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50 Projects 53 Journals 18 Publications

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50 projects

Keerat

Urban Commons: Space beneath Transit Infrastructure

The thesis looked upon transit infrastructure as an extension to its locality that continuously transforms; creating spaces for newer uses. These spaces have histories of how different people have used them as a spatial resource.

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.

Mia

Future Energy Metropolis in Hamburg, Germany

In this project scenario a part of the former harbor of Hamburg will be redeveloped into a sustainable city district. Within this district as much sustainable power as possible will be generated.

Taorem

Blurring The Line:

Urban slums, having both the elasticity of slums and the staticity of urban structures tend to create a distinct line that divides them. This physically visible line is only a glimpse of the contrast between urban poor and city dwellers.

Jyd

Vertical Agricultural Community

This project is a sustainable vertical agricultural community formed by renovating the foundation structure of abandoned buildings in the city. At the same time, to some extent, it solves the problems of high demolition costs of abandoned buildings, high prices of urban vegetables, and expensive housing

Mavis

Magnet - Magnetic City

Magnet, a network of hybrid skyscrapers built up with magnetic levitation, rise in this Magnetic City. They form systems of clean energy supply and urban green space. They link the regions in the city, accommodate the functions of working space, commercial center, as well as the home for future transportation; attract people to gather here as a daily basis.

Joshua and Jarrett

Toxic TerRAIN

Submission for the Architecture of the Apocalypse competition.

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.

Tuğçe

[UP]Town

Home is a space that can be personalized, its boundaries can be redrawn, and it’s personal, flexible and reproducible over time. For that reason, this project aims to offer everybody who feels homeless a space where they can create their own home.

Jacqueline and Renaleigh

EDUCULTURE

A self-sustaining city within a tower.

Asli Ozge and 3 others

532

Rotate 90°

Rotate 90°has been designed by taking into account the existing dynamics of the region Levent in İstanbul that is attached to the metro which is an important transportation system for Istanbul, and carries the transportation network from horizontal to vertical. it is aimed to produce energy and water, considering the global warming.