2Rethinking Urban SlumsThis project proposes a new vision for addressing Iraq’s informal housing crisis through a realistic, human-centered approach. Rather than demolition and displacement, it promotes incremental, in-place interventions that empower residents, address social and economic challenges, and create a sustainable model for inclusive urban development.
20Eco-Homes: Enhancing the Urban Poor of Sattola Eco-Homes redefines housing for Dhaka’s urban poor proposing modular, affordable homes built from recycled concrete and salvaged materials, 22% cheaper than conventional. With an Anti-Eviction Grid that prevents displacement, plus courtyards, rooftop farms, and community-led design, it’s a sustainable, dignified model ready to be replicated worldwide.
36Reclaiming The MarginsReclaiming the Margins: Designing Inclusive Housing for the Harijan Community
40AABHAS -a sense of homeThey build our cities, yet live without a place in them.This project reimagines housing for migrant workers-not as shelter, but as dignity. Modular, mobile, and co-created, it moves with them, grows with them, and uplifts their families with creche, workshops, and safe spaces.A home that respects culture, empowers women, and builds community.
0VOICES IN THE BLUEPRINTThis thesis reimagines Bhola slum in Dhaka through affordable, incremental housing rooted in community needs. A masterplan of low-rise clusters, shared facilities, and revitalized waterbody integrates density, adaptability, and livelihood, creating a dignified, sustainable, and replicable urban model.
4Special MentionRunner-upDe-commodifying PeopleDe-commodifying People: A Transgressive Approach to Social Housing in Mumbai. The project aims to explore the critical need to shift our perspective on housing from a commodity to a fundamental human right, especially in the context of Mumbai's social fabric.
41People's Choice AwardWeaved city"Our lifestyle isn't fixed, so why should our spaces be?" Weaved City brings a creative layer of personalization between the people and their dwellings through an innovative form of flexibility. The proposed housing aims to accommodate changing patterns of tenancy that aren't anticipated at the time of its construction.
39WinnerXL CONTEXT HUBThe idea for the building is the urban fabric are retained and shifted vertically into a new three-dimensional urban organizational grid., becoming the new framework. The structure we have visual and circulatory freedom and sunlight to reach deep into the buildings.
1Runner-upVersatile housingThe 2.3m2.3m2.3m grid system approach provides a sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective solution to the housing crisis, and our modular system ensures flexibility in different scales to meet both urban planning expectation and individual preferences.
20Editor's ChoiceSOCIAL_PATCHIt was to create vertically established community that would reduce the segregation of high-rise buildings by providing the flexibility to repeat the habitual life without interrupting it. Design centered on social and cultural sustainability.
0WinnerM-NastiThe idea of the project is to create a residential building where people can live and have a green house to production of their own fruit and vegetables. With solar panels, recycled water supply and greenhouses, this design is efficient and sustainable enough to support its inhabitants for long periods of time.
1Best in RegionNYAC - New York Affordable CityStarting from the city’s goal to reach 300,000 affordable units by 2026, this thesis aims to investigate the process that makes the city un-affordable, through a design experience based on a multi-layered reading of the urban and social fabric of the city.
