Ocean Plastic
Design and architectural responses to ocean plastic pollution and sustainable marine environments.
Pacific: A Modular Underwater Colony That Grows One Hexagonal Cell at a Time
A shortlisted proposal for a self-sufficient settlement on the Pacific Continental Shelf, scaling from six residents to over six hundred.
BIOREEF: A Vertical Marine Station That Turns Ocean Plastic Into Coral Reefs
A speculative research and housing station positioned within Pacific currents to collect debris, recycle waste, and restore reef ecosystems.
Wireless CoralPods: Modular Underwater Habitats That Grow Like Coral Colonies
A winning underwater architecture proposal imagines detachable, self-sustaining pods that coexist with marine ecosystems rather than displacing them.
The Sub-MarinaTube: A Plastic-Recycling City Beneath the Pacific Garbage Patch
Vertical towers and horizontal tubes organize an underwater settlement that combines habitation, marine research, and ocean waste recovery.
Proximity Island Frame: A Floating Platform That Holds the Horizon Still While the Sea Moves
qiaoxi wu's Editor's Choice entry rides existing offshore columns with the tide, framing the sea-sky line as a fixed datum in a restless ocean.
Proximity Island: An Abandoned Oil Rig Reborn as a Vertical Cultural Ecosystem at Sea
Sasha Pokidova stacks galleries, research spaces and co-housing cells inside a sponge-like hexagonal skin, turning offshore industry into a micro-city.
Heart 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.
i Ocean Museum by B+P Architects: Adaptive Reuse and Sustainable Marine Architecture in Taiwan
Adaptive reuse transforms a former marine research center into a sustainable ocean museum connecting architecture, landscape, aquariums, mountains, and sea.
Amidst the Tempest: Turning Defunct Mumbai High Oil Rigs into a Vertical Marine Campus
A UnIATA ’19 entry that keeps the columns and decks of an abandoned Arabian Sea rig and grafts on pods for research, rescue, energy and dwelling.
Osaka Expo 2025 Umi-Kuru Retail Facility
The Osaka Expo 2025 Umi-Kuru Retail Facility is a sustainable modular building made from upcycled marine plastics, promoting circular economy.
A Journey Beneath the Surface: An Oceanarium Complex, Sonadia Island
Location: Sonadia Island, Moheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Exploring the DEEP: An Oceanarium Complex
The Oceanarium Complex at Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar, represents a pioneering approach to sustainable tourism in Bangladesh. Designed as part of a 980-acre eco-tourism vision, the 720-acre oceanarium
