Architectural Environment
DegreeDesign and architecture projects that shape how people experience and interact with built spaces and their surroundings.
Architectural environment encompasses the design of spaces that influence human experience, from interior atmospheres to urban landscapes. Projects in this area consider how buildings, materials, and spatial design affect occupants and communities.
The community explores cultural centers and conservation efforts, biophilic design principles, experiential and sensory architecture, material innovation, and the relationship between urban spaces and contemporary life. Work ranges from intimate interior interventions to large-scale public environments.
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View all 58 journalsContexto Arquitectos Wraps a Row of Avándaro Forest Houses in Kiln-Dried Oyamel Timber
In Avándaro, Mexico, Bosque Alto splits each house into distinct volumes and pushes its living rooms onto stone terraces set among tall pines.
Kids Need Fun + Play: A Bamboo Kit of Parts That Lets Children Write Their Own Playground
Olivia Webb's shortlisted entry builds play from a repeatable 2 x 2 x 2 metre bamboo cube that climbs, shelters, plants and gathers as sites demand.
Here Comes The Sun: A Musical Retreat That Folds Montserrat's Terrain Into a Public Green Roof
A shortlisted Tropical House 2020 entry shaping a musical retreat from Montserrat's contours, its roof turned into shared ground for the island.
The NEON Culture: A Field of Pavilions Built for the 24-Hour City
Smaran Alva spreads galleries, stages, clubs and markets across a varied site, treating light, sound and ramped movement as the real building materials.