4The Living Refuge — A Symbiotic Sanctuary for Humans and Vanishing PollinatorsFirst Prize winner of the 2025 eVolo Skyscraper Competition, The Living Refuge reimagines the skyscraper as a shared ecological infrastructure for humans and endangered pollinators. Through layered habitats, environmental systems, and adaptive architectural spaces, the project explores how dense cities can support biodiversity rather than displace it.
45People's Choice AwardAL-KHASFA MEMORIAL MUSEUMAl-Khasfa Memorial Museum is a memorial architecture project dedicated to preserving the memory of the victims of ISIS atrocities at Al-Khasfa, one of Iraq’s most devastating sites of mass execution, where approximately 20,000 people are believed to have lost their lives. More than a conventional museum, the project is conceived as an architectural act of re
1AVATARAN - Sacred Sand and Forgotten Story: Reimagining Dholavira through Heritage NarrativeThis Project reimagines Dholavira as a living heritage landscape where architecture revives the forgotten legacy of the Indus Valley Civilization through immersive storytelling. Integrating heritage conservation, sustainable tourism, and eco-sensitive design, & eco resort the project reconnects visitors with the cultural and and natural essence of Dholavira.
16COASTAL CONFLUENCE In the shifting tides of our time, where urban expansion often overpowers the gentle rhythms of nature, Coastal Confluence proposes an integrated approach to ecological restoration and sustainable development in the fragile Thane Creek region of Navi Mumbai. This thesis explores the vital role of mangrove ecosystems in mitigating coastal erosion.
0Theseus: A New Housing TypologyTheseus is a 150-bed housing project adjacent to the Port of Chelsea, MA, that repurposes cargo holds from decommissioned bulk-carrier ships, which are typically retired after just 25 years. The project addresses climate adaptation, material scarcity, and long-term housing stability.
1Rhythms of Restlessness...Neurodiverse Design for Playful MindsThis project explores how architecture can support people with ADHD through a temporal spatial framework of Focus, Escape, and Rejoin. Developed as a co-working and activity space in Siam, Bangkok, it uses sensory gradation, transition, and flexible occupation to reduce perceptual load and enable neurodiverse ways of thinking, working, and engaging.
11THE ARK OF ASHES : Exploring Speculative Futures in ArchitectureThe work explores the duality of technology as both the agent of collapse and the medium of survival. Through spatial narrative and adaptive design mechanism, it envisions architecture not merely as protection from a failed world, but as a framework for renewal of a living system that learns, heals and redefines what it means to inhabit the planet after ruin
5Level MinusLevel Minus reimagines an abandoned quarry in Pune as a boutique hotel, embracing the site's void as a generator of form and experience. Embedded within the rock, the design balances carved and constructed spaces, creating a quiet dialogue with the land and lake. Architecture here adapts to terrain, revealing beauty through absence, not imposition.
0Adaptation of post-war civilian shelters The project explores the adaptive reuse of post-war shelters as infrastructure for public safety and urban space. It reviews global models, highlights gaps in Poland’s system, and proposes a concept for the adaptation of civilian shelters that combines social use in peacetime with full protective capacity in emergencies.
8MELANGE CRAFTED SPACES FOR CURATED JOY RECREATION CENTER CONCEPT AND VISION MELANGE means a mixture or blend, and the project embodies this idea by bringing together wellness, leisure, and community interaction under one roof. The design philosophy focuses on creating a harmonious balance between activity and relaxation, offering diverse experiences within a cohesive architectural language.
0Pravah-Harmonizing Water, Culture, and EnvironmentPravah explores regenerative architecture for water conservation in Poladpur, Maharashtra, integrating traditional rainwater systems with community infrastructure. It harmonizes water, culture, and environment to enhance resilience, livelihoods, and social cohesion in a high-rainfall yet water-scarce region
1Best in RegionEchoes of the Railway: Eco-Tourism in ChileIn Rio Blanco, Chile, an eco-tourism complex grows like a living railway, weaving timber, stone, steel and glass into resilient forms. The design dances with the mountains and river, exploring structure, craft, and the poetry of place
