2Honorable MentionUrban BubbleWe focus on high density area in NYC, from lower Manhattan to Central Park, discovering subway stations around the main public spaces, to further create a Bubble Landmark combined with the subway system. On one hand, it could provide covering for subway station entrance. On the other hand, it is a station for bubble sharing and recharging.
5Honorable MentionTowards a New Symbiosis: The Death and Life of Delirious Sharing BikesDue to the delirious expansion of the shearing bicycles and the rude handling of the regulatory authorities, the abandoned bicycles piled up like graves in metropolitan such as Shanghai. Thus, we design a set of street furniture with abandoned bicycles elements.
17People's Choice AwardThe Metro BowlReferences to the understanding of stress and relaxation, the design chooses a special material to accomplish a series of softness in the city, which people can release the pressure when they need to face this hard city life.
6Jury CommendationLIT! - BEACONS ON CITY DARK SPOTSBeacons fill the dark vacancy by encouraging people to gather with light and warmth. Located in Bryant Park in Manhattan, "LIT!-Beacons on City Dark Spots" is an urban design program that consists of a playground, an outdoor theater, and a performance space. The playful pavilions attract civic events to the public park, especially during the night time.
1NEW PUBLIC OPEN SPACES FOR THE CONTEMPORARY CITYThis study deals with the spaces left in the contemporary city, that is to say those empty spaces that are accidentally carried out between the building objects. These are small spaces, similar to those in which Aldo Van Eyck designs his playgrounds for the city of Amsterdam today we have to think about these spaces for the evening when people can live them
28NIGHTLY MEETINGIn the park, the light directs the people to reach the site. At the site, fire was used to create a meeting space. In the dark, light can absorb population, break the silence of the night and ultimately create security in space.
2SYMPHONYSymphony is a series of sound-reactive light installations within Bishops Square in London. It encourages the public to interact with each other, while also providing a space for performers, as the production of sound will allow the fabric-wrapped tube lights to illuminate and fill the square with multi-coloured reflections.
2Tokyo Meta TowerHyper-dense, always moving, always changing- it is impossible to grasp Tokyo in its entirety. This project seeks to investigate the very nature of Tokyo, to understand its evolution and untangle its urban fabric.
208People's Choice AwardWaterCell ParkWaterCell Park comes as a regenerative intervention over one of Istanbul's most iconic neighbourhoods, the site being opened towards the sea, with a wide panoramic view towards two continents. The new proposal would offer an improved usage of space, with many benefits for the whole city through its water recycling features, and varied spaces to be explored.
126Connect/CommuneConnect/Commune seeks to allure humans to reconnect with other humans using the same technologies that persuaded disconnection in the first place. The underlying motive is to provide an opportunity for removal from the mundane ? the noise, the smells, the grime, the hustle ? and allow for a moment of quiet communion with nature...the universe?the divine.
34WinnerUnder The SkinUnder The Skin is an interactive musical installation that invites people to take a pause from their digital realm and be present in the physical world by having them explored and engaged physically with the sound and movement of the installation with others. It also invites people to awaken their inner child, to elevate their sound beneath the skin.
