4A Spring for SoulsRebirth of Shanghainese mourning spaces Between modernity and tradition, a lasting place for death.
4Editor's ChoiceDivide 13 - ManosThis project serves as a bridge between the wealthy Las Casuarinas community and the disfavored Pamplano Alta. The design aim to bring them together by the power of crafts. Pamplano Alta's community uses their ingenuity to produce local/ regional crafts which can then be sold and link Las Casuarinas, a wealthy community to their Peruvian identity.
37Editor's ChoiceBubble MarketsThe Bubble Markets is a re-envisioning of the local street market of Ho Chi Minh wherein it provides an urban porous bubble-like space to be a platform for the busy market culture of Vietnam which can accomodate all forms of social life.
7Runner-upindigo poetryWhat we buy here comes entirely from what surrounds us. The water garden is at the heart of the project, as if it was a street. There is no distinction anymore between what we buy and where it comes from. The link is obvious
8Editor's ChoiceGround UpIn a time of globalization, urbanisation and mass urban migration ‘Ground UP’ interrogates design opportunities surrounding housing the community of Ikemeleng. This project presents a different strategy, by utilizing varying systems to create incremental housing scenarios for the home to be productive space economically, socially and environmentally.
31WinnerCloudburst Forest ('暴雨森林')Hong Kong's first biophilic 'plyscraper' A residential skyscraper that brings back the deforested sub-tropical rainforest back into the city by having different elements and vegetation of a rain-forest. Also, the very first wooden skyscraper in the dense concrete jungle skyline of Hong Kong
31WinnerCelebrating Mandvi: Architecture as a negotiator Rethinking architecture constructed for and by tourism. On a larger picture, the thesis questions the idea of using architecture as a tool to package places as destinations to be sold rather than journeys to be experienced.
15Best in RegionKhlong San District Office"Public Space as a Democratic Infrastructure" As our viewpoints become more and more polarized than ever, correlates with the rise of digital interaction that reinforces us into the false consensus. Combined with Bangkok’s already insufficient public spaces. This thesis looks into the question of to what extent can architecture be a part of the solution?
11Winnerseeing - Herbarium, WrocławWhile seeking the experience of nature, the one closest to us remains unnoticed. Human’s inability to perceive results in the loss of its part when trying to define it. Weeds spreading in every corner of the city remain unseen. Herbarium accommodates the problem by extracting wild plants from urban tissue to show their beauty and healing properties.
50Editor's ChoiceI N T E R L U D EInterlude is a cultural centre that aims to collect, maintain and promote local traditions and in turn making a sustainable architecture that has almost no environmental impact, thus generating a unique cultural icon in Morocco and North Africa. Just like an interlude in music, this project aims to become a place to have a break from the routine.
