Dotdotdot – Works – About: Architecture Magazine
Online and print magazine
2025
Data Curation for About:, the architecture magazine by Hearst
Data as a tool to broaden architects’ awareness on more than human issues

Alessandro Valenti, director of the new architecture magazine About:, published by Hearst, chose Dotdotdot as the magazine’s Data Curator in recognition of its distinctive approach to data - one that bridges scientific and social research with design practice

In About:, Dotdotdot uses data not only to enrich the narrative of the magazine’s articles but also to offer alternative interpretations.

This translates into data visualizations that present new metrics: moving beyond traditional economic or functional parameters to also focus on the well-being of the environment, animal and plant species, and human beings.

From this perspective, a new paradigm for designing living and urban spaces emerges—one that demands the integration of diverse disciplines. This approach, already tested by Dotdotdot in Sea Oasis – Survival Architecture (the project the studio is presenting at the 2025 Architecture Biennale), now extends its application to architecture, urban planning, and landscape design.

It is a method rooted in collaboration among academic researchers, clients, and designers—those who produce and process data and those who transform it.

In this process, Dotdotdot's know-how plays a crucial role, aligned with its experience in technology transfer.

An approach that opens the door to new forms, materials, and design strategies—geared toward disassembly and Regenerative Design—applied through an architectural lens.

Credits
Data curation and visualization by Dotdotdot

Editor in chief Alessandro Valenti
Deputy editor Giulia Ricci
Art director Kuchar Swara
Team

Laura Dellamotta

Giovanna Gardi

Alessandro Masserdotti

Fabrizio Pignoloni

Mirko Balducci

Federica Mandelli

Martina Esposito

Simone Restifo Pilato

Davide Bruno

Pietro Forino

Eleonora Pizzini


with Ángeles Briones

Images

Published in About:, Issue 1, The Collective. Courtesy of Hearst