Space Popular is a studio that explores the future of spatial experience through architecture, research, design, and artworks. The studio is directed by
Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg.
spop@spacepopular.com
e-flux Architecture - 2024-07*24
Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg appointed professors
KoozArch - 2023-01-26
Search History. Aldo Rossi and the Immersive Internet.
Enrique Aureng Silva
The Guardian - 2022-07-08
‘Portals will be as important as the car’: the architects exploring gateways to new dimensions
Oliver Wainwright
StirWorld - 2022-08-05
Space Popular's immersive setup explores the future of portals at Soane’s, London
Zohra Khan
Scaffold Podcast - 2022-02-11
Matthew Blunderfield
The Guardian - 2020-02-19
Half house, half tent: the startling Spanish villa that breaks all the rules
Oliver Wainwright
VMSPACE - 2023-04-13
On Virtual Space, Architecture, and Publicity: ‘Space Popular: Search History’
Yaelim Youn
Dezeen - 2023-01-06
Space Popular reinterprets Aldo Rossi's architectural theories for the metaverse
Amy Frearson
ArchDaily - 2023-01-16
Space Popular Adapts Aldo Rossi’s Concepts of Urbanism to the Virtual Realms of the Metaverse
Maria-Cristina Florian
Baumeister - 2023-01-04
SPACE POPULAR INTERPRETIERT ALDO ROSSI IM MAXXI NEU
Von Ute Strimmer
Stirworld - 2022-12-09
Space Popular: Search History' is the fifth edition of MAXII’s 'Studio Visit' series
Aaryaa Joshi
Wallpaper - 2022-12-08
Alcantara and Maxxi present Space Popular’s ‘Search History’, exploring the work of Aldo Rossi
Martha Elliott
Interni Magazine - 2022-11-19
Space Popular Revisits Aldo Rossi
Claudia Foresti
Architonic - 2022-09-26
‘Surfaces define our visual experience of space and experience of place’: Space Popular
Simon Keane-Cowell
Interni Magazine - 2022-08-22
Space Popular: the Portal Galleries in London
Claudia Foresti
The Guardian - 2022-07-08
‘Portals will be as important as the car’: the architects exploring gateways to new dimensions
Oliver Wainwright
Frame Magazine - 2022-07-15
Virtual Reality Gets A Tactile Counterpart At A Phygital Space Popular Exhibition
Lauren Grace Morris
RIBAj - 2022-07-11
Pamela Buxton
Design Unlimited - 2022-07-10
Blending physical space with the virtual: Space Popular
Liana Kuyumcuyan
AZURE Magazine - 2022-06-27
A London Exhibition Considers the Role of Portals in Virtual Reality — and IRL
Drew Zeiba
Frame Magazine - 2022-06-08
This Immersive Film Explores How The Metaverse Will Shape Our Domestic Lives
Kayla Dowling
Interni Magazine - 2022-06-07
Space Popular: How Will we Live?
Elisa Massoni
StirWorld - 2022-06-07
Space Popular’s film ‘The Global Home’ merges homes with immersive internet
Zohra Khan
On Design Podcast - 2022-03-15
Fredrik Hellberg on Space Popular and the Metaverse
Justyna Green
Scaffold Podcast - 2022-02-11
Matthew Blunderfield
Dezeen - 2021-11-08
Space Popular sets out its vision for digital portals made of virtual textiles
Marcus Fairs
Dezeen - 2021-11-08
Ten projects involving colourful textiles designed by Space Popular
Lizzie Crook
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui - 2021-09-20
Brick Vault House, From Standardisation To Craftsmanship
Léa Balmy
Revista PLOT - 2021-05-04
Florencia Medina
Art4D - 2021-05-03
Pratchayapol Lertwicha
Azure Magazine - 2021-04-29
How London’s Space Popular Mines Architecture’s Potential — Both IRL and URL
Drew Zeiba
ArchDaily - 2021-03-04
Infinity Wellbeing Spa Bangkok / Space Popular
Paula Pintos
INDESIGNLIVE ASIA - 2021-01-12
Space Popular gives Bangkok a new spa treatment
Rachel Lee-Leong
Wallpaper - 2020-12-18
Space Popular’s Bangkok spa blends luxury and tranquillity
Clare Dowd
Frame Magazine - 2020-11-17
Why do virtual spaces always mimic the real world? (Hint: it’s not because designers are lazy)
Tracey Ingram
Dezeen - 2020-11-13
Space Popular uses green tones throughout Infinity Wellbeing spa in Bangkok
Natasha Levy
Stir World - 2020-11-05
An architectural conference in VR by Space Popular reflects virtual togetherness
Zohra Khan
Dezeen - 2020-11-03
Space Popular designs world's first VR architecture conference as alternative to "boring" Zoom talks
Marcus Fairs
Revista PLOT - 2020-09-08
Florencia Medina
Elle Decor - 2020-05-06
A Seaside Home in Valencia That’s Easy to Assemble Without Breaking the Bank
Elisa Zagaria
Metropolis Magazine - 2020-04-12
New Talent: Space Popular Mines the Distant Past and Imminent Future
Alice Bucknell
Dezeen - 2020-04-20
Swapping video calls for VR will change our homes forever says Space Popular
Amy Frearson
Dezeen 2020-04-11
Space Popular launches virtual reality art gallery
India Block
ArchDaily - 2020-04-09
Brick Vault House / Space Popular
Paula Pintos
Architectural Record - 2020-04-04
Design Vanguard 2020: Space Popular
Miriam Sitz
Stir World - 2020-03-28
Space Popular explores the evolution of architectural styles at RIBA, London
Zohra Khan
Metropolis - 2020-03-11
From the Printing Press to Pinterest, Surveying Mass Media’s Influence on Architecture
Jason Sayer
Stir World - 2020-03-11
Green steel grid embraces the Brick Vault House by Space Popular in Valencia, Spain
Zohra Khan
Architects' Journal - 2020-03-10
Space Popular completes Spanish space-frame prototype house
Fran Williams
Dezeen - 2020-03-09
Space Popular presents six projects that challenge the physical and virtual future of architecture
Amy Frearson
The Architects Newspaper - 2020-03-05
Space Popular showcases 500 years of architectural media at RIBA with VR
Drew Zeiba
RIBAj - 2020-03-03
The media: architecture’s influential friend
Pamela Buxton
Dezeen - 2020-03-01
Space Popular's Brick Vault House slots into slender green grid
Lizzie Crook
Wallpaper - 2020-02-27
RIBA explores architectural adventures in mass media
Clare Dowdy
The Guardian - 2020-02-27
Know what an ogee is? Architecture translated for the TikTok age
Oliver Wainwright
ICON - 2020-02-27
Freestyle and Forms of Industry: two new exhibitions open at RIBA
Peter Smisek
Architectural Digest - 2020-02-27
500 Years of Architectural Styles Come to Life at RIBA
Hongmiao Shi
DesignBoom - 2020-02-25
Space Popular Forms Valencia's Brick Vault House With A Modular, Bright Green Grid
Juliana Neira
AN Interior - 2020-02-25
Jason Sayer
The Guardian - 2020-02-19
Half house, half tent: the startling Spanish villa that breaks all the rules
Oliver Wainwright
Maja Eesti Arhitektuuri Ajakiri - 2020-01-15
Johan Tali
Stir World - 2020-01-11
Space Popular's 'Gate of Bright Lights' in Seoul is a portal into the digital future
Zohra Khan
Dezeen - 2019-11-26
Gate of Bright Lights by Space Popular is a portal to a digital world
India Block
Wallpaper - 2019-11-07
Architects explore urbanism, heritage and power at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul
Harriet Thorpe
Elle Decor - 2019-10-03
Space Popular: The Architects Designing An Internet To Inhabit
Salvatore Peluso
Metropolis - 2018-11-19
This Kaleidoscopic Exhibition Explores How Augmented Reality Will Alter Buildings, IRL and via URL
George Kafka
Domus - 2018-10-08
Value in the virtual. Designing the unbuilt
Giovanni Comoglio
The Architects Newspaper - 2018-09-19
Augmented environments come alive in a riotous exhibition in Stockholm
Björn Ehrlemark
ArchDaily - 2018-06-21
This Concept Uses a Pre-Fabricated Timber System to Enable Modern, Self-Built Homes
Jack McManus
Frame Magazine - 2018-05-24
How design is responding to wellness trends
Jane Szita
INDESIGNLIVE - 2018-04-12
Can glass be a window to a virtual world?
Rebecca Gross
Frame Magazine - 2018-01-13
New technologies redefine glass in Space Popular installation
Leina Godin
ArchDaily - 2017-11-13
Architecture Is Moving Into a Realm Where History Plays as Much a Part as Medium
Timothy Brittain-Catlin
ArchDaily - 2017-09-17
Space Popular Reignite the Concerns of "The Glass Chain" Letters By Way of Virtual Reality
AD Editorial Team
Architectural Digest India - 2017-07-20
Here’s what living inside a kaleidoscopic glass house looks like
Vilani Senthamil
RIBAj - 2017-07-17
Pamela Buxton
Dezeen - 2017-01-26
Turquoise paintwork and wire-frame furniture enliven Bangkok spa by Space Popular
Jessica Mairs
Falstaff Living - 2023-10-26 (DEUTSCH)
ANTI-METAVERSE: DAS DESIGN-DUO SPACE POPULAR
Maik Novotny
INSIDEART - 2023-08-16 (ITALIANO)
Ginevra De Pascalis
Elle Decor - 2022-12-07 (ITALIANO)
Lessia Musillo
Living Corriere - 2022-06-06 (ITALIANO)
Space Popular: «La casa del futuro sarà uno spazio globale
Francesca Tagliabue
Dagens Industri - 2021-09-21 (SVENSKA)
Metaverse-arkitekten: ”Det måste göras i form av en offentlig infrastruktur” (Svenska)
Per Olof Lindsten
BauNetz - 2020-03-10 (DEUTSCH)
Stählernes Raumgerüst Wohnhaus nahe Valencia von Space Popular
Florian Heilmeyer
Arkitekten - 2017-03-07 (SVENSKA)
Space Popular: ”Färg är den absolut billigaste dekorationen”
Leo Gullbring