SON Architects

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Based in Tirana, SON Architects is a collaborative studio of passionate designers to meaningful architecture.

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Floating Floors

Located on the outskirts of Tirana, this residential project emerges within a chaotic and largely informal urban fabric. The surrounding context is a dense, irregular patchwork of unregulated structures, creating a dynamic yet fragmented environment. Rather than imposing order, our design embraces and interprets this informality, reflecting its shifting verticality in a layered, seemingly spontaneous architectural language.

The lower levels accommodate commercial spaces, activating the street and integrating the building into the neighborhood’s everyday life. Above, residential units rise in an irregular rhythm, wrapped in a gradient of red hues—an homage to the traditional red-tiled roofs of the surrounding villas. As the structure ascends, these tones gradually fade into soft whites, allowing the building to dissolve into the sky, creating a fluid transition between the built environment and the horizon.

This intervention is not about rigid formalism but rather about resonating with the organic, evolving nature of the area—blurring boundaries between “order and disorder”, spontaneity and contemporary expression.