Architecture of the Apocalypse 2020

Using Space Technology to colonize earth again after Apocalypse

Worldwide

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Winner

1 Entry

Wunghee and 3 others

STELLAR-1

A Temporal Space Colonization

Runner-up

1 Entry

Yuwei and 3 others

Architecture of the Apocalypse: Neo-Covenant

Self-sufficient and circulating habitat programmed with laboratories and archives, power and purification system and housing paired with greenhouse to support re-discovery as extinction survivors go back to the earth

People's Choice Award

1 Entry

Veronika and Таня

Architecture of the Apocalypse

Babylon 20.20 - constant movement upward abroad of smog. So structure of the "ant hill" appeared in the new alternative houses of the post-apocalypse. People stopped seeing the true forms of each other, and everything that surrounds them. Everyone needed shelter and protection and began to equip their homes from the wreckage and parts of old buildings.

Editor's Choice

6 Entries

Daria and 3 others

Moscow Metro Shelter

The meaning of our project is to find normality in a completely new world. Our aim is to show the transformation of everyday life, not dystopia. In this new world, people will look for comfort and we believe that they will be able to adapt to these conditions.

Habiba

Pie in the Sky

I'll farm where the weather is good

WITCHAYA

theCLX(160)

When the time comes, human beings will turn to respect and take power of nature for survival. A new aspect of architecture will be the driving tool for humanity to continue the race because "architecture is not just a building", but it is mechanisms of technology that mimic the ability of nature to serve the well-being of human life.

xiong

APOCALYPSE BIO-JELLYFISH

We set the doomsday scenario as a "water polo". In such a scenario, we made a series of imaginations about the doomsday and made this design in conjunction with a bionic research on jellyfish. And a series of explorations and designs have been launched for the various problems faced by mankind in such a doomsday environment...

Adriana and Sophia Patricia

Recolonizing Home

Climate change has caused the sea level to rise 25,000 feet higher than pre-apocalypse. The only areas not underwater are the mountain peaks. Life has rejuvenated upon the Himalayas Mountains. With the use of NASA's Environmental Control + Life Support System combined with desalination of surrounding waters, life continues at 27,940 feet above sea level.

Mohamed and 3 others

The Ocean Hive

The base of The Ocean Hive starts with just 20 units. It starts to expand as it collects garbage from the ocean, processes it with heat of the sun, uses it for 3d-print. According to the colony needs, it has the capacity to grow as much as the physical conditions allow. Gathering of units with emergency compartments below them make up a Hive.

Organizer's Choice Award

1 Entry

Arthur

Life Support Tendrils

Life support system the utilizes coal gathering to power particle accelerators. These accelerators then recycle carbon dioxide into breathable oxygen as well as create water and powder protein for user consumption through a coal gasification process.

Shortlisted

5 Entries

Nicholas

e - den

100 years ago, humans has caused a massive nuclear holocaust in Earth which makes it unlivable. This apocalypse incident has result human to fled to outer space searching for a new habitat. Today, human has finally decided to recolonize Earth with the help of advanced space technology and purify the planet that was once destroyed by them to its former glory.

蒙

Odyssey In The Air

In the future, the explosive population growth of the earth will bring new challenges to human beings: on the one hand, high-density, high volume ratio cities are difficult to accommodate urban life; on the other hand, the global outbreak of virus is also difficult to contain. In addition, there are many unforeseen crises quietly approaching, such as earth.

Mina

Biosphere 3

A utopian society in an unrecognisable world yet it is so familiar.

Patricia and alex

The Ark

The ark is an encapsulated vertical colony were humans, animals, and plants can flourish in a protected environment, with plenty of space to have any kind of plants, a vital resource for a post-apocalyptic community to thrive.

Daniel

Chrysalis Base

"Our task is simple, return to Earth and rekindle human civilization among the wreck and ruin left there. I joined this mission to feel a sense of duty and purpose. The hatred that created what is known as 'the Fall' is no more; we can set things right and move forward towards a society worth living in once again."