Small Space
Design strategies for maximizing function and livability in compact residential spaces.
Compact Apartment Transformation|Spatial Design
Complete renovation of a compact apartment focused on spatial reorganization, functionality and identity-driven design. The project transformed an outdated layout into a flexible living environment integrating sleeping, working, cooking and relaxation areas, while optimizing light, storage and circulation within limited dimensions.
Curved-Living
The design offers curved life with a gravitational and non-gravity environment to supply the minimum needs.
HAH - Hexagonal Affordable Housing
Abbreviated as HAH for 'hexagonal affordable housing', the design is for a mid-rise residential building comprised of 84 trapezoidal housing cells that are attached to a structural grid and slide in and out, much like drawers in a dresser. It explores various lighting concepts and the Japanese shinchintaisha movement through a modern, technological lens.
THE URBAN ENSEMBLE
THE URBAN ENSEMBLE is an innovative micro-housing solution that addresses the need for affordable housing in Bengaluru, India - one of India’s several urban centres and a bustling tech-city, where young migrants and working individuals are constantly in search of affordable living options in the vicinity of their workplace or institution.
Dwell (eve
Focusing on boundaries, privacy, community, level, sustainability, modular construction is good, but designed spaces looks a bit boring or noisy (specially wood louver on facade and solar power roof top.) And presentation should be more sophisticated both exterior and interior renderings. Idea should be presented in more simple way.
FLEXIBLE MODULARITY
Addressing San Francisco's housing crisis by proposing 22 modular studio units of student housing constructed with container
Read Studio Stacks a Concrete House Vertically to Let a Sri Lankan Garden Grow Around It
A 323-square-meter home in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte occupies a small footprint so mature trees, herbs, and fruit plants claim the rest of the site.
7th Hue Architecture Collective Filters Kerala's Light Through a Compact Brick and Timber Home
At just over 2,000 square feet, The Tiny House in Kerala reimagines compact tropical living through courtyards, perforated screens, and layered volumes.
CO_TAINER LIVING
A community of student container living that encourage student's talents to spark with open and creative event spaces.
Studio MM Architect Distills Rural Life to 1,290 Square Feet on a Catskills Hilltop
A retired couple's radically pared-back residence in North Branch, New York, trades square footage for deep connection to six acres of farmland.
Malja Almubaraka (The Blessed Shelter)
The condition of Syria and its habitats has been severe post the destructive war and has left them with no place to live. Therefore, we are proposing plug-in micro housing for their resettlement.This approach will help the survivors with a place to live, also allowing them to alter it as per their requirements.
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mobitecture
scorpion is the ma
A great concept for modern living/travel, particularly now in covid era. A little more use of the scorpion inspiration in the exterior would be great.
THE HANGING PODS
RETHINKING FLYOVERS AND FUTURE GAS STATIONS TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE NEED OF HOUSING CRISIS IN DEVELOPING INDIA.IN BANGALORE THERE IS A HUGE NUMBER OF SHIFTING RESIDENTS LIKE STUDENTS,CORPORATE PEOPLE,LOW INCOME GROUP WHICH ARE IN ARDENT NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.THE PROPOSAL FOCUS ON A MODULAR UNIT WHICH CAN BE PLUGGED IN DIFFERENT URBAN SCENARIOS.
Minim
This is what was needed, with space getting expensive in cities this is a great concept and design to get maximum benefit out of minimum space... Excellent
A tiny house dream
A great way to show how a house can take up less space and still have all the necessary facilties. Excellent work.
Ti_Temporary Identity
Through a proposal for Pilastro district in Bologna, it is define a strategy to ease the interventions on the existing building stock by means of the adoption of a temporary architecture, prototype of a new concept of urbanity, effective even for other purposes as well as the redevelopment of existing buildings and suitable for different application contexts
House C: A Thoughtful Apartment Renovation in Taichung
Thoughtful renovation of a 43-year-old Taichung apartment, blending order and playfulness through layered plywood, multifunctional details, and compact living solutions.
Synchronizing Village
We decompose the elements of housing and propose a system to make people reorganize "home" by their own requirement. The period of dwelling can be a day, a week or a month, based on residents' choices. Decide what kind of home you prefer. With Synchronizing Village and a luggage, "home" can be produced in real-time anywhere around the world.
The design outcome has been spectacular and love the way its being expressed. Also seen other entries and this one deserves the best entry award.
Delightful scheme, very nicely put together, great graphic!
Amazing visualization and story telling. Good work The Urban Ensemble Team!