Urban Fabric
Design and architecture interventions that reshape cities through housing, public space, and community-focused infrastructure.
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.
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.
Floors of Culture: Stacking Public Terraces to Rebuild the City's Social Ground
Ela Szymańska's hybrid of building and public space lifts the urban ground into open terraces for working, learning, making and gathering together.
Urban Criss: A Modular Bench System That Turns Public Seating Into Urban Landscape
A runner-up at Urbanscape 2018, Urban Criss bends plywood and steel into modular seats scaled for solitude, couples and groups in shared public space.
Urban Embroidery: Stitching Mumbai's Fragmented Transit into a Living Network
A multi-scalar mobility framework reconnects metro, rail, and BRT through green corridors and reimagined public spaces at Andheri Station.
Farmview City Center: Stacking a Micro-City at Dhaka's Busiest Junction
A mixed-use vertical urbanism proposal that layers markets, hotels, offices, and public terraces above Farmgate's transit corridor.
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.
Rail Urban Furniture: Recycled Plastic and Steel Reshape the Public Bench
Alberto Benedetti's collection of urban furniture merges recycled plastic slats with tubular metal frames for weather-resistant, maintenance-free public se
Bloc: Modular Urban Furniture That Reclaims the City's Forgotten Spaces
A cellulose-polymer kit of parts turns extra-wide sidewalks and parking buffers into seating, bike racks, and performance stages.
A Furniture That Approximates Cyclists and Pedestrians: Reclaiming Urban Leftovers
Modular aluminium and wood-plastic furniture turns neglected interstitial spaces into hubs for cycling, resting, and urban greenery in Brazilian cities.
City Fields: Where Sloped Gardens and Market Halls Merge Agriculture into Urban Fabric
A layered architectural ecosystem of rooftop farms, aquaponic systems, and community markets that repositions the city as both producer and consumer.
