Urban Context
Design and architecture projects that engage with cities, urban systems, and community-centered interventions in built environments.
Instant City: Archigram's Roaming Metropolis Rebuilt as a Fleet of Unfolding Cultural Modules
A fleet of autonomous modules unfolds from compact transport forms into stages, markets and cinemas, turning plazas into temporary cultural venues.
Productive Organism: A Mumbai Thesis That Treats Peripheral Housing as a Tool for Ecological Repair
Amod Nargund's thesis for Marve, Malvani layers mangrove ecology, adaptive housing and water cycles into a habitat that works like a living organism.
Urban Agricultural Community: A Housing Thesis That Puts the Farm Inside the Neighbourhood
Aazil Abdul Jamal's B.Arch thesis threads vertical farms, community plots and production space through housing, making food security a design parameter.
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.
City Umbrella: Turning Dead Infrastructure into Bioclimatic Public Space
Modular canopy installations reclaim neglected urban pockets beneath flyovers and along boundary walls, offering shade, comfort, and social life.
interACT: A Wearable Transit Object That Turns Commuting Into Social Infrastructure
A backpack-mounted foldable device transforms walking, waiting, and riding into moments of shared comfort across Jakarta's transit network.
Interconnected: Centralized Hubs for a Post-War Automated Society
A speculative urban typology merges automation zones, vertical housing, and hyper-loop transit into 24-hour community hubs after societal collapse.
Urban Seed: Rooting Cities in Ecological Balance Through Agricultural Infrastructure
A conceptual framework that treats farms as urban roots, markets as branches, and open spaces as the canopy where communities gather and thrive.
Urban Fun Farm: Merging Agriculture, Education, and Leisure in a Mega-City Hub
A shortlisted competition entry proposes a multi-functional waterfront complex where indoor farming, workshops, and public life coexist under one roof.
The Urban Mountain: Sustainable Architecture for Future Cities
Transforming cities into living ecosystems through sustainable architecture that integrates urban farming, community, and culture.
Urban Exchange Food: Turning Fences into Decentralized Food-Sharing Infrastructure
A shortlisted proposal reimagines urban boundaries as productive green corridors connecting neighbors through food exchange and composting.
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.