Architectural Storytelling
How architecture communicates narrative, memory and place through space, form, material and sequence, as explored by community members.
Lucky Club Bar in Camden Town by vPPR: A Contemporary Hospitality Space Inspired by Historic Stables
Elevated rooftop bar in Camden by vPPR, referencing historic horse stables with steel frames, curved roof, terraces, and vibrant nightlife views.
Spirit Ladder
As vernacular architecture is shaped by climatic conditions, the resulting forms often assume a mythical role. Exploring structures from houses to simple altars, the concept of a spirit ladder has been derived. Can the rules established for the movement of supernatural beings also be applied in a modern facility, and what role can they play?
SHELTERED: Alternative Shelter and Urban Framework
This thesis considers all homeless shelters and resources in an urban setting as one connected system, then uses architecture to bridge the gaps in this system in order to connect federal resources, municipal responsibilities, and non-profit efforts.
Epicure São Luiz: A Sensory Gastronomic Interior by Anik Mourão Arquitetura e Design
Epicure São Luiz blends gastronomy, rustic materials, and immersive interior architecture, creating a sensory culinary environment celebrating Brazilian culture and experience.
Apartment Rungestrasse Adaptive Reuse Project by FAR frohn&rojas in Berlin
Berlin apartment renovation transforms a 1930s office into an open-plan home using a multifunctional shelf, spatial zoning, and sculptural dome lighting.
Techo Vayo Restaurant & Rooftop Bar by Sixseven Studio: A Dialogue of Fire and Wind in Ao Nang, Thailand
Techo Vayo Restaurant in Ao Nang blends Thai cuisine, charcoal grilling, rooftop bar, sunset-inspired terracotta tones, natural materials, and breezy coastal ambiance.
The Rubber.er Cafe by SA-ARD studio
An adaptive-reuse café in Rayong transforming a former rubber factory into a contemporary social space through recycled materials and architectural storytelling.
City of memories
In the city of Alexandria, legends and memories are gathered around its new lighthouse. In a world where cities are still growing, where there is no more room for patrimony or memories, the lighthouse dig into the past. Thanks to the game, it immerse visitors, spectators and players into the symbolic history of the city.
TOMORROW WILL BE A BETTER DAY
We interpreted Aleppo through three alternative dimensions; culminating into 'The Memory Lane. It all started at 'Grand Serail of Aleppo'.Which is proposed to provide the initial shelter for all of the people who were in dire need after coming back. As people gradually shifted to their homes, they left traces to form a nostalgic public plaza.
THE VISION OF VALLEY IS TO PROVIDE A PROTECTED AND FEARLESS HABITAT FOR THEM. WHICH BELONGS TO THE STRONG WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN, MAKING THEIR OWN WAY TOWARDS THE PROSPERITY. A DESIGN OF QUALITY MAKING THEIR LIFE EASY, TO MAKE THEM FORGET THE SOUND OF BULLETS AND WAR TRUCKS. THESE WOMEN TOGETHER WILL BE A SHELTER OF RESILIENCE FOR EACH OTHER.
General Comments The competition poses a highly complex and difficult question. The restriction to use the bridge as project site narrows down the solutions to - in the best case- intelligent and technical design solutions. Because of that, many of the projects don’t reflect on the question of migration politics, social challenges, and the real problems beyond the architectural solution. To evaluate the projects, my priority was to look for a basic reflection on the migration situation and the related design challenge and a basic idea of the project related to this reflection. The further development of the project has to be coherent to this idea and the design outcome has to reflect somehow the values of the idea. The criteria of proper representation helps to understand the idea and the development. Not the best looking image is the winner, but the most coherent graphic language and argumentation line. The compliance of the room program, I don’t consider relevant in this stage of design, so all the projects have the same evaluation.
General Comments The competition poses a highly complex and difficult question. The restriction to use the bridge as project site narrows down the solutions to - in the best case- intelligent and technical design solutions. Because of that, many of the projects don’t reflect on the question of migration politics, social challenges, and the real problems beyond the architectural solution. To evaluate the projects, my priority was to look for a basic reflection on the migration situation and the related design challenge and a basic idea of the project related to this reflection. The further development of the project has to be coherent to this idea and the design outcome has to reflect somehow the values of the idea. The criteria of proper representation helps to understand the idea and the development. Not the best looking image is the winner, but the most coherent graphic language and argumentation line. The compliance of the room program, I don’t consider relevant in this stage of design, so all the projects have the same evaluation.
The proposal lacks contemporaneity. The presentation does not clearly state the ideas, leaving gaps when evaluating the project. At the program level it does not show how the areas are articulated in the complex.
CAMARADERIE
Great visualizations. As an urban perspective, it is very consistent.
Nice and clean work!
thank you!
Seed City:Wadi Al-Hitan
By planting "cities" underground, the space and time of resource regeneration are freed for the surface environment to balance the overuse of resources, and how to achieve sustainable human habitat design in the extreme environment of Sahara in the future is discussed.
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.
very cool
ALL AS ONE
We always think death as the end because we keep separating ourselves from everything that sorround us. But after we die, we will turn into nature and keep on living as one with it, so is death really the end? This project aims to create unique and random interconnected spaces with just one structure and let the life conquer it.
e - den
Polluted, destructed. The earth is destroyed and abandoned by the humans. Earth suffers due to the selfishness of the human species. They use Earth’s resources uncontrollably and inconsiderably. The poor remaining species in earth either slowly fades away or mutated into a brand-new species. Life continues harshly without humans who fled away to outer space
I rather enjoyed the comic strips and conversations. I wish I could see the circulation on the section as of now it seems unresolved.
While the approximation to the proposal from the analysis is correct, the concretion in the execution and viability of the same is less clear
The concept is not clear. Very poor representation