3Jury CommendationAraksa Tea HouseAraksa Tea Garden is situated on the foothills of the rich forest of Mae Tang, Thailand. This boutique tea garden produces high quality organic tea that achieved EU Organic certification. Simple Architecture were approached to design a Tea House by using sustainable and locally available material. The goal was to embed the building into its natural habitat.
28Editor's ChoiceHjertaBathing is a core tradition of the human nature. We enter water with a heightened sense of ourselves and of our surroundings, where we may cleanse, heal, and engage. Though laced in a history of privacy and privilege, we now celebrate the bath as a luxury for all. The hjerta celebrates this evolution, while still respecting the sensory experience of bathing.
26Nap centerThe dependency of all living things to relaxation and sleep is so obvious that its needless to mention its significance for continuation of life on earth. One of the common features that most creatures share is a place where they are being conceived, the womb. A mother’s womb is a place of ultimate tranquility where we are all the same.
3Mina PuraResearch, housing and tourist destination with mineral like buildings protruding from the mine as a symbol of rebirth with an emphasis on water purification and the understanding of the mine erosion.
21SUSTAINABLE SCARS: REANIMATED REGIONThe over extended amount of scarring to the landscape made by miners created a parasitize relationship that effect the whole ecosystem. Permaculture is a process to turn a toxic desert wasteland into a luscious mixture of greenery and while preserving the history.
5unFaith: the Ripple Faith CentreCompetition entry for unFaith: an agnostic centre for the believers in a higher being. Submitted by a team of two.
3Hospitality Architecturecoalescence of faceted opulence : healthy built living environment - luxury five star hotel complex with branded premium residences
14Forest Interpretation Centre &Elephant Care CentreArchitectural Thesis - 2020 Forest Interpretation Centre and Elephant Care Centre: Case of Motichur Range, Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand The project aims to interpret and design an eco-sensitive built interface in forest land for interpretation and learning spaces along with enhancing the veterinary care for Elephants.
36Alternative MountainThe vertical university aims to contribute to public health, socially and psychologically in unpredictable conditions such as a pandemic conditions.
2Editor's ChoiceThe SPRUCEInspired by Nature’s ecosystems functions and evolutionary structure, this ecolodge rests harmoniously in its natural setting, preserving its ecological landscape processes offering a unique off-the-grid living experience
2Editor's ChoiceTHE SCHOOL OF SEEINGTHE EXPERIENCING OF SPACE THROUGH THE SENSES IS EXECUTED IN THIS PROJECT
