24Editor's ChoiceSalinetoriumA museum park and factory island that sustain itself and provide a space for learning about the life cycle of salt, the importance of water, and the significance of renewable versus non renewable energy. We explore the potential of using salt as a material to slowing transform the rig into a human habitat and later an extension of the proximate water.
26WinnerArchiPelago - The sea satelliteArchiPelago is a revitalized oil station recontextualizing the idea how abandoned industrial constructions in the middle of the sea can be reused. It offers new dimensions that emerge from the metaphors of water and introduces contemporary/sustainable design ideas to combine multi-purpose functions in offshore conditions .
0WinnerGauteng Multi-sensory CenterLearning center for the visually impaired in Gauteng, South Africa
0Kyoto Wand Café / Kazuteru Matsumura ArchitectsA bay-shaped landform formed on the banks of a river, separate from the mainstream. It is called a " WAND (湾処) ". The gentle flow of the river, while maintaining its connection, nurtures a variety of vegetation and forms a rich biotope. For everyone who gathers here, “ 京都湾処 (KYOTOWAND) ” will be a little bit gentle and free between "to here" and "from here".
0Honorable MentionChildrenscape"Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity." The aim of our project is to create a ‘fortress’ and simultaneously a ‘playground’ for the children. The principal of brutalism is well and alive in the area, with most people considering the Unite d’Habitation by Le Corbusier the grandmother of brutalist architecture.
3WinnerTHE CASTLE GARDENwe imagine such a scene-- Children play with the light and shadow, shuttling between indoor & outdoor. The geometric order of the continuous roof and pure thick concrete construct the sense of ritual for this kindergarten,while the variable scale and the infiltration of the yard decompose the non-daily monumentality and construct a peaceful and poetic life.
0SpaceflowingIn our design vision, the bridge connecting Manhattan and Long Island City can be playgrounds for people who travel by besides being people’s walking and cycling daily. People in the city of New York are energetic and fond of various kinds of events, you can easily see people singing and dancing on the street. Those are the exciting parts that we would love
