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Architecture for Water: Projects, Journals & Ideas

59 Projects 75 Journals 40 Publications 1 Competitions

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Architecture for Water explores how designers address water as both a functional and aesthetic element in the built environment. Projects range from wastewater treatment facilities and water storage systems to residential designs that incorporate water management strategies and natural hydrological cycles.

The community examines water-responsive architecture through material experimentation, climate resilience, urban integration, and industrial infrastructure design. Work includes adaptive reuse of water systems, parametric water flow studies, and buildings that treat water management as a core design principle rather than an afterthought.

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Nicholas and 2 others

389

VORTEX

A new coworking and living experience in line with Singapore's Greater Southern Waterfront masterplan. The full integration of the greens and the blues into the urban reiterates its title as the Garden City and spearheads it into the forefront of co-living.

GruhaSree and 3 others

340

pictuRESQ

In a world of beauty vs. utility, pictuRESQ unifies both. It may not be the ultimate solution: yet, it is the practical idea. We give you a neighborhood block centralized around a basic yet critical school, that incorporates scalability of social cohesion, sustainable development and a bottom-up approach to flood relief housing.

Lina and Happy Humanation

275

DAM.MEDINA

the cultural centermedina

Andra and 3 others

208

WaterCell Park

WaterCell Park comes as a regenerative intervention over one of Istanbul's most iconic neighbourhoods, the site being opened towards the sea, with a wide panoramic view towards two continents. The new proposal would offer an improved usage of space, with many benefits for the whole city through its water recycling features, and varied spaces to be explored.

Rohit

207

Structuring the Urban Form with Natural Systems

Due to the need for incorporation of innovation to effectively manage services, resources and limited space, mountain cities acquire an identity that sets them apart from the cities in plains. Thus this thesis explores the idea of structuring the urban form around the natural water system to utilize the available natural features in the best possible way.

Deniz and Gazihan

206

The "Cistern Chapel"

Water is the source of liveliness.

Sydney and 2 others

150

Wind Conduit - Reclaiming Modernity

The building is organized as a multi-tiered base for flooding and circulation, a mat infill of program and modules, and a roof that utilizes wind conduits and creates a civic presence. The base and wind conduits reach through the modules to perform passive cooling, while the modules serve as an adaptable structural framework.

shabbar and Shahzeb

119

LifeCycle

Water crisis is one big issue that has hit human life quietly but severely. This program is supposed to provide a collaborative way of the modern and traditional way of collecting water from nature. To be aware about this global issue and to honor the people around the world who have sacrificed their lives for this cause.

Pitak

106

PURIFICATION PLAYGROUND

Water treatment facilities are often hidden from the public, but this design celebrates the ways we refine water for public use. Through the use of transparency, a symbiotic relationship between human interaction and water becomes tangible. Three modes of water are deployed--dynamic, passive, and active--to create a playscape for human/water interaction.

Misak

Creative Arcade

Merida, is built above the ancient Maya city T’ho, meaning “city of five hills.” T’ho was the centre of Mayan culture and activity in the Yucatan region. In many cultures, Arch is related with ceremonies of renewal. Walking through an Archway means moving into a new phase of life.

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