that actively reduces seismic displacement. None of it is decorative reasoning applied after the fact. At what point in your process does structural logic start shaping the design concept rather than responding to it?

The 2026 competitive landscape is led by global fastening and tool titans such as Hilti Corporation (Liechtenstein), ITW (Illinois Tool Works) (USA), Würth Group (Germany), Simpson Strong-Tie (USA), and Fischer Group (Germany). Success in 2026 is being won by "Engineering Solution Partners"—firms that offer 2026-integrated Cloud-Based Design Software and utilize 2026 digital "Anchor Testing Sensors" to help 2026 site supervisors minimize 2026-standard installation errors and maximize 2026-level building safety. Other critical 2026 players include Dewalt (Stanley Black & Decker), Rawlplug, and various specialized regional innovators.

In cities prone to earthquakes, building shapes are increasingly influenced by seismic performance rather than efficiency or branding. As towers in Philippine business districts rise taller, factors such as lateral forces, drift control, and ground movement affect their massing, geometry, and structure. That’s why new corporate towers often look thicker, angled, or have visible structural elements. These are practical responses to real physical challenges. Designers are now focusing less on how a building looks from the outside and more on how its form handles movement, distributes loads, and demonstrates stability in earthquake-prone areas.

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