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The fifth episode of The Architects Series has been displayed on October 2018 in Milano and it's about Ennead, an architecture and design studio with offices in New York and Shanghai.

Ennead Architects don’t believe in the figure of the starchitect, a single individual capable of conceiving and developing a project alone, but base their ideas on a collaborative, open, inclusive approach leading to creation of new, unexpected, paradigmatic buildings.
Aware of the power of architecture as a tool for social development, Ennead has always focused on the great responsibility that lies with the figure of the architect and emphasized the importance of seeking ever-new tools for restoring ecological and urban systems to improve human lives. In doing this, each of the professionals in the studio knows that it is impossible to take on such a big responsibility alone, so that exchange, cooperation and teamwork are necessary to create the complete, sustainable projects required by architecture today.
Ennead’s portfolio includes many prominent projects in both the public and private sectors, from renovation to reclamation projects, expansions, urban planning and interior design. The cross-cutting nature of the studio’s projects is a result of the interdisciplinary approach that has always characterised the architects’ work, based on careful consideration of the requirements of each project and in-depth analysis of its context. The studio brings together ideas and technologies from different sources and questions conventional knowledge with the aim of coming up with new architectural paradigms.
Museums, universities, laboratories and infrastructure projects are also included in the studio’s portfolio, including projects for Yale University, Stanford University, the American Museum of Natural History, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Carnegie Hall and the Standard Hotel, High Line.
The Architects Series - A documentary on: Ennead not only explores the studio’s modus operandi but presents to the public its internal division known as the Ennead Lab: an innovative hub which actively applies architectural thought to investigation of intriguing design issues and questions falling outside the traditional confines of architectural practice. On the basis of the studio’s history of commitment to civic society and institutions, the creative lab responds to a number of questions of great importance for research and proactive design.