Practice
The world is changing, and so is the role of the architect. Once seen as a discipline of form and function, architecture is now entangled with material scarcity, climate adaptation, and ecological responsibility. The architect of the Anthropocene must be a problem solver—armed with a multidisciplinary toolbox that extends beyond aesthetics to historical analysis, anthropology, material science, and regenerative design.
At the heart of Peripheral Works are materials—their origins, transformations, and afterlives. The studio explores circular design strategies, experimental biocomposite materials, biodegradability, and material reuse to question how architecture can contribute to regenerative cycles rather than depletion.
The practice is rooted in hands-on experimentation and a generative process - Prototyping, model-making, and material testing allow ideas to evolve dynamically, rather than being confined to theory and the screen.
The Greek root of “ecosystem,” oikos, means “home.” To build responsibly, we must understand all the elements that shape that home—human and more-than-human alike. As architects, we have an opportunity to rethink our practice, embracing new methodologies that regenerate rather than exhaust, that contribute rather than extract. The transition to a new way of building is not just possible; it is necessary.
At the heart of Peripheral Works are materials—their origins, transformations, and afterlives. The studio explores circular design strategies, experimental biocomposite materials, biodegradability, and material reuse to question how architecture can contribute to regenerative cycles rather than depletion.
The practice is rooted in hands-on experimentation and a generative process - Prototyping, model-making, and material testing allow ideas to evolve dynamically, rather than being confined to theory and the screen.
The Greek root of “ecosystem,” oikos, means “home.” To build responsibly, we must understand all the elements that shape that home—human and more-than-human alike. As architects, we have an opportunity to rethink our practice, embracing new methodologies that regenerate rather than exhaust, that contribute rather than extract. The transition to a new way of building is not just possible; it is necessary.
Peripheral Works is architect Jonas Høiness + all the people, plants, animals, insects, fungi and other living and non-living entities that help shape the processes