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Apocalyptic Architecture: Projects, Journals & Ideas

56 Projects 59 Journals 11 Publications 4 Competitions

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Apocalyptic architecture examines how designers imagine built environments in scenarios of systemic failure, climate crisis, or radical social change. This speculative approach uses dystopian and post-apocalyptic frameworks to question current design assumptions and propose alternative models for human habitation.

The community explores adaptive and resilient design systems, sustainable recolonization strategies, recycled and repurposed materials, and transformative urban planning that responds to constant environmental or social flux. Projects range from survival-focused shelters to reimagined cities built from ruins and reclaimed resources.

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Tanya Prevezentseva2 works

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MORPHOGENESIS

The intent of the scheme is to reconsider the outlook of post-pandemic architecture and the attributes of density, connectivity and isolation in an interconnected dynamic.

Nipun and Amay

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Atomique

The basic concept for the design and layout of this housing project is inspired by the branching structure of the nuclei of atoms. Specifically, the modular units that make up the housing structure are designed to mimic the branches of an atom’s nucleus, while the cores and open spaces within the structure are meant to represent the nucleus itself.

Amin

forgiveness housing

Designing and constructing the prefabricated industrial units based on a combination of new materials and eco-friendly ones and based on proper modules and the combination of these modules before the earthquake crisis to build biological units and separating these units and re-installing them according to the needs after the earthquake

Tanya

SMART CITY

The concept presented is to look at the construction of a single autonomous cell in an urban structure. The autonomous cluster "Smart City" contains all the necessary components of the urban space. The main quality of an autonomous cluster in a pandemic is the ability to isolate an entire cell with people, and not every person in their apartment.

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.

soheib

Reborn, Plan and HOPE for Survival

What is life like after a crisis? For people who have lost their whole lives, an important component called HOPE can revive them all, but we need time to do so. To do this, we need to provide the context and leave the rest to the self-made energy of the survivors.

ali

Reborn plan for survival competitoin

by analyzing the existing historical buildings of the site, the existing sheds are considered as a good potential for this project. Accordingly, in order to revive the history of Baghshomal, the existing sheds of the site have been used.

Tanya and 4 others

New urban unit

Every crisis is a shake up of a society. Architecture is also a social philosophy: Campanella's "City of the Sun", Howard's "Garden City", "Arcosanti" Soleri's. This project is an architectural fantasy on this topic. The basis is idea of human needs, from creativity in normal mode to survival in a crisis mode.

fatemeh and Sanaz

Hope star

Hope star let you wish better things in hard situation and prepare you for that so we believe that it can possible to think about hope even you are in bad conditions.

Dominika

The Dream of al-Ash?-r

Memorial, a voice of memory and dreams. Dreams that create a temporary structure that will be built up over time along with the opportunities and needs of local people, simultaneously with the reconstruction of the city. In time, the emptiness that results from the destruction will fill the void into a mass full of life.

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UNI Editorial

publishedResults5 days ago

Re-Coding Post War Syria: Mud Brick, Timber Frames and a Rooftop That Waits to Be Built

Two small buildings in Syria pair broken brick walls with vine-hung pergolas, betting that a community rebuilds itself by finishing what it starts.

Residential Building

Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedResults1 week ago

Neo-Covenant: A Runner-up Settlement Where Returning Spacefarers Meet Lalibela's Underground Survivors

An expandable habitat in Lalibela, Ethiopia, fuses energy, food, research and memory into one artificial ecosystem for a humanity relearning Earth.

Apocalyptic Architecture

Sustainable Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedResults1 week ago

Moscow Metro Shelter: Turning the Underground Network into a City That Keeps Everyday Life Running

Three designers recast Moscow's deep metro stations as linked habitat nodes, arguing that survival architecture must protect routine, not just bodies.

Dystopian Architecture

Space Urbanism

UNI Editorial

publishedResults1 week ago

Recolonizing Home: A Himalayan Survival Machine for a Planet Drowned to Its Peaks

An Editor's Choice colony on Mount Kanchenjunga stacks water, oxygen, food and energy systems into one tapering tower shaped by wind and rising seas.

Sustainable Architecture

Dystopian Architecture