117Rooted Horizons : A Resilient Mru Settlement A community-centric alternative to mass tourism development in Bandarban,Bangladesh, integrating the Murong tribal community's needs with sustainable tourism infrastructure. The project counters a proposed five-star hotel development that would have displaced local communities and disrupted natural resources.
3151Best in RegionTHE HYGGE PATHSet on the slope of the Nærøyfjord, this self-sufficient retreat harmoniously integrates with its surroundings, serving locals, visitors seeking emotional renewal, and active tourists. Architecture fosters regeneration, contemplation, and nature connection, while preserving the landscape and ecosystem.
3641Reclaiming The MarginsReclaiming the Margins: Designing Inclusive Housing for the Harijan Community
3021Reconfiguring Housing: Density & Rentals, GangtokThe thesis explores Daragoan in Gangtok where farmland has become dense housing built room by room with rentals in mind. Terraces, corridors and stairways act as commons for play, prayer gatherings and commerce. A grid of local room sizes shapes light courts, shared terraces and adaptable spaces reframing density as a resource for community and continuity.
1434Traditional Wooden Boat Crafting CentreRooted in Bangladesh’s riverine heritage, this project connects tradition with modernity by empowering boat artisans, blending heritage with sustainable design through crafting zones, museums and public spaces that honour history by blending ancestral craftsmanship with global innovations, community fostering, culture and environmental preservation.
3217Rethinking the urban health of heritage fringes.The intent is to revive urban fringes in historic cities by making heritage an active part of daily life. Small, sensitive interventions using local materials and green spaces improve comfort and access without disturbing daily rhythms. Underpinning the entire project is the belief that heritage is about designing spaces that invite participation.
114Nascence of Vibrancy: Celebrating Vacancy Nathullabad central bus terminal set for relocation under Barishal’s 2010 Master Plan, leaves a key urban void. This proposal reimagines it as a celebrated vacancy—an open, resilient civic space shaped by community use, prioritizing inclusivity and quality of life over commercial growth.
057Thripooram-An Immersive Cultural Experience CenterThripooram is an immersive cultural center preserving Thrissur Pooram's heritage. It reimagines cultural preservation as a spatial narrative, taking visitors through the festival's chronology from 1798 to modern times. Using spatial sequencing, narrative, and interactive technology, Thripooram bridges heritage and modernity, offering a unique experience.
3718 REVITALIZING COMMUNITYA spatial framework where private, semi-public and public realms intertwine and enrich one another. Architecture emerges as a shifting identity shaped by user interaction, with thresholds turning from boundaries into new possibilities for encounter and change
013Nature’s SanctuaryNature’s Sanctuary reimagines the ruins of the Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Zagórz as a living landscape where cultural heritage and ecology are interwoven. The project addresses pressing environmental challenges - flooding, drought, and biodiversity loss while questioning conventional approaches to conservation.
211WinnerSurface Of MemoryThe architectural gesture begins with a singular copper panel. This monumental surface generates spatiality. It gradually opens toward the greenery of the site, rising with an uplifting gesture. The structure becomes a canvas of change. narrating Chile’s story of unfairness in economic structures, social unrest, and the desire for equality.
914WinnerEscapismFootball as Brazil’s Living Escape: A Cultural Mirror of Passion, Struggle, and Hope captures how the sport transcends entertainment to shape Brazilian identity. It is both daily ritual and escapism, a source of unity and resilience that reflects the nation’s spirit.
017Pravah-Harmonizing Water, Culture, and EnvironmentPravah explores regenerative architecture for water conservation in Poladpur, Maharashtra, integrating traditional rainwater systems with community infrastructure. It harmonizes water, culture, and environment to enhance resilience, livelihoods, and social cohesion in a high-rainfall yet water-scarce region
262WinnerHue Imperial Heritage Museum"A hidden museum where modern architecture reframes ancient spirit." The Hue Imperial Heritage Museum is embedded underground with a contoured green roof, integrating relics within the Citadel. It relieves historic monuments from unsuitable use, provides orientation and interpretation, and applies rainwater systems for cooling.
023WinnerThe Manufactured Edge of IllusionThis series questions the alpine landscape as a manufactured vision. Each edge between forest and house, mountain and cable, cliff and platform shows how human intervention reshapes nature. What appears pastoral is in fact produced, where edges become instruments of control and spectacle rather than untouched wilderness.
534408 Folk Arts Center (From prison to Art) This project transforms Baghdad’s former prison into a Folk Art Center, turning a site of pain into a hub of memory, creativity, and renewal. Divided into three parts—artistic prison spaces, a theater reborn from a bunker, and a collective amphitheater—it reconnects with the city and celebrates cultural identity.
2312Revival of Last British Rotating Stage TheatreThis project portrays the last British revolving stage theatre of Asia, which is conserved by not only re-using the structure but also maintaining urban and natural balance. The fundamentals and proportions of this project will serve the cultural and emotional aspects of the people living in that area, with the help of Dovey’s “Place Attachment Theory.”
177357Beyond the Game: Adaptive Stadium ArchitectureThis thesis explores adaptive stadium design through modular architecture, addressing global issues of underuse and abandonment. By enabling reconfiguration into offices, sports academies, or auditoriums, the project proposes a FIFA-compliant football stadium in Ahmedabad that extends functionality beyond mega-events, ensuring lasting urban & community value
0104Best in RegionFrom Myth to Matter This project seeks to evolve Panatirtha into a multi-functional social and spiritual complex that integrates the sacred identity with the existing natural and tourism pathways of the Tahirpur region. The aim was to design a fully operational, year-round facility to host spiritual and secular festivals, educational tourism, and cultural gatherings.
4119Extention : Sustainable housingThe project adds sustainable extensions to the Schammatwiese neighborhood, creating high-quality housing and semi-public communal areas while renovating façades. Using a modular timber system with clay and lime finishes, new apartments integrate into the existing grid. A new building adds barrier-free units, community spaces, and a social hub.
16Student dormitoryThe project envisions a student dormitory that integrates housing with cultural, educational, and recreational facilities. Located between Terazije Terrace and Belgrade Waterfront, it blends modern technologies with traditional forms, creating an open urban block that fosters knowledge, community, and sustainable living.
15615'Electrifying the Drive'-An EV Manufacturing PlantAir pollution & green house gas emissions are substantial source for climate change. This effects are significantly graduated by transportation system since most cars are still fuled by gasoline or diesel engines which create several negative effects. EV is considered as better alternative because it produces zero pipeline emissions.
120Best in RegionEchoes of the Railway: Eco-Tourism in ChileIn Rio Blanco, Chile, an eco-tourism complex grows like a living railway, weaving timber, stone, steel and glass into resilient forms. The design dances with the mountains and river, exploring structure, craft, and the poetry of place
3953AABHAS -a sense of homeThey build our cities, yet live without a place in them.This project reimagines housing for migrant workers-not as shelter, but as dignity. Modular, mobile, and co-created, it moves with them, grows with them, and uplifts their families with creche, workshops, and safe spaces.A home that respects culture, empowers women, and builds community.
1121Spirit of freedom Reviving the Rose Garden Palace The Rose Garden Palace restoration project preserves a vital piece of Dhaka’s heritage while transforming it into a sustainable, inclusive cultural hub. Through adaptive reuse, it combines galleries, workshops, and community spaces to foster education, engagement, and pride, reconnecting people with history in a modern, meaningful way.
014SOLMELU KUDLA - PRESERVING THE SOUL OF TULUNADUSolmelu Kudla — meaning Thank You, Mangalore — is a cultural heritage preservation and interpretation center in Tulunadu, a coastal region of Karnataka, India. It seeks to safeguard the fading traditions, rituals, and stories of this diverse land, creating a living space where culture is celebrated, remembered, and reimagined.
17elevloop ELEVLOOP is a project that aims to be not just a sports facility, but also a social and recreational center that integrates with the natural and urban fabric of Coeur d'Alene. The design is based on a fluid and organic form that adapts to the topography of the land.
011WinnerCHICAGO SWEET ROUTE CANDY MUSEUM AND EXPERIENCE Inspired by Chicago’s sweet heritage, the Candy Museum offers an immersive journey through five zones: History Tunnel, Workshop, Exhibition, Marketplace, and Experience Area. With eco-friendly design and energy-efficient systems, it blends nostalgia, innovation, and sustainability to carry Chicago’s confectionery legacy into the future.
04BERRYROOF-THE ROOF WHERE DESSERTS MEET NATUREA project in Chicago reimagines traditional confectionery culture through a strawberry-based experiential space, blending healthy desserts, sustainable farming, and interactive design to promote mindful, nature-connected living.
3135People's Choice AwardKALO.KThe key of Kalo.K is that with the given square meters we do this elevated architectural design so we win more square meters in the same area and we also gain sea view for each guest.
06From Myth to MatterThis project seeks to evolve Panatirtha into a multi-functional social and spiritual complex that integrates the sacred identity with the existing natural and tourism pathways of the Tahirpur region. The aim was to design a fully operational, year-round facility to host spiritual and secular festivals, educational tourism, and cultural gatherings.
034The wind museumThe Wind Museum on Olkhon Island explores wind as a natural, cultural, and spiritual force. Through immersive exhibitions, interactive installations, and sustainable design, the project connects Baikal’s heritage and global visions of the future, merging myth, science, and innovation.
035Special MentionCosmic (Re)ConnectionUnveiling New Architectural Narratives Through Cosmic Insights | Undergraduate Architecture Thesis
211ARCHITECTURE THESISSambhav" reimagines a decommissioned dumpyard in Chennai as a space for regeneration—empowering waste workers, restoring ecology, and creating inclusive public infrastructure through architecture, placemaking, and cultural integration.
18POR LA GENTEPor la Gente is a civic and ecological hub in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, designed to support mangrove conservation while uplifting the local economy. Facing overuse of natural resources due to poverty, the project connects the city to its mangroves through a network of public paths and fragmented building masses housing a market, workshops, labs, and an amphith
3663REVITALIZING KOLAKOPA’S HERITAGEThis colonial era heritage site had remained forgotten for decades; no one had ever documented it, designed for it, or tried to preserve it. My thesis is the first to take action, aiming to protect these structures through adaptive reuse and cultural tourism. Visitors will experience history through role play, AR/VR, exhibitions, and museum spaces.
04The Green Trace LabTHE WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER, WHICH WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN SILVAN, HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS A PARTICIPATORY PLATFORM THAT BRINGS TOGETHER SCIENCE, NATURE AND THE PUBLIC. INTEGRATED INTO THE NATURAL TEXTURE OF THE YARRA VALLEY AND DANDENONG MOUNTAINS, THE CENTER OFFERS EDUCATION, OBSERVATION AND DATA SHARING FOR BOTH RESEARCHERS AND VOLUNTEER NATURE LOVERS.
12WİLD NESTThe parcel containing the competition area has been designated for agricultural and industrial buildings, along with a park. A 1,637-square-meter portion of this island has been designated as a wildlife research facility. Residential and industrial areas with a maximum of two storeys are located around the island.
