Dogma is an architecture office based in Brussels, officially founded in 2002 by Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara. The organisation is known for its strong emphasis on exploring the relationship between architecture and urban form, with a marked focus on large-scale city planning and typological research. Dogma’s work often straddles practice and theory, combining design proposals with critical writing and teaching activities. Both founders remain active in academia, with Tattara at TU Darmstadt and Aureli at EPFL.
The office’s reputation has grown primarily through international exhibitions and publications, rather than through a substantial built portfolio. Notable recognitions include the Iakov Chernikhov Prize (2006) and the RIBA Charles Jencks Award (2023). In 2024 Dogma’s research on “Urban Villas”—compact, collectively oriented housing models—was central to an exhibition at the Flanders Architecture Institute in Antwerp.
Dogma frequently partners with public agencies on urban studies, housing prototypes, and spatial policy. Examples include studies on suburban development in Belgium and proposals to convert vacant Brussels office parks into affordable cooperative housing. The organisation’s recent projects have investigated new housing models in Berlin, Mexico, Tunis, and Italy, frequently highlighting typologies that allow for collective ownership and shared spaces.
Dogma’s approach is analytical and polemical, prioritising the rethinking of existing housing and urban norms through architectural form and critical investigation. The organisation is notable for its precise, research-driven workflow and its ambition to incite debate on the social dimensions of architecture.