1SINGANALLUR LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENTThis proposal reimagines Singanallur Lakefront as a sustainable public landscape that balances ecological restoration with urban recreation. Through accessible public spaces, green infrastructure, and nature-based design strategies, the project enhances biodiversity, strengthens community engagement, and creates a resilient waterfront for Coimbatore.
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.
1POR LA GENTEPor la Gente is a civic and ecological hub in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, designed to support mangrove conservation while uplifting the local economy. Facing overuse of natural resources due to poverty, the project connects the city to its mangroves through a network of public paths and fragmented building masses housing a market, workshops, labs, and an amphith
3People's Choice AwardPULSE OF THE PLANET Restoring the balance between the built environment and nature PULSE OF THE PLANET is the heart of the Earth, collaborating with the Lungs (Amazon Forest). The project interweaves and connects tourism, ecology, and community to encourage pure living.
1Peak: Resilient ParkingThis project reimagines the East River waterfront in Manhattan as a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood built from the ground up. Responding to the challenges of climate change, aging infrastructure, and social inequality, the design proposes a multi-use recreational corridor for flood protection systems and renewable energy networks.
2Tidal NexusAs the climate crisis intensifies, coastal cities such as New York City must evolve to protect their waterfront communities. This project utilizes The Battery as a case study to explore ways to not only protect the city from rising sea levels, but also support communities socially, economically, and environmentally.
10WinnerLuminary TideCreating a symbiosis between the four elements in an effort to regain humanities attention back from technology. Carefully selecting a site with a once historical gathering space that incorporates water and land, in order to rejuvenate the historical context, but also where the climate is cooler to integrate the concept of heat of a campfire.
0Reminiscing the RootsChattogram was once a vibrant hub of history, culture, trade, and nature. The ancient canal routes and their majestic interconnecting network still hold the oldest relation between water and the people. This thesis highlights introducing sustainable innovative ideas where a forgotten riverfront has a high potential to serve as a robust public space.
1A Floating Community The project aims to create a sustainable, anti-flooding, universal design that can be self-built and foster a sense of community. It uses basic design modules and structural systems and includes community amenities to promote social interaction and well-being.
4GREEN HAVENThe purpose is to create a mixed housing unit in Semarang, that provides innovative housing solutions to prevent flooding while also providing a welcoming environment for the residence and the visitors.
0Revitalization of Indigenous Munda Community ThrouMundas are one of Bangladesh's major forest-based tribes having a distinct indigenous way of living.The Munda people originated in India, travelled to Bangladesh around 300 years ago and have been living here ever since. The majority of them settled in Bangladesh's south-west region, the ecological zone of the Sundarbans. Living in this country's one of the
0Embankment Settlement Developing an unique vernacular architecture by improving the traditional embankment settlement.
