Low Cost Design
Design solutions that prioritize affordability, accessibility, and resourcefulness across architecture and community spaces.
The Earth Pod: 3D Printed Clay Dwellings That Treat Refugee Shelter as Long-Term Habitat
Florian Mouafo Zambou's Strata 2020 entry prints clay pods inspired by earthen cooling vessels, shaded by solar canopies built for years, not weeks.
P-A-R-A-S-I-T-E: A Bamboo Bridge That Lets Hong Kong's Night Market Breathe From Above
A lightweight bamboo and timber parasite clings to a Yau Ma Tei facade, lifting circulation above Ning Po Street's crowded night market stalls.
Community Library in Girona: A Section That Climbs From Public Forum to Private Study
A shortlisted BookMark 2020 entry that stacks a library from public exchange at ground level to quiet study above, around a central information core.
Education 20: Murong Settlement Patterns as a Framework for Parallel Learning and Family Care
Sagorika Zannat folds orphan care, local schooling and Murong communal life into one terrain-responsive village of bamboo, thatch and shared pathways.
Reborn: Earthquake Resilient Architecture That Reads Tabriz as a Living Organism
A phased survival framework for Tabriz that links evacuation routes, temporary camps and historic urban fabric into one network of recovery and hope.
The Silk Road Housing: A Folding Earthquake Shelter That Grows Into a Persian Courtyard Home
A 3 x 3 metre metal sandwich unfolds into a tent around a domed courtyard, then matures into a permanent home for earthquake-prone Tabriz.
PrintDomus: Measuring Refugee Housing by the Length of a Printed Wall
A shortlisted Strata 2020 entry that plans 150 3D printed homes as a serviced neighborhood, with curved plans tuned to cut printed wall length.
Peace Chapel: Perforated Earth Walls That Wrap a Sacred Core and Open It to the Whole Community
Krzysztof Klewski wraps a central Ethiopian-inspired chapel in perforated earth walls, turning a park sanctuary into shared civic ground.
The Eco-Chapel: A Circular Pilgrimage Through Landscape, Light and Community in Ethiopia
A shortlisted chapel in Ethiopia wraps worship in concentric rings of garden, plaza and brick, turning the walk to the altar into a slow pilgrimage.
Interspecies Refugium: A Koala Rehabilitation Landscape Where Visitors, Carers and Wildlife Share One Forest
A shortlisted Haven 2020 entry on Mount Tamborine threads care pavilions, treetop walks and rewilding zones through bushland to reconnect koala habitat.
An Urban Forest: Replanting Ethiopia's Forest Chapel Tradition Inside the Dense City
Mazzeo and Pirazzi wrap a Tewahedo chapel in a walled wild garden, turning the climb from qitsir to meqdes into a ritual walk through shade.
#LET'S MAKE A HABITAT: A Koala Sanctuary That Bridges a Valley Instead of Blocking It
Raised on timber stilts over a Mount Tamborine valley, this rehabilitation sanctuary lets water and wildlife pass beneath a lattice skin built to grow.
