23Honorable MentionRailArchesThe project seeks to enhance the void by framing it as a common ground for new conditions, maintaining the spirit as a time pocket within the changing urban fabric. Overgrown & patinated existing qualities which are preserved and captured by a new arcade-like structure, repeated and staggered through the site, creating a non-specific intervention.
134Editor's ChoiceBeyond the treeThe project is intended as an architectural interpretation of the tree. A break out of time and moments disconnected from the urban frenzy are established through the work of three interiorities. The tree becomes a project vector, a tool for designing space, sculpting architecture, orienting the believer and sequencing the path of a new chapel.
6AFloat Our design consists of one starshaped neighborhood with residential houses and additional services (community gardens, playground and park). One neighborhood fits the given site, but it can be multiplied in each side, so this concept can solve much larger area. In that scenario, a number of “stars” create a “constellation”.
4Winnerherbcare centerAn important issue at the design stage was to pay attention to the needs of people after treatment and to provide them with a place to properly convalesce. The main design idea was to create a place to grow herbs with healing properties. The project refers to the history of the place through the use of brick as a facade material.