What content can I find in Low Cost Design?

The Low Cost Design topic on uni.xyz features projects, journals, publications, and competitions from designers worldwide. Browse curated content to discover creative work and inspiration in this field.

How do I follow topics on UNI?

To follow a topic on uni.xyz, visit the topic page and click the "Follow" button. You'll receive updates when new projects, journals, or competitions are added to topics you follow.

Can I suggest a new topic?

UNI topics are curated by our editorial team. If you believe a design discipline or subject is missing, you can reach out through our contact page with your suggestion.

How can I contribute to Low Cost Design?

Create projects and journals tagged with Low Cost Design to contribute to this topic. Your work will appear in the topic feed for others to discover and engage with.

248 Low Cost Design Projects by Designers

248 Projects 89 Journals 3 Publications 12 Competitions

About Discussions Projects248 Journals89 Publications3 Competitions12

248 projects

Add your Low Cost Design projectPublish your work on uni.xyz and it appears in this topic for everyone exploring it.Publish a project

Tomal

Rethinking Workshops Matrix: A New Urban Narrative for Micro Metal Industry.

This project, Rethinking Workshops Matrix: A New Urban Narrative for Micro Metal Industry, Zinzira, is framed within the discourse of industrial urbanism, which posits industry not as an isolated enclave but as an active component of the urban continuum. Situated along the southern edge of Dhaka, Zinzira embodies one of Bangladesh’s most concentrated cluster

afrin

ALAPON (আলাপন) - A Dialogue of Community & Resilience

Alapon is an M.Arch thesis in Korail, Dhaka, reimagining fire as a spatial and social condition. It proposes a fire-resilient community corridor linking road to lake, integrating evacuation routes, livelihoods, and public space. Using local materials and community-led design, it transforms informal settlements into resilient, inclusive urban systems.

Aniket

Learning beyond boundaries: A self-sustaining campus model for rural government schools

"Learning Beyond Boundaries" is a thesis project aimed at revitalizing rural government schools in Kadav, Maharashtra. By blending local materials like laterite and basalt with passive climatic engineering, the design transforms crumbling infrastructure into a self-sustaining community hub that fosters both education and civic resilience.

Bhavya

Colony to Community: Redevelopment of Antulenagar Leprosy Colony, Pune.

The thesis redevelops Antulenagar, a leprosy-cured colony in Pune, into an inclusive and accessible neighbourhood. Through universal design, shared community spaces, and incremental redevelopment, it aims to restore dignity, reduce stigma, and reconnect the settlement with the city while proposing a replicable model for transforming marginalised communities.

Elbert Hans and Olga

Nuswa Bhuvana, Marunda Across Nature

A Public Housing that integrates living activities with nature to mitigate the negative impacts of coal pollution. The project draws from the local agricultural heritage of Marunda, transforming it into a permaculture system (regenerative agriculture). This concept embedding permaculture directly into the living ecosystem through biophilic architecture.

Hussein

Rethinking Urban Slums

This project proposes a new vision for addressing Iraq’s informal housing crisis through a realistic, human-centered approach. Rather than demolition and displacement, it promotes incremental, in-place interventions that empower residents, address social and economic challenges, and create a sustainable model for inclusive urban development.

Adiba

Patipolli: Weaving Resilience in the Patikar Community through Cultural Revitalization and Sustainable Tourism

Can a piece of woven heritage survive when the very ground it grows on and the people who tend to them, begin to disappear? Patipolli is an architectural and landscape-based intervention that addresses the intertwined decline of Bangladesh’s UNESCO-recognized Shitolpati craft and the ecological degradation of the Murta wetlands on which it depends.

Jan

Classrooms for Hway Ka Loke School

Hway Ka Loke is a school for Burmese migrants and refugees in the outskirts of the Thai border town of Mae Sot. Since the last military coup on 1st of February 2021 the numbers of Burmese refugees and migrants crossing into Thailand have dramatically increased.

Mustafa

ROOTS REHABILITION CENTRE

Where Education Meets Care and Growth

Nazifa

Eco-Homes: Enhancing the Urban Poor of Sattola

Eco-Homes redefines housing for Dhaka’s urban poor proposing modular, affordable homes built from recycled concrete and salvaged materials, 22% cheaper than conventional. With an Anti-Eviction Grid that prevents displacement, plus courtyards, rooftop farms, and community-led design, it’s a sustainable, dignified model ready to be replicated worldwide.

Nabila

Reclaiming The Margins

Reclaiming the Margins: Designing Inclusive Housing for the Harijan Community

Meshva

Rethinking the urban health of heritage fringes.

The intent is to revive urban fringes in historic cities by making heritage an active part of daily life. Small, sensitive interventions using local materials and green spaces improve comfort and access without disturbing daily rhythms. Underpinning the entire project is the belief that heritage is about designing spaces that invite participation.