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Environmental Architecture: Projects, Journals & Ideas

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Environmental architecture integrates ecological principles into building design and construction. This approach considers material sourcing, energy efficiency, climate adaptation, and the relationship between built structures and natural systems.

The community explores projects ranging from climate-responsive public facilities and educational spaces to residential designs that restore local ecosystems. Work includes parametric climate-based design, sustainable material innovation, and architecture that actively contributes to environmental restoration.

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Sule and 3 others

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Mud-Ular Bus Stop

The concept of this project has a strong relation to the use of sustainable materials in order to promote recycling and a lifestyle that will benefit the clean air that future generations need. The region the project pilot was planned on goes by the name Chandni Chowk in New Delhi, India.

Hubert and 3 others

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Varied shapes of Climate

To create a bold form, we were inspired by a children's cutout, which at the same time refers to different forms climate which we can mark out. We believe that form does not have to be obvious and devoid of child fantasy, and at the same time can be an object living in harmony with nature, based on self-sufficiency.

Ayushi and 3 others

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Earthbound

The main concept behind the project is to build a modern gathering point for people from all over the world, that can be adaptive to different contexts. Idea is to provide an innovative atmosphere where new technologies play a very important role and try to inspire people to live in a more sustainable way and be aware of our environment.

Yeganeh and 3 others

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Gasper

Sponge breathing with a wind symphony hope blasting to rescue the planet

Herriot

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GREENITY

A gardening center for the elderly

Elif Seda and 2 others

LIVING LAYERS

This project, in which layers are kept alive; It reinvigorates the architecture and culture of Marrakech with a contemporary touch, with the positioning of the elements and the materials used. The water elements accompanying the user's movement, the green texture, the structures and the wooden cover create an oasis and offer a pleasant experience to the user

Paulina

GH ABODE

The project is folows the rules or guide lines of biophilia providing a better living for the people.

laura and Fiama

SHIELD

Shield creates spaces that seek the congregation of all people who need a place of meditation. It proposes two contrasting levels, the lower one is isolated from noise and protected from the city with the intention of disconnecting you. On the other hand, the upper level proposes a green roof that connects you with nature, opening your view towards the park.

Reza and 2 others

Flower of the Desert

Choosing arid climate and Following Biomimetic design, we came to across a plant that lives in the Namibia desert, Welwitschia which is extremely sustainable in Arid areas and lives about 1000 to 1500 years. The unusual form of this plant keeps the soil under the plant cool and moist. The thick leaves lay on the sand surface and prevent wind erosion aswell.

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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UNI Editorial

publishedBlog2 days ago

David Saik Studio Turns a 1940s Venice Sewing Factory into a Zero-Energy House for Emeco

In Venice, Los Angeles, a former sewing shop becomes Emeco's solar-powered gallery and guesthouse, organized around a cactus growing through a light well.

Residential Building

Landscape Design

UNI Editorial

publishedResults2 weeks ago

Breathing-scape: A Moss-Canopied Park in China That Treats Clean Air as a Shared Public Room

Winding trails, moon gates and arch bridges thread a park where tree-like moss canopies are proposed as filters for some of the world's most polluted air.

Landscape Design

Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog3 weeks ago

TAUTEM Architecture Turns a Former Montpellier Daycare into a Social Hub Wrapped Around a Garden

Between Montpellier's Arceaux and Figuerolles districts, a grocery, kitchen and shelter share restored arches and a garden-facing timber wing.

Architecture

Landscape Design

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog3 weeks ago

+K Architects Opens Up a São Paulo Building with Pivoting Glass for Greenpeace Brazil's Headquarters

In São Paulo, a retrofit swaps sealed glazing for pivoting panes, steel-and-glass rooms and vines, giving an environmental NGO an office that breathes.

Residential Building

Green Building