Building Patterns
Architectural and urban design approaches that organize space, program, and community through repeatable structural and spatial systems.
Building patterns represent systematic approaches to organizing architecture and urban environments. These patterns emerge from both traditional construction methods and contemporary design strategies, creating frameworks that can be adapted across different contexts and scales.
The community explores how patterns structure mixed-use developments, residential neighborhoods, and tower typologies. Work here examines patterns that integrate living and working spaces, respond to topography and climate, negotiate between different urban densities, and create flexible systems that accommodate growth and change.
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The Layercake: An Amsterdam Building Stacked From the Habits of Plantage and Oost
A raised volume frees the ground for an urban cave, then stacks gallery, lecture hall, workspace and a green roof facing a canal and a windmill.
Moofer Architecture Stacks Terracotta Roofs and Brick Jali Screens into a Family Home in Rural Bangladesh
In Rangunia, near Chattogram, a 4,500 ft² brick and concrete house borrows the logic of the rural homestead: pond, screen, verandah and tile roof.
Step Town: Stacking 162 Cubes Around a Protected Courtyard to Merge Ziggurat and Caravanserai
A shortlisted Resile entry fuses the stepped ziggurat with the caravanserai courtyard to give an Afghan community both safety and shared life.
ASA Studio Stacks Offices and Apartments in a Naturally Ventilated Brick Tower Above Kigali's Rooftops
A five-storey mixed-use building in Kacyiru proves that local materials and passive cooling can replace air conditioning in dense urban Africa.
