Ocean Architecture
Architectural design and urban planning concepts for human habitation and infrastructure in ocean environments.
The Sub-MarinaTube: Sustainable Architecture for a Plastic-Recycling Underwater City
The Sub-MarinaTube imagines sustainable underwater architecture that turns Pacific plastic waste into energy, research, and community.
BUBHUB: Underwater Architecture for a Symbiotic Human and Marine Habitat
BUBHUB imagines underwater architecture as a network of bubble-like habitats where human life and marine ecosystems grow together.
Biodiversity Lab: An Underwater Habitat That Grows Like a Coral Reef
A shortlisted entry for EHC Pacific reimagines the research laboratory as a modular, coral-compatible framework on the Great Barrier Reef seabed.
Opera by the Sea: A Layered Waterfront Cultural Building for Tallinn's Baltic Coast
A sustainable opera house proposal connects marine cooling systems, stepped massing, and civic landscape on Tallinn's shoreline near Linnahall.
Opera by the Sea: Curved Volumes and Coastal Geometry on Tallinn's Waterfront
A wave-inspired cultural landmark beside Linnahall fuses a 2,000-seat concert hall, library, museum, and public terraces into one flowing composition.
Opera House in Tallinn: Two Overlapping Circles That Dissolve the Stage Door
Paweł Gala's shortlisted proposal for Opera by the Sea uses a dual-circle diagram to merge public life and performance on Tallinn's waterfront.
ALGAL REALM: A Bio-Integrated Lunar Habitat Design for Life Beyond Earth
ALGAL REALM reimagines lunar habitat design with algae-powered life support, 3D-printed regolith, and vertical living for a lunar future.
Sea Tower: Sustainable Architecture for a Modular Underwater Community
Sea Tower imagines sustainable architecture beneath the Pacific, where modular submersible habitats connect living, work and research below.
New Opera of the Sea in Tallinn: Wave-Inspired Opera House Architecture Connecting City and Waterfront
A wave-shaped opera house in Tallinn connects city and sea through performance, public space, culture, housing, and waterfront life.
The Ocean Hive: Sustainable Architecture for a Self-Sufficient Civilization at Sea
The Ocean Hive imagines sustainable architecture at sea, where modular habitats, algae, wave power and ocean waste sustain a growing colony.
Floating Architecture and Offshore Adaptive Design: Proximity Island – Frame
A floating architecture experiment that responds to sea-level rise, framing the ocean horizon while redefining offshore adaptive design.
Proximity Island: A Vision of Sustainable Floating Architecture
Sustainable floating architecture reimagines oil rigs as cultural ecosystems, merging sea, society, and adaptive reuse into a living ocean city.
