The studio follows the research Knowledge Spaces: How does Architecture Augment Creative Thinking? [conducted over the course of 2012 at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam in collaboration with Steelcase Inc.] and builds upon its conclusions, envisioning future architectural solutions for knowledge production. The relationship between the process of knowledge production and the corresponding spatial characteristics was of utmost importance during the research. “Porosity” is identified as a fundamental quality for knowledge production [from the previous research]. Future scenarios for work environments are projected with increased degrees of openness, overlapping of activities, adapting the space for users’ changing needs and making it open to external stimuli. The models are material explorations of the quality of porosity and not meant to literally represent architectural projects. They are looked upon as the main drivers for form-finding. Enclosure and openness are interlinked in a one-to-one relationship on each level; their almost interchangeable roles provide the possibility to switch conditions across the diff erent levels. The second phase after the porosity studies was to understand and interpret city models from the perspective of knowledge production. The knowledge space is seen as a city in itself. The production of knowledge happens more in environments that are not strictly work-defined. Rather, the whole city becomes an ideal place for it as diverse experiences and encounters occur there, providing a fertile ground for communication, exchange and insight. City models were chosen as starting points for studying the city as a knowledge space. Specific characteristics were identified within them and translated into diagrams depicting the traits of the knowledge city. F.L.Wright’s Broadacre city, viewed in the light of the Great Depression represents a radical proposal for an alternative society. Opposing the idea of urban density, Wright envisioned a model of a highly decentralized city “disappearing” into the landscape. The Reprieve as a knowlede city model is an answer to an individual’s quest for a place of his own. To work, to live, to study, to sleep. To grow mentally at his/her own pace. Systematization of knowledge takes place both individually and collectively here, taking into consideration the person’s experience at every level.