Winners of Unfuse International Architecture Thesis Awards are out now.

Background

UnIATA is a biennial competition that presents a new generation of the world's best architects, urbanists and landscape architects together with their graduation projects. It forms one of the largest presentations of graduation work and offers unrivalled insight into current trends in design education globally and architecture generally. With the world's best graduation projects UnIATA presents each edition with a new generation of the world’s most talented emerging architects, urbanists and landscape architects, who are ready and equipped to tackle all imaginable contemporary assignments.

The initiative reflects rapid international developments in the design disciplines. Recent decades have seen explosive growth in the scale of international contact, resulting in lively exchanges worldwide. Increasing numbers of designers work on commissions abroad, professional journals are published on an international scale, and training colleges are becoming more and more international in their orientation.

These ideas are the foundation for new possibilities that can take architecture ahead. With not limited only to academia where they come from, but the whole fraternity with it.

 

 

The basket of best projects!

The winning project - Master’s Category: MORE THAN A CHANNEL

By: Tianyi Jang

Description: MORE THAN A CHANNEL is a sustainable water-inspired landscape design located in the South East Wedge of Edinburgh. This design utilizes the local flooding risk, provides spaces for the existing watercourses to flood safely, and reuse water as a natural medium to bring a sense of wonder and enjoyment of play to this suburban environment.

Short term (influence) and long term (impact) of the thesis project :

Short Term influence is that the site will reduce the risk of water flooding and contamination issues, it will provide more spaces for water to flood safely and more recreational, interactive and innovative spaces for people to enjoy the water features.

After the design, the proposal of wetland will maximize the local biodiversity through a variety of different habitats and ecotones for wildlife. The site will thus form an important part of the regional green and blue networks, providing improved connectivity, habitat quality and diversity for wildlife.

In addition to its ecological benefits, the design will also open up the water edges, making the water feature more accessible and suitable for different outdoor activities. People living and working nearby would be better linked to water and nature and would be able to enjoy a high-quality greenspace for everyday journeys on foot or by bikes, as well as for recreation and education.

However, this is just the first phase of more ambitious impacts. Except for the improved water feature, habitats and aesthetic quality, in a long term vision, the after designed site will become a focus for local and sub-regional leisure and amenity. People would gain a better sense of place with a local pride from this clearly defined landscape structure. And looking from an even larger scale, by utilizing the site as a connective landscape, it would also improve the green belt of the city and provide a high-quality transition between the Edinburgh’s urban and rural areas.”

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Winning Project- Bachelor’s Category: ROSS ISLAND

By: Adhish Parkar

Description: The project intends to appraise and accept the sinking of Ross Island of Andaman and eulogize the state of dystopia by balancing nature, architecture, and history of the eras that the island has witnessed. Also, focuses on how the people and the Indian Navy will react to climate change and adapt as the Island passes into oblivion.

Short term (influence) and long term (impact) of the thesis project :

Looking at pavilions as a program, the experiential journey of the memories of the island gives a short term impact on the user, In this case, the tourists are on the receiving end. An awareness of the importance of the island through epochs concerning the awareness of the future which leads to a larger impact on the user is again in this project. Also, looking at the future master plans with scattered instruments which marks the extent of the current size of the island, which still acts as a beacon to the people on the mainland Port Blair after the deceased island.

The observatory examines and monitors the data to understand the phenomenon and the effects of climate change on the islands which helps us understand the importance of a natural ecological landform and to figure a method to adapt to such oblivious situations.

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Organizer’s Choice: EXISTENCE BY MEANS OF CO-EXISTENCE

By: Khalifa Sampad

Description:

Though the livelihood of the diverse community people is interrupted by this natural phenomenon the existence is sustained by means of co-existence (the magnificent ecological landscape, water basin, birds, animals etc. These are the main drives towards the design process.

What is resilience for and how has it been achieved:

The primary goal of the design was to achieve resiliency against flood due to the increase in the water level of large water bodies (local name Beels) in the rainy season, which also submerges the paddy fields. This huge water flow becomes somewhat hazardous as it flows over human settlements and erodes the slope of the highlands.

Local people have taken some measures to secure themselves from the flood-like raising flood wall, and fencing which is not enough to withstand the strong wave of water. To ensure social, economic and structural resiliency, some natural measures are required to maintain an uninterrupted water flow of a reduced force. Here steps are taken not to stop the flood but to live with the situation. With this view in mind, the banks of the bells and the aisles and slope of the community mounds are utilized with natural materials and processes without hampering the flow of water and resisting the degradation of the atmosphere. Reeds are abundant here which is used to reduce the strength of the water flow.

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Best in Region - Asia: SHIP OF THESEUS

By: Kaushal Tatiya

Description:

This proposal is a device, a thought experiment, enabling the potential of an edge to be explored beyond the limitations of Mumbai's industrial sprawl ambitions. For the project, Mumbai is revisited to capitalise from the economy of happiness as an alternative industry using the SHIP OF THESEUS as a metaphorical protagonist for identity.

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Best in Region - Europe and Russia: THE MEAT MARKET

By: Barbara Schickermueller

Description:

The project is combining an artificial meat factory with a market hall, serving as an economic catalyst for the struggling city of Detroit. Not only does its localization within the city borders help people gain back a relationship between product and consumer, but it also reduces the environmental impact of the world's current inefficient food system.

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Best in Region America: DEVELOPING WITH WATER

By: Meikang Li

Description:

This project initiates from questioning the limitations of planning at the scale of a site. Based on a close reading of a master plan document, it proposes a methodology to test planning documents and a new approach to improve the planning decisions.

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Best Institution Award: R.V. College of Architecture

Projects By : 

HOUSE OF SILENT SCREAMS - Ganesh Katawe | AMIDST THE TEMPEST - Nithin K. |  THE STITCH - Chethan P |  REFLECTION ON PUBLIC INTERFACES - Shreya Mahabalshetti | TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES - Namrata Narendra

Read more about the individual projects who collectively won the Best Institution Award in the entries section of UniaATA19.

Discover the full results here: https://uni.xyz/competitions/uniata-19