Public Building
Architecture and design of buildings serving public functions, from cultural centers to hospitals and civic institutions.
THE POPPY FIELDS. Architecture of care
"The Poppy Fields" is a conceptual design for an animal shelter complex with an expanded programme — veterinary care, rehabilitation, education and a farm-animal zone. It is a story about building a sense of safety: a place where care becomes a landscape — a meadow, the shade of a tree, a gentle water's edge — where every rescued animal learns to trust again
THE POPPY FIELDS
At the root of the project lies the fate of abandoned animals — tens of thousands of them live in Polish shelters, and far more wander with no help at all. In the public mind, a shelter remains a sad, closed-off place that deters rather than invites. "The Poppy Fields" proposes a different path: instead of an institution — a village among meadows, where treatment, rehabilitation and education intertwine. The responsibility for their wellbeing rests with us — and architecture can genuinely help.
Honeybee Hospice
Children in the hospice have clear needs for social and group belonging, nature, and personal values, which are actually very similar to the behavioral patterns of bees. Therefore, this hospice care center uses the little bee as a cartoon image, hoping to encourage move-in children to spend their short and splendid time like lively little bees.
SPEAKERS’ CORNER NEWSPAPER
The proposed idea involves establishing an underground newspaper production within the confines of Hyde Park in London, with a specific emphasis on traditional printing methods such as woodcuts, linocuts, and engravings.
Spa in Town: A Rotated Square and Four Arcs Turn an Icelandic Hot Spring Into a Civic Plaza
Cheryl Han's Editor's Choice entry for Thermal Blue cuts curved pools into a square frame, giving a compact site the presence of a town landmark.
Nexus
Located on the borders of the city's historical extension and in the modern city center, the project serves as a meeting point, connection, and communication hub. This connection is related not only to space but also to time. The project revitalizes the city's spirit and cultural memory. It creates a privileged center between movement and void.
BUREACURACY LABYRINTH -THE PROCESS-
''From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.'' -Franz Kafka, The Trial
UnIATA '25
The finest graduation projects from around the globe
The Home: A Red Glass Cone Turns a Quiet Concrete Block into a Living Room for Students Abroad
A community center for international students that keeps its gray face to the river and saves its warmth for a red, tree-filled atrium at the back.
UHealth
Design an urban fitness centre
It seems this competition will set the ground on fire.
Overseas Oasis: Amsterdam Gables Gathered Around a Glass-Roofed Commons for International Students
A community center in Amsterdam that rings one sunlit atrium with gabled volumes, then opens its facade so newcomers can walk straight in.
Office Canopy of Architecture Retrofits a Tiled Shaoxing Block into an Open-Source Community Commune
In Shangyu's old city centre, a 4,416 m² renovation stacks a library, canteen, shops and kiosks into one porous public building.
Studio Weave Builds a Maida Hill Public Toilet from Reclaimed City of London Office Granite
In North Paddington, a 17 m² toilet pavilion turns salvaged Broadgate office cladding into load-bearing stone walls built to be taken apart again.
Assemble Converts a Pair of 1930s Dairy Warehouses in Dagenham into a Church and Community Centre
On East London's Becontree Estate, a no-demolition retrofit gathers a church and a scattered charity under restored trusses and lime-plastered brick.
studio hinge Wraps Concrete Columns in Timber to Grow a Reading Forest Inside Mumbai's Cricket Club of India
A third-floor library in South Mumbai's 1930s Art Deco Cricket Club of India, where concrete columns become timber trees above 1.2-metre shelves.
Imgang Architekten Stacks a Fire Station and a Village Hall under One Timber Gable in Mötz, Tyrol
In Mötz, Austria, a compact klimaaktiv Gold building pairs concrete engine bays with fir-lined halls for dancers, clubs and village gatherings.
atelier gram Hangs a Glazed Public Stair on Přerov's 1969 Town Hall and Turns It Toward the Square
In Přerov, Czechia, a tight-budget retrofit keeps a 1969 modernist frame and adds a diagonal stair linking the square to a rooftop café.
Snøhetta Lays a Grass-Covered Roof over the Badlands for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
In Medora, North Dakota, a single sloping green roof, rammed earth walls and mass timber fold Roosevelt's library into the butte it sits on.
Wow! Fantastic work Alicja!