Urban Energy
Design approaches to energy systems, sustainability, and resilience in urban and architectural contexts.
Loizou Architects and Associates Replace the Facade with a Living Green Shell in Limassol
A 360-square-meter mixed-use building in a dense Cypriot neighborhood trades its outer wall for a vertical garden of climbing vines and local plants.
Common Practice and Studio AAAN Carve a Hidden Courtyard World into Amsterdam's Narrowest Plot
Sixty-four mid-rent apartments on Oostenburgereiland turn a sliver beside a parking garage into a layered urban interior.
VTN Architects Wraps Their Own Ho Chi Minh City Studio in a Vertical Tropical Forest
A six-story office in Vietnam's Thu Duc district uses modular planters and passive cooling to achieve a 190 percent green ratio.
Teitakusubako and Yusuke Igarashi Architects Dissolve a House into the Forest Edge in Zushi
A 215 m² residence on a generous Tokyo-suburban plot uses stone, timber, and fragmented volumes to blur the line between dwelling and woodland.
MAKER Architecten Weaves Social Housing into Kortrijk's Dense Urban Fabric with Brick and Restraint
A social housing infill in Kortrijk, Belgium, negotiates between existing rooftops, rail corridors, and neighborhood memory with quiet force.
Positive Energy House: A Net-Positive Residential Renovation in Shenzhen
Net-positive renovated home in Shenzhen uses layered insulation, passive ventilation, and solar roofs to generate surplus energy sustainably.
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.
Society as a Renewable Energy: Turning Footsteps into Power on a Kinetic Bridge
A pedestrian bridge converts the collective motion of thousands of daily crossings into electricity through embedded pumps and turbines.
The Infinite Energy Loop: Turning Kuala Lumpur's Skyscrapers into Power Plants
A shortlisted high-rise proposal reimagines towers as closed-loop energy ecosystems that generate, circulate, and redistribute renewable power.
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.
Charge for Change: Turning Fuel Pumps into Civic Energy Hubs
A modular urban infrastructure proposal where cyclists generate power, electric vehicles recharge, and reward points make sustainability habitual.
