Sustainable Architecture
Architecture and design practices that prioritize environmental responsibility, resource efficiency, and long-term ecological impact.
Tinker Project: Sustainable Architecture Reimagining Cairo’s Informal Skyline
Tinker Project reimagines Cairo’s informal skyline through sustainable architecture, transforming brick, recycled wood and steel into urban optimism.
NEW WAVE: Sustainable Architecture Reimagining Barcelona’s Eixample Hyperblock
NEW WAVE reimagines Barcelona’s Eixample through sustainable architecture, green hyperblocks, pedestrian routes, and adaptable urban living.
The Zabaleen Melting Pot: Sustainable Architecture Reimagining Cairo’s Recycling Community
The Zabaleen Melting Pot turns Cairo’s recycling culture into sustainable architecture for education, ecology, public life, and exchange.
Symbiotic Pack: A Foldable Modular Balcony Inspired by Space Station Logic
A retrofittable balcony system that folds, connects, and redeploys along building facades to restore outdoor living in dense housing.
SEATHECITY Opera: Where a Square Meets a Circle on Tallinn's Waterfront
Veronika Ruppert's shortlisted opera house uses two geometric figures to negotiate the threshold between city grid and Baltic horizon.
Dynamic Modules Shelter: A Telescopic Ring for Mountain Pilgrimage
A circular modular framework of steel, bamboo, and fabric grows vertically with demand, wrapping communal ground in adaptable shelter.
The Amber Palace Opera: A Geological Fiction Surfaces on Tallinn's Baltic Waterfront
Pierre Brillard reimagines a Baltic legend as a public landscape, opera house, and waterfront promenade rooted in Tallinn's coastal identity.
ECOTent: Turning Shanghai's Balconies into a Living Agricultural Network
A modular retrofit system attaches greenhouse modules to existing residential balconies in Pudong, weaving food production and social life into the facade.
A Shelter Made of Scaffolding: Reversible Architecture for Pilgrim Gatherings
Yuechuan Jin reimagines construction scaffolding as a reusable, adaptable structural system for temporary pilgrim accommodation.
Pacific: A Modular Underwater Colony That Grows One Hexagonal Cell at a Time
A shortlisted proposal for a self-sufficient settlement on the Pacific Continental Shelf, scaling from six residents to over six hundred.
PATH: A Speculative Underwater Trading Hub Off the Coast of Penang
Modular pods and copper infrastructure form an expandable aquatic settlement 125 meters below the Strait of Malacca.
BIOREEF: A Vertical Marine Station That Turns Ocean Plastic Into Coral Reefs
A speculative research and housing station positioned within Pacific currents to collect debris, recycle waste, and restore reef ecosystems.
