75Institutional Excellence AwardFlower of the DesertChoosing arid climate and Following Biomimetic design, we came to across a plant that lives in the Namibia desert, Welwitschia which is extremely sustainable in Arid areas and lives about 1000 to 1500 years. The unusual form of this plant keeps the soil under the plant cool and moist. The thick leaves lay on the sand surface and prevent wind erosion aswell.
23Honorable MentionRailArchesThe project seeks to enhance the void by framing it as a common ground for new conditions, maintaining the spirit as a time pocket within the changing urban fabric. Overgrown & patinated existing qualities which are preserved and captured by a new arcade-like structure, repeated and staggered through the site, creating a non-specific intervention.
0KinesisCreating a Space that decreases the vulnerability of vulnerable groups on the external sources and has potential to boost the local economy, by offering leisure and recreational areas.
2Vertical Museum of MaterialsOur idea is to refer to the existing architecture in a modern way. In the area we can see few tower buildings. What if our museum would be also vertical? The exhibition is inside the building and also the building. Each floor is dedicated to a different material which beside the display elements in the interior is seen in the whole volume.
5Editor's ChoiceThe Dancing Cubes in the Water Art Garden in Chicago City :this project breaks the boundary between inside and outside, and the user, both inside and outside, will see a artwork or in other words a live gallery that is changing every moment and will delight the user.
65Cyberio Architecture in the cyber world is very surreal and unusual, we were inspired by all the dynamic futuristic architecture. The seamless curves, the domes and even the lighting colors. We wanted to create the ultimate video game world ambience, we added domed masses and played with curves to create a sense of liquidity and continuity.
