Space Popular is an art and architecture studio that explores the future of spatial experience through research, design, and artworks. The studio is directed by Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg.
spop@spacepopular.com
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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