I explore the edges where architecture meets landscape, light becomes material, and the city makes room for a quieter kind of life.
Three architectural projects by AJ Amselem. A library, a natatorium, and an adaptive reuse proposal — each finding a different relationship between people and place.
A different way
to inhabit.
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Project 01 Miami Oasis Library
01 / Urban Canopy
A quiet refuge
within the city.
A library held within a planted oasis. Set back from the street, its paths, bridges, and reading rooms make space for reflection in the heart of Miami.
Light becomes
part of the
collection.
Concrete structure, glazed edges, and sculpted facade panels frame the everyday rituals of reading, gathering, and moving through the building.
A landscape
that belongs
to everyone.
The garden carries public life through the project. Soft paths and generous shade connect the city to a slower, shared interior world.
Where light
finds a rhythm.
02 / Lemon City Natatorium
Tidal
Rhythm.
A measured
cadence of light.
Repetition gives the pool hall its order. Structure, water, and the filtered garden edge turn a community building into a generous civic room.
Space to pause.
Room to gather.
A planted courtyard draws daylight into the community center, connecting circulation, shared rooms, and the rhythms of daily life.
A warm presence
after sunset.
Glazed bays and vertical screening give the street a changing face, carrying the activity of the natatorium into the evening.
An edge can
become a place.
Between building and garden.
Between what exists and what comes next.
03 / I.R.S. Facade & Landscaping
Living
Threshold.
An existing building, reimagined through its edges. Landscape and a new facade bring a more generous relationship to the street.
Shade, planting, and water retention make the journey to the building part of its environmental strategy.
Projected and recessed modules explore daylight, ventilation, and integrated solar collection while retaining the original structure.