3GENESIS CULTURE CITYJust like DNA is the building unit of humans, culture is the building unit of humanity, GENESIS treats Egyptian identity as a living code — inherited, adapted, and carried forward — expressed through four buildings that together form the future of the nation.
4Editor's ChoiceKAYSERI CULTURAL CENTERCappadocia is located in an historical region that, while an important area due to its historical background, there has yet to be an effort to create an space that celebrates the cultural value of both the Cappadocian people, but also the diverse cultural aspects that many tourists are interested in. This project is the potential answer to this
9Editor's ChoiceThe Artistory - Expandable AtmospheresAlthough the design started here in our studio, it evolved based on how we imagined our ancestors would interact around a blank canvas or an empty room in the current days. Let us clarify by starting with a difficult question: “what is space?”. For us, it cannot simply be defined as a room or a group of rooms enclosed by walls or windows.
17Editor's ChoiceDesert RoseDesert Rose Cultural Centre is designed to be a specific and sustainable response to the building’s unique context. Deriving out of the idea of Marrakech culture, tradition and art and craft, the design and expanded program exemplifies the concept of nature and technology made visible and working in harmony.
50Editor's ChoiceI N T E R L U D EInterlude is a cultural centre that aims to collect, maintain and promote local traditions and in turn making a sustainable architecture that has almost no environmental impact, thus generating a unique cultural icon in Morocco and North Africa. Just like an interlude in music, this project aims to become a place to have a break from the routine.
3Neighbourhood Impetus For Time-Memory And ChangeLooking at the neighbourhood as a collection of events, activities and thought-objects, the idea of this project is to insert a 'pacemaker' in the ageing heart of the town which functions like a machine that runs the city while its site edges are composed of municipal ward offices overlaying with other public activities through Time, Public and Architecture.
340People's Choice AwardAdaptive DwellingsThe main concept of the project is inspired by the traditional Bajau house. First, the triangular roof extended to the surface of the ocean, and then the roof extended to create platforms inside and outside the building. Thanks to this change in the traditional form of the Bajau house, the building has been able to be floated.
26Opera by the SeaThe opera house aims to be a landmark for the city of Tallinn, Estonia. Located next to the Linnahall, these architectural forms promise to be a sociocultural space with a beautiful view, as well as its multiple uses. Both the interior and the exterior will provide the place with a large number of visitors, to have a marvelous experience on the edge of the c
10Kohum Museum: Who am I, Really?Each one of us, might have definitely come across the question: WHO AM I? (Ko-Aham=Kohum; in Sanskrit) However, always the answer turned out to be something unexpected or something that is not so relevant to the real search of tracing out our ancestral lineage. The aim here is to uncover those very ancestral links and re-discover our past-present-future!
3BHARAT BHAVANBHARAT BHAVAN IS AN INSTITUTION TO PROMOTE AND EXHIBIT CULTURE OF INDIA AND TO CONNECT PEOPLE THROUGH CULTURE.
4Editor's ChoiceCtrl+ScrollThe project challenges the concepts of generic and iconic but imagining one in the realm of the other. It understands how external factors such as culture, nature, etc. helps in creating iconic architecture out generic forms. We delve into the process of 'Japanization' here, and position it where its inherent definition changes in the face of immigration.