Sustainable Urban Design
Design approaches that integrate environmental responsibility, social equity, and ecological systems into cities and urban infrastructure.
An Urban Social Network: Sustainable Urban Design Rethinking Cerdà ’s Legacy in Barcelona
An urban social network reimagines Barcelona through inclusive public space, biophilic design, walkability, and community life for all ages.
Barcelonas Vein: Sustainable Urban Design Reimagining Barcelona’s Historic Grid
Barcelona’s Vein reimagines Cerdà ’s urban grid through green corridors, mixed uses and walkable public spaces for a healthier city for 2050.
Productive Organism: Sustainable Living Habitat in Urban Peripheries
Reimagining urban peripheries through sustainable urbanism, where ecology, housing, and infrastructure evolve together as a living system.
URBANSCAPE: Symbiosis Turns Guwahati's Street Furniture into Flood Infrastructure
Bamboo bus stops, parklets, and modular benches work as ecological micro-systems to absorb monsoon runoff along Rajgarh Road, Guwahati.
Urban Oasis: A Solar-Powered Rubik's Cube That Wants to Fix City Streets
A self-charging modular kiosk draws from the Rubik's Cube to pack seating, water purification, and digital services into one compact urban unit.
A Furniture That Approximates Cyclists and Pedestrians: Reclaiming Urban Leftovers
Modular aluminium and wood-plastic furniture turns neglected interstitial spaces into hubs for cycling, resting, and urban greenery in Brazilian cities.
Sustainable Urban Funfair: Turning Food Production Into a Civic Playground
A shortlisted proposal for the Urban Meal Mine competition reimagines the New Convent Market as a hydroponic funfair wrapped in pink steel and ruins.
Toolset for a City's Metabolism: Scaffolding Systems as Urban Farming Infrastructure
A modular scaffolding framework transforms neglected voids in London's Nine Elms into cyclical landscapes of food production and community exchange.
The Urban Mountain: Sustainable Architecture for Future Cities
Transforming cities into living ecosystems through sustainable architecture that integrates urban farming, community, and culture.
VR Chic(k): Bamboo Arenas Under Bangkok's Highways Revive Cockfighting Through VR
A winning entry reimagines neglected highway underpasses as woven bamboo pavilions where Thai tradition meets virtual reality holograms.
Oasis: Modular Green Housing Carved into Dhaka's Urban Fabric
A shortlisted Plugin Housing entry reclaims unauthorized settlements in Dhaka with stepped concrete volumes, green roofs, and ventilation-driven design.
Residual Spaces: Modular Housing That Reclaims the Leftover Geometry of Cities
A flexible housing system designed to occupy the overlooked voids created by road infrastructure in high-density urban environments.
