Weiss/Manfredi dissolves the lines between architecture, landscape, and urbanism to reveal what places could be. Their projects—from reclaimed waterfronts to cultural landmarks—treat every site as a living archive of ecological and social potential. By weaving movement, light, and materiality into active design elements, they transform overlooked terrains into dynamic public experiences: art parks rising from contaminated land, visitor centers that blur into hillsides, infrastructures that double as civic connectors. The New York-based practice approaches each commission as a disciplinary experiment, merging engineering, ecology, and art to reshape how we inhabit cities. Awards and press accolades follow (their Olympic Sculpture Park is a modern icon), but the real focus stays on design as a cultural force: one that doesn’t just house society but interrogates it.
