Interviews, articles, award pages and talks featuring architect Hristo Tritakov, PhD (Христо Тритаков), his research on aquatecture – architecture located wholly or partly in water surroundings – and projects by the Mess is More studio.
1 interview · International architecture platform
An in-depth conversation on the PhD research behind aquatecture, classifying architecture by its relationship to water, founding Mess is More, and projects such as the Bunker House and the Deep Sea Science Research Center.
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3 articles · Architecture & interior design media
Aquatecture – design perspectives for the use of water spaces
Hristo Tritakov on water urbanism: why cities grow towards the coast, how energy and resources can be drawn from the aquatory, and the PARK–HOME floating house with its own green space.
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The Urban Purifier by Mess is More and VODORASLO – a synthesis of biology and architecture
How the search for cleaner city air led Mess is More and the start-up VODORASLO to a pavilion built around microalgae.
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(micro) OASIS – architecture of water between the desert and the sea
A water-centred architectural concept set where the desert meets the sea.
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5 award pages · 2020–2025
Urban Purifier
Mess is More + VODORASLO: a modular timber pavilion around a microalgae photobioreactor that filters city air and invites people to pause and learn about biotechnology.
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House with Bunker 2
Two houses – one set into the land, one in the water – joined around a wartime bunker at Cape Shabla, in search of “invisible” architecture.
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Origami
Studio MESS’s modular system of floating houses, offices and hotel units that stand alone or combine into floating neighbourhoods.
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House with Bunker 1
A residence lifted above a wartime bunker at Cape Shabla, with the bunker reused as a relaxation zone and a guest house standing in the water.
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Habitat Red Sands
Turning the Second World War Red Sands sea forts near London into a community living entirely in water surroundings.
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3 features · Architecture, construction & investment magazine
The biotechnological pavilion that purifies the city’s air
The Urban Purifier pavilion and its use of microalgae to improve air quality in dense urban areas.
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Origami – a modular system for water urbanism
The Origami floating-house system as a toolkit for water urbanism, from single homes to floating offices and hotels.
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Habitat Red Sands
The Arch Inova 2020 winning concept with Hristo Rizov, from the forts’ history to the tidal access ramp and modular housing.
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3 articles · Architecture & urban development news
House with Bunker 2 – “invisible” architecture by and in the sea
The bunker reused as a spa, the land house set into the terrain, and an underwater guest house reached by a tunnel.
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Bulgarian studio develops ORIGAMI, a modular system of floating houses
Floating housing, office and hotel modules and four urban scenarios for combining them on calm waters, canals and harbours.
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Habitat Red Sands – a community in water surroundings
New public functions for each of the seven towers, modular homes suspended between them, and an access ramp that adapts to the tide.
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2 recordings
Video interview with Hristo Tritakov recorded for the Archinova Architecture Awards.
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On design – with Hristo Tritakov · Podcast TALANTI
A conversation about design, architecture and aquatecture.
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