Research
Design and architecture projects grounded in investigation, data collection, and evidence-based problem solving.
Research in design and architecture involves systematic inquiry into user needs, environmental conditions, cultural contexts, and technical possibilities. Members use research methods to understand problems deeply before proposing solutions, whether exploring social dynamics, ecological systems, or future scenarios.
The community explores research across diverse scales and subjects: user-centered housing design for aging populations, sustainable interventions for wildlife conservation, urban transformation projects, technological futures, and social documentation in specific communities. Projects demonstrate how research informs everything from material choices to spatial organization to community engagement strategies.
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View all 95 journalsThe Sanctum: An Earthen Urban Village for Widows and Their Families in Qandahar
A low-rise citadel of compressed mud blocks, courtyards and wind towers that turns climate response into security, learning and self-reliance.
Emergence: A Segmented Ring Habitat for Asteroid Miners Between Mars and the Belt
A shortlisted LEAP entry imagines a rotating chain of modules that grows, separates and reconnects as a deep-space mining community evolves.
A Rabat Co-(mmunity): Housing That Keeps Aging in Public View, Not Behind Closed Doors
A Co-Life winner that threads arcades, courtyards and market frontages through Rabat so older residents remain woven into the life of the city.
A Haven for Australia: A Koala Rehabilitation Centre Built to Pack Up and Move in a Single Day
Emily Newmarch and Ged Finch propose a redeployable, X-Frame modular campus that hovers on screw piles so koalas and bushland keep moving beneath it.