Engineering
Structural systems, material innovation, and technical solutions that enable architectural and design outcomes.
Engineering in design and architecture encompasses the technical foundations that make structures possible, from load-bearing systems to material selection and construction methods. Members explore how engineering principles integrate with spatial design to create functional, resilient, and sustainable built environments.
The community examines engineering applications across diverse contexts: disaster-resistant structures, adaptive reuse strategies that repurpose existing infrastructure, sustainable systems for community spaces, and material-focused approaches that reveal building techniques. Projects demonstrate how technical problem-solving drives innovation in everything from temporary shelters to permanent institutional buildings.
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View all 51 journalsEarthquake Shelter Design: A Foldable Refuge House Built to Fall From the Sky Into Iran's Seismic Zones
Huang Jiawei's shortlisted Reborn entry folds a double-layer membrane shelter into an air-droppable unit that expands on arrival in disaster zones.
CityScraper: A Permeable Airfoil Tower That Trades Energy, Water and Food with San Francisco's SoMa
A shortlisted CityScraper 2020 tower at 610 Brannan Street reads the skyscraper as a living cell, its airfoil skin harvesting wind, sun and rain.
Eco-Chapel: A Forest-Ringed Chapel in Addis Ababa Built from Bamboo, Earth and Community Ritual
Stanislav Milchev sets a chapel on the highest ground of a forested Bole plot, with a ring-roofed community centre greeting the city at the gate.
DRIFT: Turning a Spent Adriatic Oil Rig into an Anchored Laboratory and a Drifting Research Module
Calvin Ridenour pairs a retired offshore platform with a nomadic floating module, holding ocean research between fixed infrastructure and open sea.