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60 Projects 26 Journals 5 Publications

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Ocean plastic addresses the intersection of environmental crisis and architectural innovation. Designers working in this space develop solutions that engage with marine pollution, coastal adaptation, and the reuse of offshore infrastructure to create resilient built environments.

The community explores floating architecture, adaptive reuse of defunct marine structures, aquatic habitats, and museum spaces that respond to ocean degradation. Projects range from repurposed offshore rigs and sustainable floating settlements to educational facilities that examine marine ecosystems and human impact on ocean health.

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AMIDST THE TEMPEST - Re-purposing Defunct Offshore Rigs

Offshore construction is merely looked at as "conquests" - advancement of only the human ego, exploitation of the seas with no regard for its inhabitants. Considering the large number of defunct offshore rigs that exist, intent of this design is to serve as a prototype, enabling these infrastructures to better serve the seas while also benefiting humans.

Onur and 3 others

210

AFLOATOPOLIS

The "Afloatopolis" aims to create a new urban cross-section alternative between water and land for every city that is affected by global climate change and will disappear by sinking. The "Afloatopolis" is a project in which an architectural existence is emphasized again, but in doing so, it is reinterpreted without losing the public values.

Tijana

149

CycleHaus

The CycleHaus is located in the middle of the largest world's ocean current. It can benefit the world's health by taking waste from one flow, recycling it, and shipping it worldwide by inserting it into another current route - without any additional energy used. The structure is politically, economically and socially independent, and able to expand further.

Michael

137

ATLANDIS

A POWERFUL CIVILIZATION ONCE EXISTED ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN. LATER, FLOODS OF EXTRAORDINARY VIOLENCE SWALLOWED ALL TYPE OF SOPHISTICATED CONSTRUCTION AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. THE STORY REDACTS BACK IN 2100 WHEN A NIGHT OF MISFORTUNE ALL THINGS ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN SANK INTO THE DEPTH OF THE SEA, STARTING A COMPLETELY NEW ERA FOR US.

Fawzia

A Journey Beneath the Surface

Sonadia Island is a small (spans approximately 9 sqkms) picturesque island located off the coast of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. Sonadia serves as a critical habitat for several endangered species, including migratory birds and marine turtles making it a significant ecological site in the region. Despite its ecological significance, the island remains largely

YongYi and 3 others

Floating boundary

We hope to use the idea of symbiosis with nature and the original image of the city as a prototype to createa memorial place with humanistic care and critical spirit, and to shape this site into the control and warning boundary of maritime "construction".