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Resilient Design

29 Projects 11 Journals 1 Publications 4 Competitions

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29 projects

Hudaibiya

Community Beyond Ground: A Vertical Neighborhood

The project reimagines an unfinished six-story concrete structure in Kharadar, Karachi, as a vertical neighborhood that restores social life in a dense urban setting. A continuous ramp links shared spaces for learning, play, prayer, and gathering, transforming an isolated building into a sustainable, adaptable hub that strengthens community and belon

Katrina and Angelique

47-Hectare Multi-Thematic Regional Disaster Agency Complex

47-Hectare Hub for Emergency Learning Analytics x Intervention Strategy which is aligned with the Four Thematic Areas of NDRRMC.

ainaz

AURA LIBRARY

Aura Library transforms environmental intelligence into social architecture. Using multi-objective parametric optimization, daylight, thermal comfort, visual comfort, and energy performance become design generators for a library where knowledge emerges through interaction, collaboration, and shared human experience.

JERSIAH

Restoring fragmented ecologies: reimagining Pallikaranai marshland

The proposed intervention zone focuses on reconnecting the fragmented wetland network of Pallikaranai Marsh through the restoration of lost feeding channels, revival of historical drainage pathways, and strengthening of blue-green corridors. By re- establishing these ecological linkages, the proposal seeks to enhance water movement, biodiversity exchange.

Shubhi

Beyond Seasonality: Adaptive Urban Interfaces for Seasonal Cruise Infrastructure

Cruise terminals are designed for movement, yet remain dormant for months each year. At Mormugao Port, this project designs for time rather than a single function, transforming seasonal transport infrastructure into an adaptive waterfront where architecture, landscape, and public life evolve with the monsoon.

Fathima

Grounded in Water: A Living Framework in Wetland Landscapes / Design Thesis on Adaptive Wetland Living

This project proposes an adaptive settlement framework for the floating phumshang communities of Loktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India and home to the world's only naturally occurring phumdi ecosystem. By integrating homes, public infrastructure, and livelihoods, the design fosters resilience, ecological stewardship, and Identity

Nafisah

TLAPALTEOTL : The Lake That Refused to Die

Lake Texcoco once cradled Tenochtitlan; today barely 5 percent remains, drained by colonial works that read the lake as a threat. TLAPALTEOTL returns the lake to its community through purification, salt extraction, and chinampa farming, and a tower descending into its buried memory before rising to meet the water.

MD RIFAT

Crisis to Conservation: A Water Research & Awareness Centre for Sustainable Water Management in Bangladesh

How can a water-rich nation face thirst? This project transforms architecture into a living interface between people, water, and ecology. Integrating research, education, and visible water infrastructure, it turns hidden hydrological processes into immersive spatial experiences that cultivate awareness, resilience, and sustainable futures.

Akanksha

Apartments and Climate Adaptation in Mumbai

The thesis explores how Mumbai's DCRs affect climate adaptability in apartment housing. Through comparative building studies, it reveals the loss of spatial adaptability over time and proposes a climate-responsive redevelopment framework integrating adaptable housing, flood resilience, passive environmental design, and revised planning regulations.

Subhan

Paudwar Tatopani: A Geothermal Wellness Retreat

A project reimagining Nepal's geothermal hot springs (Tatopani) as a comprehensive wellness destination. Rooted in Himalayan vernacular traditions, the design balances community, pilgrimage, wellness, and ecology — with responsible water management, seismic resilience, and a capped visitor capacity to protect the springs for generations to come.

Jan

Classrooms for Hway Ka Loke School

Hway Ka Loke is a school for Burmese migrants and refugees in the outskirts of the Thai border town of Mae Sot. Since the last military coup on 1st of February 2021 the numbers of Burmese refugees and migrants crossing into Thailand have dramatically increased.

İbrahim

PULSE: The Hierarchy of Sound

Pulse: The Hierarchy of Sound is an 8500m2 music retreat in Montserrat. Adapting to a strict single-story limit, the project unifies public programs into a continuous, curved brutalist hub that contours the slope. Isolated acoustic recording pods sit lower-down, mapping a clear progression from social resonance to absolute solitude.