An Atlas of Future Hopes and Ideas – For European Slums & A Compendium of Alternative Worlds from studio díazmoreno garcíagrinda

An Atlas of Future Hopes and Ideas – For European Slums and A Compendium of Alternative Worlds from Studio Díazmoreno Garcíagrinda are the second and third volume of a three-volume series reflecting the topics and projects developed within studio díazmoreno garcíagrinda, directed by Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda at the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, between 2019–2024.

Volume II, An Atlas of Future Hopes and Ideas – for European slums, contains the work from the 2019/20 academic year on European slums, with a particular focus on the informal Roma settlements in Romania.

Volume III, A Compendium of Alternative Worlds from Studio Díazmoreno Garcíagrinda, is a collection of projects developed by the students and reflects themes and methods used within the studio across various briefs over the years. It deals with design methods and creativity applied to the design of artificial environments. The book is largely a compendium of reflections on how to conceive the design of buildings, landscapes, and cities, and all other kinds of spaces and environments in a way that is consistent with the challenges of this era, as well as on the complicated task of initiating an educating others in this challenge.