Green Architecture
Architecture and design that integrates natural systems, sustainable materials, and ecological restoration into built environments.
Ghiya: Reinterpreting Cairo's Informal Skyline Through Brick, Recycled Wood, and Local Identity
A winning proposal that treats Manshiyat Naser's unfinished rooftops and exposed brickwork not as problems to solve but as an architectural language to ext
The Zabaleen Melting Pot: Recycling as Architecture in Cairo's Informal Waste Quarter
A vertical recycling complex in Manshiyet Nasser makes waste infrastructure visible, turning material flows into public space and urban identity.
ECOTent: Turning Shanghai's Balconies into a Living Agricultural Network
A modular retrofit system attaches greenhouse modules to existing residential balconies in Pudong, weaving food production and social life into the facade.
BIOREEF: A Vertical Marine Station That Turns Ocean Plastic Into Coral Reefs
A speculative research and housing station positioned within Pacific currents to collect debris, recycle waste, and restore reef ecosystems.
Connection to Traditions: Pressed Earth Housing Shaped by Ghana's Climate
A residential community in Ghana uses passive ventilation, pressed earth walls, and porous courtyard planning to root sustainability in local tradition.
GITONIA - DAFNIA
regional heritage harmonized with a refined modern architectural sensibility
GREEN GRID: Reconnecting Barcelona's Blocks Through a Continuous Public Landscape
A nine-block urban strategy that opens, terraces, and links Cerdà's courtyards into a climate-responsive green network across the city.
Bamboo Block: A Modular Playground System for Refugee Children Built on a 2m Grid
Bamboo, rammed earth, and a repeating spatial module turn a constrained refugee camp site into a landscape of play and learning.
Algal Realm: A Lunar Habitat Where Biology Replaces Machinery
Bioengineered algae drive oxygen production, construction, food supply, and energy generation in this speculative Moon settlement.
BIO-SPACES FABRIC: A Kowloon Housing Tower Reimagined as a Vertical Landscape That Contains Homes
A shortlisted Abode entry that threads gardens, water, and shared rooms through a Hong Kong tower so that nature organizes daily life.
Saigon Pacemaker: A Riverside Market That Works as a Mangrove-Shrimp Ecosystem
A Mangrove-Shrimp Farming-Field system turns a Saigon River market into productive landscape, environmental infrastructure and classroom at once.
Here Comes The Sun: A Musical Retreat That Folds Montserrat's Terrain Into a Public Green Roof
A shortlisted Tropical House 2020 entry shaping a musical retreat from Montserrat's contours, its roof turned into shared ground for the island.
