Ocean
Architectural and design explorations of ocean environments, sustainability, and human relationships with marine spaces.
The ocean presents designers with complex challenges around sustainability, infrastructure, and spatial experience. Projects in this topic engage with waterfront development, marine conservation, and the poetic dimensions of oceanic environments.
Community members explore underwater theater, desalination systems integrated into waterfront design, sustainable ocean architecture, and narrative approaches to understanding water as both physical and cultural element.
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View all 3 journalsHeart of the Ocean: Turning an Obsolete Oil Rig into a Waterfall-Powered Museum of the Sea
Krzysztof Galant's shortlisted Proximity Island entry keeps offshore infrastructure in place and lets tidal energy pour seawater down through its halls.
Ocean Heart: A Waterfront That Desalinates, Irrigates, and Returns Water to the Sea
A solar still system and the 4R framework turn a waterfront peninsula into a self-sustaining water cycle for the urban edge.