12Future of memoryThe most significant element of design is the new building line which creates a square around citadel. This boundary line indicates upcoming quarters to fill with new buildings where new functions can be placed. The project recreates destroyed functions in the places of bomb craters by redesigning them showing particular essence of each buildings.
156Al ShifaDipping into the rich tapestry of Syria's history and culture, the project aims to evoke a sense of family as it unites the people and attempts to restore public life. It is a celebration of food, culture, art, architecture, history and oneself. The vision is to empower the people of Aleppo and ensure that the memory of their culture and history lives on.
0Memorial hall - past and future, memory and hopeAs the city was rebuilt, a seed was sown. Planning: divided into two areas of tourism and religion, and effective digestion from all parts of the city. Architecture: divided into two parts, exhibition and tower. In the exhibition area to see and engraved the process of urban reconstruction, and feel the care of Allah in the tower.
2Tokyo Meta TowerHyper-dense, always moving, always changing- it is impossible to grasp Tokyo in its entirety. This project seeks to investigate the very nature of Tokyo, to understand its evolution and untangle its urban fabric.
7Editor's ChoiceTranscendenceTranscendence.. Is an attempt to capture the city from an alternative perspective, or a set of perspectives. following the narrative of three characters, moving from the perception of the city, to the transformative experience of the building reaching for the final conclusion of each of the three characters in their search for transcendence.
4Editor's ChoiceCtrl+ScrollThe project challenges the concepts of generic and iconic but imagining one in the realm of the other. It understands how external factors such as culture, nature, etc. helps in creating iconic architecture out generic forms. We delve into the process of 'Japanization' here, and position it where its inherent definition changes in the face of immigration.
86WinnerSPHEREThe sphere is like the sacred and divine form of space. It is the final stage in the transformation of energy that follows a divine purpose. The sphere is the most efficient form to store and spread the energy. All planets and stars follow the same, as if they have a shared code of consciousness. This transformation is a manifestation of a common destiny.
11MATRIX 007MATRIX 007 defines shifts back to faith in a world of uniformity. In this society of uniformity each user is still a unique entity which prescribes to an individual faith. Matrix 007 redefines the center of faith and activity.
35People's Choice AwardSpiritual Journey to OnenessThe building is a sacred place for people of all faiths, religion or background to connect with the Divine and their higher self (the real self, awakened aspects of oneself, assessing deeper truths and knowledge). It is designed beyond experience with a series of spaces that allows visitors to experience the process of spirituality.
6SO WHAT?...IF SO!...The design ideology didn't intend to break generic but inturn provides an initiative to the process where the realization of people can come up with more innovative ideas about breaking generic or creating hybrids of culture. This also acts as a testing ground to express various ideologies of architects, artists, designers, etc... and an efficient canvas.
0Circle of LifeThis copmplex si designed to show the afterlife in different cultures.The design also emphasizes the unity and main concept is based on unity between relegions.
