Media Architecture
Architecture and design that integrates media, technology, and public space to create interactive environments.
ECO CUBE: Sustainable Architecture Reimagines the Cinema of the Future
Eco Cube reimagines cinema through sustainable architecture, renewable energy, flexible spaces and immersive technologies for future cities.
Urban Filter: A Parasitic Research Centre That Makes New York's Air Visible Above a 1907 Library
Grace Hernandez slides a porous, perforated volume into the notch of Epiphany Library, turning urban air into a subject of public study.
Dream Organ: Twenty Mirrored Towers Turn the Cinema into a Desert Instrument for Dreams
A land-art film center where twenty suspended organs house the machinery of film above a public cave, linking prehistoric shadows to future projection.
Data Liberalism: Translucent Domes for a Society Organised by Information
Ding Ruoyu reads Homo Deus as a design brief, proposing translucent domes where data shapes space but leaves room for human unpredictability.
The NEON Culture: A Field of Pavilions Built for the 24-Hour City
Smaran Alva spreads galleries, stages, clubs and markets across a varied site, treating light, sound and ramped movement as the real building materials.
Memorial Center in Aleppo: Architecture as a Vessel of Collective Memory
A museum and living monument in Aleppo's historic core frames the ruined city itself as its most powerful exhibit.
ITCS-Arena: Modular Cyber Architecture for a Post-Stadium e-Sports Future
A shortlisted entry in The Digital Colosseum 2020 proposes a reconfigurable hub of arenas, hotels, and immersive corridors for competitive gaming.
KRISIS: A Survival School Embedded in Athens' Abandoned Airport
Katarina Bankovic transforms a former Olympic site into a modular humanitarian workshop where architecture simulates normalcy for displaced communities.
The Mending Garden: Replacing Prison Walls with Therapeutic Courtyards and Botanical Cycles
A shortlisted proposal reimagines incarceration for digital-era offenders through biophilic design, Dutch garden symbolism, and restorative spatial program
E-Containership: Cargo Ships Become Floating E-Sports Arenas in a Modular Future
A speculative 2050 proposal turns standard shipping containers into plug-and-play VR competition pods deployed across a global maritime network.
Upcycling Retail: A Modular Mall That Rewires the Relationship Between Shopping and Space
A runner-up entry proposes 600 variable retail spaces inside a prefabricated steel grid that fuses augmented reality with public life.
Shared Knowledge: A Library That Germinates Like a Seed in the City
Misak Terzibasiyan's shortlisted Libgen 2019 entry wraps a spiraling book atrium in a translucent shell that glows at night.
