3Reconfiguring Housing: Density & Rentals, GangtokThe thesis explores Daragoan in Gangtok where farmland has become dense housing built room by room with rentals in mind. Terraces, corridors and stairways act as commons for play, prayer gatherings and commerce. A grid of local room sizes shapes light courts, shared terraces and adaptable spaces reframing density as a resource for community and continuity.
0VOICES IN THE BLUEPRINTThis thesis reimagines Bhola slum in Dhaka through affordable, incremental housing rooted in community needs. A masterplan of low-rise clusters, shared facilities, and revitalized waterbody integrates density, adaptability, and livelihood, creating a dignified, sustainable, and replicable urban model.
0Editor's ChoiceNilai, the city that feels like homeNilai city is a manifestation of the Javanese history, culture, and identity. Designed to empower, sustain, and stay afloat, it is truly the city that feels like "home". Exploring a realm of interchange between modernism and vernacular, Nilai is the perfect blend of the two worlds.
41People's Choice AwardWeaved city"Our lifestyle isn't fixed, so why should our spaces be?" Weaved City brings a creative layer of personalization between the people and their dwellings through an innovative form of flexibility. The proposed housing aims to accommodate changing patterns of tenancy that aren't anticipated at the time of its construction.
1Runner-upVersatile housingThe 2.3m2.3m2.3m grid system approach provides a sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective solution to the housing crisis, and our modular system ensures flexibility in different scales to meet both urban planning expectation and individual preferences.
20Editor's ChoiceSOCIAL_PATCHIt was to create vertically established community that would reduce the segregation of high-rise buildings by providing the flexibility to repeat the habitual life without interrupting it. Design centered on social and cultural sustainability.
52PG-01 MODULAR APARTMENT BUILDINGThe PG-01 modular apartment building is an innovative concept inspired by beehives. It consists of common areas such as the central green courtyard, the car park and the commercial premises, individual areas and corridors and staircases for circulation. The PG-01 module of an irregular hexagon is innovative with redesigned, reorganised and optimised spaces;
0WinnerM-NastiThe idea of the project is to create a residential building where people can live and have a green house to production of their own fruit and vegetables. With solar panels, recycled water supply and greenhouses, this design is efficient and sustainable enough to support its inhabitants for long periods of time.
6WinnerMulti Storeyed Housing Team : Sana & Siddharth The Multi Storeyed housing project was designed to take advantage of the city’s year round weather, where a series of ground level parks, courtyards, roof and sky gardens define a well connected , permeable public world along with private premises, with the aim to create a 24 hour living space, filled with amenities all through the day.
14Editor's ChoiceRhythm HubRhythm Hub is a monoblock affordable housing project around "hub" concept. The aim of the project is to reduce the cost of living for users as well as constructing the building in the most efficient way. Therefore, the accomodation units are designed as rooms with minimum sizes, while social areas and kitchen are designed seperately for communal usage.
