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Urban Dam

Design approaches that integrate natural systems, ecological resilience, and green infrastructure into urban environments.

60 Projects 8 Publications 60 Journals

Malak

RE-GENERATOR EDEN, Reinhabiting the Garden of Eden in Al-Hammar Marshes

A regenerative tectonic system in Al-Hammar Marshes (UNESCO) countering drought and displacement. Driven by a closed-loop metabolic logic (Reuse→Transformation), the architecture economically empowers Marsh Arabs via three circular vectors: reeds (structural/craft), buffalo milk, and resilient fish infrastructure, reconnecting humanity and nature.

Ivan and 2 others

Peak: Resilient Parking

This project reimagines the East River waterfront in Manhattan as a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood built from the ground up. Responding to the challenges of climate change, aging infrastructure, and social inequality, the design proposes a multi-use recreational corridor for flood protection systems and renewable energy networks.

Kurt

Living Ledges

Adapting new systems for sustainable living by preserving the natural faculties we rely on.

Grace and Laura

Tidal Nexus

As the climate crisis intensifies, coastal cities such as New York City must evolve to protect their waterfront communities. This project utilizes The Battery as a case study to explore ways to not only protect the city from rising sea levels, but also support communities socially, economically, and environmentally.

대찬 and 3 others

RainFlowTower_Urban Water Circulation Skyscraper

We live under towering skyscrapers, often feeling overwhelmed. To reduce this pressure, we propose a climate-responsive tower. Instead of rigid structures, the design embraces organic curves, creating a softer urban experience. With Singapore’s water agreement ending in 2061, the building integrates a rainwater system for self-sufficiency and security.

Ishrar

Reminiscing the Roots

Chattogram was once a vibrant hub of history, culture, trade, and nature. The ancient canal routes and their majestic interconnecting network still hold the oldest relation between water and the people. This thesis highlights introducing sustainable innovative ideas where a forgotten riverfront has a high potential to serve as a robust public space.

Filip

AQUALUTION CENTER /Water purification center/

Project is collection of ecology and tourism history. It should pay homage to the technological achievements and history of the site, repay the debt to nature that has been depleted at the site, and be a place where visitors will come and perceive both the historical significance and the driving and scientific part with its visitor character.

Joshua and Jarrett

Toxic TerRAIN

Submission for the Architecture of the Apocalypse competition.

Duy

162

IN SILICO FLUXES

"A closed city can be designed and operated from the top down; it's a city that belongs to the owners. An open city is a place from the bottom up; it belongs to the people." This proposal explores a design methodology that works based on a combination of principles including biology, computation, urban design. It explores a non-humanistic view of urbanism.

Chenlu and 2 others

Urban Oasis

The contradiction between the encroachment of urbanization and the increasing tension of agricultural land has also become the most prominent problem in the current stage of rapid urban development. We need an "urban agricultural landscape system", as a unique continuous "patch" type of urban green ecosystem-the "urban oasis".

Duy

168

RE GENERATOR

The initiative came about as a result of seeing how the "wetland" environment in Hangzhou, China, was being impacted by rapid population increase. The traditional and present construction methods are no longer appropriate. China's population will keep expanding, and if curent construction methods comtinued, this ecology will be utterly destroyed.

shabbar and Shahzeb

119

LifeCycle

Water crisis is one big issue that has hit human life quietly but severely. This program is supposed to provide a collaborative way of the modern and traditional way of collecting water from nature. To be aware about this global issue and to honor the people around the world who have sacrificed their lives for this cause.