Apartments are one of the most basic forms of living in the contemporary world, virtually ubiquitous in all contexts. Yet, as architects, we are probably the least concerned with them. We barely mention them in school, in favor of more relevant projects such as ‘’Vertical Cities’’, ‘’Urban Farming’’ or ‘’The Zepellin Village’’ (that last one wasn’t a theme per se, but I’ve seen someone come up with it in school).

You can’t go through architecture school without being bombarded by “The Fountainhead”, that is simply a fact. For those unaware, “The Fountainhead” is a novel written by Ayn Rand, later adapted into a movie, portraying the exploits of Howard Roark, architect, full-time tortured artist, and part-time educator of the philistine public. For a significant portion of architecture students and most professors, Howard Roark was the man. Strong, visionary, uncompromising his work and art for the average, uneducated consumer. The dude was basically the architect version of Rocco Siffredi…