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Self-Sustainable: Projects, Journals & Ideas

10 Projects 7 Journals 2 Publications

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Self-sustainable design addresses how buildings and communities can operate with reduced reliance on external utilities and resources. Projects in this area explore closed-loop systems, renewable energy integration, and material strategies that work with local conditions rather than against them.

The community examines diverse approaches including desert habitats built from local stone, compact homes powered by solar technology, timber construction without adhesives, and integrated live-work spaces that optimize land use. These projects demonstrate sustainability through material innovation, geometric efficiency, and symbiotic relationships between human habitation and natural systems.

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Zeynep Özge and Kardelen

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DASEIN, Behind The Wall

Humanity lost the meaning of home and get homeless, rootless. We are the ones that search for its true meaning.

Adriana and Sophia Patricia

Recolonizing Home

Climate change has caused the sea level to rise 25,000 feet higher than pre-apocalypse. The only areas not underwater are the mountain peaks. Life has rejuvenated upon the Himalayas Mountains. With the use of NASA's Environmental Control + Life Support System combined with desalination of surrounding waters, life continues at 27,940 feet above sea level.

Juan

I N T E R L U D E

Interlude is a cultural centre that aims to collect, maintain and promote local traditions and in turn making a sustainable architecture that has almost no environmental impact, thus generating a unique cultural icon in Morocco and North Africa. Just like an interlude in music, this project aims to become a place to have a break from the routine.

Sevde and 2 others

The Nest-Oaois

Our project proposal offers us the experience of creating therapeutic spaces that, following the principles of biophilia, reintegrate with nature through the five senses, supporting the process of healing, repair, renewal and reintegration for the user.

Misak and Aleksandra

Independent retreat (nature balance)

The inspiration behind this project was Alaska’s wilderness and rich heritage, with its diverse materials, patterns and colours. These are reflected by four different shapes of the units, their colours and the use of natural materials. The strong farming tradition in this region and the native cultural heritage, are a part of this proposal.

Yesim

KULTURA VILLAGE

Emphasizing the importance of rebuilding broken links between food, culture, and land to create sustainable societies.

Xingda and Kaili

Marine Self-Circulation Ranch

With the increasing threat of land subsidence and sea level rise in Jakarta, Indonesia, it is hoped that by building a self-circulating community at sea based on production factors, a solution can be provided for the floating life of the local poor.

Habiba

Pie in the Sky

I'll farm where the weather is good

Ritu and Nidgel

The Offline Den: Green + compact

We propose a self-sufficient house made from commonly available materials that can be located in an urban environment anywhere. Nano (compact) and Off-Grid (green) are not mutually exclusive in this design.

Sami

Container City Competition: LOTUS LODGES

Lotus Lodges reworks the typical spacial layout of student accommodation. It has been designed by prioritising community space to create a strong atmosphere for the residents. The shipping containers have been composed around a perimeter to emphasise the central lotus structure, which is the engine for the design both symbolically and physically.

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