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Urban areas present complex design challenges that shape how people live, work, and interact in cities. Architects and designers working in urban contexts must balance density, community needs, and spatial constraints while creating functional and meaningful environments.

The community explores adaptive reuse and facade interventions, social housing integration into dense neighborhoods, activation of underutilized urban plots, sustainable living strategies for city peripheries, and projects that prioritize local communities and public gathering spaces within metropolitan contexts.

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MIGHT[Y] SPACES

Multi-scalar Adaptive Design methodology for Rio's Growth. The density-organising strategy of this project addresses Rio's uneven growth. Ranging from architectural to city scale we call these - 'Mighty spaces'.While the project does not propose a prescriptive model towards a finished product, it aims at preventing unevenness within developing cities.

승현 and 2 others

CLUSTAINER

We propose spaces for students' housing by connecting these parking lots with various features of the city. Containers move into the city, combine with parking lots, form clusters and combine with cities.

Dmitry and 3 others

NEW WAVE

NEW WAVE is a conceptual project, that is based on rethinking Cerda’s legacy. Our main goal was to improve and adapt the existing scheme, saving the unique atmoshpere of Barcelona.

Sahil

Restructuring Dwarka MRTS Station Precincts - Urban Design for Public Good

The aim of the project was to Restructure the MRTS Station Precincts in Dwarka. The project comprised of three stages, First the Documentation of the urban site, Secondly the analysis of the area and the final stage was to Redesign and Intervene the site based on the Documentation and Analysis.

Irina

URBAN FUN FARM

Located in one of the mega-cities of the world, the Urban Meal Mine creates a safe and flexible space for everyone to enjoy while learning and observing. The modern farm allows people of all ages to have an open and interactive space through its spatial organisation.

Ayushi and 2 others

SUICHI

Suichi is a city of futuristic ocean buildings made from 3D-printed plastic waste from the Pacific which extend 300 meters below the water's surface. The project imagines a series of dome marines that would sustain the crustacean form of life. This newly invented urbanization is entirely self sufficient and energy efficient.

irkay

SLUMS IN TRANSITION:MEGA-STRUCTURE AS THE NEW LAND

In this project, while aiming to interfere with the existing congested and unplanned construction, I also aimed that this intervention would not disrupt the lifestyles of the people living there, and that cultural changes would be kept to a minimum. So, I tried to include cultural aspects of this community in spatial design.

Игорь